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if i had wings i ----------- ( fly ). Please fill in the blank. and explain

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You try first. Please use correct capitalization.

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Dave Phillips · Answer

I'd fly.

This is a condidtional see this handout I've prepared.

Conditionals

Zero

The Zero Conditional is used for actions that are always true when the conditions are satisfied.
EG: If you put sugar in coffee, it tastes sweet.
Formation:

· If + Present Simple, + Present Simple

First

The first conditional (or 1st Conditional) is for future actions dependent on the result of another future action or event, where there is a reasonable possibility of the conditions for the action being satisfied.
eg: If he gets here soon, I'll speak to him about it. (The speaker believes that there is a reasonable or good chance of seeing him.)
Formation:

· If + Present Simple, + Will

Second

1/ For future actions dependent on the result of another future action or event, where there is only a small possibility of the conditions for the action being satisfied.
eg: If I won the lottery, I would stop working.
2/ For imaginary present actions, where the conditions for the action are NOT satisfied.
eg: If you phoned home more often, they wouldn't worry about you. (The conditions are not satisfied because the person does not phone home, so they do worry.)
TO BE: In Standard English this verb can take the 'were' form for all persons in the If clause.
eg: If I were you, I'd tell her.
CONTRACTIONS: 'Would' and 'had' are contracted to 'd; the way to distinguish them is simple because 'would' is always followed by a Base Form and 'had', as an Auxiliary Verb, is followed by a Past Participle.
eg: I'd tell her. 'Tell' is the Base Form so it means 'I would tell her'
I'd done it. 'Done' is the Past Participle so it means 'I had done it'
Formation:

· If + Past Simple, + Would + Base Form

Third

1/ For imaginary past actions, where the conditions for the action WERE NOT satisfied.
eg: If you'd been there, you would've seen it. (The conditions were not met because the person was not there and as a result did not see it.)
Formation:

· If + Past Perfect, + Would have + Past Participle

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