Conditionals And Wishes
Conditional sentences describe situations and their possible results. They use words like if.
Conditional sentences examples:-
Zero Conditional (fact/truth):
- If you heat ice, it melts.
First Conditional (real future):
- If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the trip to Goa.
Second Conditional (unreal present/future):
- If I had ten lakh rupees, I would buy a big car.
Third Conditional (unreal past):
- If she had practiced sums, she would have passed the Mathematics exam.
Mixed Conditional (past cause, present result):
- If I had taken medicine, I would feel better now.
Conditionals And Wishes Example Sentences
Sita wants to go to the market, but she can’t go out because it’s raining and she doesn’t have an umbrella.
If I knew it would rain, I would have bought an umbrella.
Sita says: If I knew it would rain…This tells us that she didn’t expect it would rain. She is imagining a situation. The real situation is that she doesn’t have an umbrella.
When you imagine a situation like this, you use if +past (If she knew/if they were/ if we didn’t, etc.) But the beginning is present.
- Jack would play more if he had more time. (but he doesn’t have much time)
- If I didn’t want to ride a bicycle, I wouldn’t ride (but I want to ride).
- You wouldn’t have passed the exam if you didn’t study. (but you studied)
- It is sad that you can’t meet your parents. You would feel happy if you could.
We use the past in the same way after a wish (e.g., I wish she knew, I wish you were, etc.). We use wish to say that something is not as would wish it to be:
- I wish I knew Rajiv’s address.
(I don’t know it, and I regret this)
- Do you ever wish you could speak German?
(You can’t speak German)
- I snow a lot here. I wish it didn’t snow so often.
- This house I very small. I wish it was not so small.
- I wish I didn’t have to do night shifts.
After if and wish, you can use were instead of was.
- If I were you, I wouldn’t talk so rudely.
- I would play cricket if it weren’t raining.
- I wish it were comfortable.
Conditionals And Wishes Exercise
English Grammar Exercises: If I knew ___ and I wish I knew ___ (Conditionals And Wishes Exercise)
Put the verb into the correct form.
1) If ________ (I / know) his address, I would go to his house.
2) _____ (I / not / destroy) those toys if I were you.
3) _____ (I / teach) you if I could, but I’m afraid I can’t.
4) They don’t need vaccum cleaner at present, but we would need vaccum cleaner if ________ (they / live) in a big house.
5) If we had garage, ________ (we / park) our car in it.
6) This park isn’t beautiful. ________ (it / look) better if it had more flower plants.
7) I wouldn’t mind working in a factory if I was ________ (pay) better.
8) If I were you, ________ (I / not / shout) at that man. ________ (I / stay) quiet.
9) You’re always worried. If ________ (you / not / do) yoga every day, you wouldn’t be anxious all the time.
10) I think there are too many cars. If ________ (there / not / be) so many cars, ________ (there / not / be) so much pollution.
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