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YET:  ESL Grammar - Conditional Tense

Conditional Tense

"Must Learn Grammar" 


UPDATED:  OCT 2021
If "X" happens, then "Y" can happen.     

One "condition" depends on another "condition."
EXAMPLES:​

If

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

Can

  • 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

  • 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?
  • Are you going to New York next week?   I may, but not sure yet.

​Should

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

Would

  • I would study in the US if I could get a scholarship.
  • ​​She would have studied in the US if she had gotten a scholarship.
Conditional Sentences: Examples of the Different Types

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