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13.3 Present and Future Unreal Conditionals

1. Present and future unreal conditionals If | lived in Rio de Janeiro, | would go to the beach
describe situations that are untrue, every day. (I don’t live in Rio de Janiero.)
impossible, or imaginary.

2. The if clause gives the condition, and the If | lived downtown, | would walk to work.

main clause gives the result. ff Clause (Condition) Main Clause (Result)
Use the simple past in the if clause. Use Would we save money if we bought a smaller car?
would + the base form of the verb in the main What would you do if you won the lottery?
clause. (Could and might can also be used If you didn’t have to work, you could go with us.
in the main clause. Could is sometimes used If | could travel anywhere, I’d go to Peru.
in the if clause.)

3.Be careful! The verb after ifis simple past, but If | had a dog, | would name it Rufus.
the situation or event refers to the present or If you came here tomorrow, we would have fun.
future.

4. Use were for all subjects in the if clause. In If | were rich, | would live somewhere different.
informal conversation, was is often used for /,

he, she, and it.

5.Be careful! The contracted 'd has two He’d come with us if he had the time.
meanings: would and had. He'd already left when we arrived.

6.Remember: Use a comma when the /f clause She'd take art classes if she had more free time.
comes first in a sentence. If she had more free time, she'd take art classes.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Use would.

1. If extinct animals WEE (be) brought back to life, there
would be
(be) consequences.
2. Most people (not believe) itifthey
(see) a dinosaur.

3. Animals that have gone extinct (cause) problems if they
CCC (be) revived.

4. What (happen) if woolly mammoths — SSS (live)
in Siberia now?
5. it (improve) the land if woolly mammoths

_C(D ee) alive today?

6. If my government (spend) money on reviving extinct species, I
CCD) unhappy.

7. TET (be) a scientist, I (be) interested in researching
extinct species.

8. J (major) in biology if I (get) into a good
program.

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