Unreal conditionals

Unreal conditionals

1. Hypothetical or unreal situations in the present or the past

   • Structure
     • If + verb(past) aux + verb(infinitive)

2. can express unreal situations in the present, the past, and the future.

   • In the present and the past, special verb tenses are used:
     • the "Past Simple" in the conditional clause and "would" + infinitive in the main clause.

3. For unreal situations in the present or future we used the "Past Simple"

4. WOULD + infinitve in the main clause.

   • It expresses the expected or imagined outcome of the hypothetical situation.
     • Example:
       • If I could become invisible for a day, I would give up my classroom and I would walk into a movie cinema without anyone seeing me to see a movie for free.

5. Would have+ past participle in the main clause

   • Expressing unreal situations in the past.

6. keywords :

   • if, were, would, could,might, should.