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 THE CONDITION IS SOMETIMES
STATED BY USING AN IF CLAUSE.

IF YOU DON’T STUDY AND PRACTICE,

YOU’LL GET BAD GRADES.
YOU NEED TO STUDY AND PRACTICE.
OTHERWISE,
CONDITIONS
YOU’LL GET BAD GRADES.
MAY BE
IMPLIED BY HOWEVER, CONDITIONS CAN ALSO
USING: BUT
FOR, IF NOT, BE IMPLIED RATHER THAN STATED.
IF SO, WITH,
WITHOUT,
ETC.
BUT FOR HIS FATHER’S
CONNECTIONS, HE WOULDN’T
HAVE SUCH A GOOD JOB.
IF HIS FATHER DIDN’T HAVE
CONNECTIONS, HE WOULDN’T
HAVE SUCH A GOOD JOB.
SHE MIGHT LOSE HER JOB. IF SO,
SHE WON’T BE ABLE TO PAY ALL
OF HER BILLS.
IF SHE LOSES HER JOB, SHE
INVERTE
D
CONDITIONALS
IF I HAD KNOWN HE WASN’T
HONEST, I WOULDN’T HAVE
GONE ON A DATE WITH HIM.
HAD I KNOWN HE WASN’T HONEST, I
WOULDN’T HAVE GONE ON A DATE WITH HIM.

IF THE COMPUTER STOPS

WORKING
SHOULD AGAIN,STOP
THE COMPUTER CALL ME.
WORKING
AGAIN, CALL ME.
WE CAN INVERT UNREAL
CONDITIONALS WITH HAD(PAST
PERFECT),SHOULD, AND WERE.
*INVERTED CONDITIONAL SENTENCES WITH SHOULD IMPLY THAT
SOMETHING IS UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN.

IF I WERE TO HAVE NO FRIENDS, I WOULDN’T

WERE I TO HAVE NO
HAVE SOMEONE TO SPEND MY TIME WITH.

FRIENDS, I WOULDN’T HAVE

SOMEONE TO SPEND MY
TIME WITH.
SUBJUNCTIVE
The subjunctive is a specific verb form. It usually expresses
something that you wish for, or a hypothetical rather than actual
situation:
If only I were ten years younger.
I only wish that what you say were true. 
 It is also used to indicate that something is being suggested or
demanded:
The report recommends that he face the tribunal.
It is important that they be aware of the provisions of the Act. 
 The Subjunctive is only noticeable in certain
forms and tenses. In the examples below, the
Subjunctive is not noticeable in the you-form of
the verb, but it is noticeable in the he-form of the
Examples: verb.
You try to study often. you-form of "try"
It is important that you try to study often. 
Subjunctive form of "try" looks the same.
He tries to study often. he-form of "try"
It is important that he try to study often. 
Subjunctive form of "try" is noticeable here.
 SUBJUNCTI
The Subjunctive is
VE The Subjunctive is
used after the
following
used after the
expressions with
following verbs:
adjectives:
to advise (that) It is best that
to ask (that) to propose (that) It is crucial that
to command (that) to recommend (that) It is desirable that It is important that
to demand (that) to request (that) It is essential that It is recommended that
to desire (that) to suggest (that) It is imperative that It is urgent that
to insist (that) to urge (that) It is mandatory that It is vital that
It is a good idea that
Dr. Smith asked that Mark submit his
It is crucial that you be thereItbefore
is a badTom
idea that
research paper before the end of the
arrives.
month.
It is important that she attend the meeting.
Donna requested Frank come to the
It is recommended that he take a gallon of
party.
water with him if he wants to hike to the
The teacher insists that her
bottom of the Grand Canyon.
students be on time.