Past/present

Dusan StojilkovicHello.I thought my cake was good. - I don't think that anymore. Am I right?

Yes, that's fine - something has happened since you thought your cake was good which has made you change your mind. You'd sound slightly more natural saying "I don't think so anymore".

I didn't know my part was so important. ---- Why was was used the

Dusan Stojilkovic Hello. I thought my cake was good. - I don't think that anymore. Am I right? You could be, but it depends upon the context. If you liked your cake and others did too, then it would be p

JohnParis No, "I" is talking to "you." If signals a conditional clause and it isn't important if it's real or not. Conditional clauses are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled.

Could you please give another example to understand more.I,in fact ,didn't get

Sure.
If my mother knew I was talking to you, she would kill me.
The action of the main clause of this sentence is "she would kill me."
The only way the mother would complete this action is if she saw her child speaking to "you." The killing would take place only on the condition that the mother saw her chi

everlastinghopeCould you please give another example to understand more.I,in fact ,didn't get what you want top say " Conditional clauses are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. "Thanks.

My brother would be so proud if he could see me now.

Perfect.
Another question please.
A question asked to you if that sentence was unreal and you said "no",but according to the sentence,I can explain as follows :
If my mother knew I was talking to you, she would kill me.
My mother doesn't actually know I am talking to you,so she won't kill me.
Don't you call this an unreal situat

Thanks for your examples.
My brother would be so proud if he could see me now.
My brother isn't so proud at present because he can't see me now.
I bet that all your setences talk about unreal present situation,am I right ?

everlastinghopeDon't you call this an unreal situation because it didn't happen ?

Forgive my intrusion, but I think it is called "unreal" because it is not happening (present time): if my mother knew (now) that I was talking to you (now), she would kill me.

[EDIT: Sorry, I didn't see you had already answered your own

Fosse8 .The past tense "was" is agreeing with "I didn't know", which is describing his thoughts in the past

This is an interesting fact. So, let say someone said: I love running. How should I say this: You said you love/loved running, so how often do you run? Should I use love or loved? I'm confused because of said.

If I may **** in ...

Here's some terminology.

You said you loved running. This sentence has a backshift.
You said you love running. This sentence does not have a backshift.

Backshifting is always correct, but not always necessary.

In the case of "said" you need not backshift if the report of the saying is immediate. This is the situat