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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

if clause

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001. We would not be able to reach on time, 01i00______________________02i00. (if we walked slow) { Can I write If clase in present tense her?.)02br
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002. What would they do , 01i00_________________________02i00. (if they won the lottery) {Can I write 01b00If clase in present tense02b00 here.?}02br
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003. The mokney might be happy 01i00____________________02i00. (if we gave something to eat.){Can I write 01b00If clase in present tense02b00 here?}02br
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004. Their teacher would have been sad 01i00__________________02i00.(If we had stayed at home.)02br
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005. What would you have done 01i00_______________________02i00.(if had had a lot of money.)02br
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006. I would have stayed at home 01i00_____________________02i00. (if I had a fever.)02br
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00I have to fill in the blank with "if clause". My asnwers are in brackets.02br
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00Please check and correct it.0-
  

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0No, if you write the "if" clause in the present tense, you'll have to use the future in the main clause:02br 02br 00"We won't be able to reach the station in time if we walk slowly"02br 02br 00In 6. 0-

  • 0No, if you write the "if" clause in the present tense, you'll have to use the future in the main clause:02br 02br 00"We won't be able to reach the station in time if we walk slowly"02br 02br 00In 6.
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0No, if you write the "if" clause in the present tense, you'll have to use the future in the main clause:02br
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00"We won't be able to reach the station in time if we walk slowly"02br
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00In 6. I'd write "if I had had a fever".0-
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1u00If-clause02u00 01u00Result clause02u02br
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00present present, future, command 01font00If you're hungry, you usually eat (you will eat) (eat!)02font02br
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00past conditional 01font00If you ate, you woul
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0Hi Hunamun,02br
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00here is how I'd say/write it.02br
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001. We would not be able to reach 01font00X02font00 on time, 01font00if we walked slow01b00ly.02b02font00 (You could say that sentence to somebody who is complaining about the speed yo

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