Conditional Tense

This is a "must learn" grammar if you want to speak English at the university/professional level.
UPDATED:  SEPT 2020
EXAMPLES:​

If
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If I were you, I would study English in Colorado.

If I had been you, I would have studied English in Colorado.

Can
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I can learn English.

I could learn  English faster if I studied more.

I could have learned English faster if I had studied more when I was a kid.

Might / May
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  • I might open a AI consulting company if I can get the financing.

  • Do you think the market will go up this year?   It might, but it will depend on the China-US trade war.

  • ​It may snow tomorrow.  If it does, do you want to go skiing?
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  • Are you going to New York next week?   I may, but not sure yet.

Should
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  • I should visit Hong Kong this year.
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  • I should have visited Hong Kong last year.

Would
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  • I would study in the US if I could get a scholarship.
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  • She would have studied in the US if she had gotten a scholarship.