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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
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Scenario: We just finished our exam and we are getting the marks back tomorrow. And I say:
Are these correct? Which one of these do I use? What do they mean?
1. You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark.
2. You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark. (What does this one mean compared to #1)
What if I add 'tomorrow' to it?
3. You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark tomorrow.
4. You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark tomorrow. (Incorrect with 'tomorrow' here?)
Scenario: I just finished an exam and my friend asks me how I did. I say:
Is only #7 correct
5. I did pretty good. I probably got a good mark.
6. I did pretty good. I probably get a good mark. (Is this sentence correct at all without 'will' ?)
7. I did pretty good. I'll probably get a good mark.
Thanks.
Are these correct? Which one of these do I use? What do they mean?
1. You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark.
2. You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark. (What does this one mean compared to #1)
What if I add 'tomorrow' to it?
3. You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark tomorrow.
4. You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark tomorrow. (Incorrect with 'tomorrow' here?)
Scenario: I just finished an exam and my friend asks me how I did. I say:
Is only #7 correct
5. I did pretty good. I probably got a good mark.
6. I did pretty good. I probably get a good mark. (Is this sentence correct at all without 'will' ?)
7. I did pretty good. I'll probably get a good mark.
Thanks.
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1. You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark. This is fine.
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- You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark.
- This is fine.
- It’s the first conditional: modal auxiliary verb + if + present simple 2.
- You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark.
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1. You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark.
This is fine. It’s the first conditional: modal auxiliary verb + if + present simple
2. You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark.
This would work as the second conditional if you replaced ‘must’ with ‘would’. In such a case, the past simple ‘got’ wo
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#1 can be present or future tense. In this instance, it sounds as though the mark has not yet been received.
#2 is past tense. It sounds as though the marks have been received, but the speaker doesn't know whether the subject got a bad mark.
#4 is the wrong tense.
#5 and #7 are mostly correct. I think the preferred phrase is "I did pretty well."
#6 is missing th
#2 is past tense. It sounds as though the marks have been received, but the speaker doesn't know whether the subject got a bad mark.
#4 is the wrong tense.
#5 and #7 are mostly correct. I think the preferred phrase is "I did pretty well."
#6 is missing th
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