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    ALONSO DE COVARRUBIAS
    Dpt. of English Language -IF- CLAUSES

    IF CLAUSES / CONDITIONALS
    IF / IF ONLY / PROVIDED / PROVIDING / AS LONG AS / SUPPOSING
    UNLESS = if not

    TYPE 1ST CLAUSE 2ND CLAUSE


    you heat ice it melts
    IF
    0 WHEN I get up early I go for a walk
    WHENEVER
    SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT
    you can find Tom send him to me

    you see Tom don’t tell him about the party

    I have time today I will go shopping


    1 IF
    I finish my work early I can help you with the cleaning

    IMPERATIVE
    SIMPLE PRESENT WILL / MIGHT
    PRESENT MODAL + INFINITIVE
    Reality: (He doesn’t study regularly) Result: (He can’t pass his exams)

    would
    he studied regularly everyday he could pass his exams
    2 IF
    might

    S I M P L E PAST PAST MODAL + INFINITIVE


    Reality: (He didn’t studied last week) Result: (He failed his exams)

    he would have passed his exams


    3 IF He had studied last week he wouldn’t have failed

    PAST PERFECT MODAL + PERFECT INFINITIVE


    Reality: (he says he loves you) Result: (but he didn’t invite you yesterday)
    M He loved you He would have invited you yesterday

    I S I M P L E PAST MODAL + PERFECT INFINITIVE

    X IF
    Reality: (He has sold his car) Result: (He is waiting for the bus now)
    E he hadn’t sold his car He wouldn’t be waiting for the bus now

    D PAST PERFECT MODAL + INFINITIVE

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