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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Sentence with if
Hi teachers!
Please, could you check if the sentences and their respective answers are correct?
1. I always take a shot. I have a good camera. – I wouldn’t always take a shot if I didn’t have a good camera.
2. She often does well on the tests. She understands the subject matter easily. – She wouldn’t often do well on the tests if she didn’t understand the subject matter easily.
3. He drinks heavily. He is depressed. – He wouldn’t drink heavily if he wasn’t depressed.
4. You put the car away. You see the car has a flat tire. – You wouldn’t put the car away if you didn’t see the car had a flat tire.
5. We take good care of ourselves. We work as top models. – We wouldn’t take good care of ourselves if we didn’t work as top models.
6. They scan some pictures. They take the pictures. – They wouldn’t scan some pictures if they didn’t take them.
7. It is a hard competition. It has well-prepared competitors. – It wouldn’t be a hard competition if it didn’t have well-prepared competitors.
8. They gotta run now. They have to move the car into the garage. – They wouldn’t gotta run then if they didn’t have to move the car into the garage.
9. They are awaked. They have to work till late. – They wouldn’t be awaked if they didn’t have to work till late.
10. They are better off. They sell their shares. – They wouldn’t be better off if they didn’t sell their shares.
Please, could you check if the sentences and their respective answers are correct?
1. I always take a shot. I have a good camera. – I wouldn’t always take a shot if I didn’t have a good camera.
2. She often does well on the tests. She understands the subject matter easily. – She wouldn’t often do well on the tests if she didn’t understand the subject matter easily.
3. He drinks heavily. He is depressed. – He wouldn’t drink heavily if he wasn’t depressed.
4. You put the car away. You see the car has a flat tire. – You wouldn’t put the car away if you didn’t see the car had a flat tire.
5. We take good care of ourselves. We work as top models. – We wouldn’t take good care of ourselves if we didn’t work as top models.
6. They scan some pictures. They take the pictures. – They wouldn’t scan some pictures if they didn’t take them.
7. It is a hard competition. It has well-prepared competitors. – It wouldn’t be a hard competition if it didn’t have well-prepared competitors.
8. They gotta run now. They have to move the car into the garage. – They wouldn’t gotta run then if they didn’t have to move the car into the garage.
9. They are awaked. They have to work till late. – They wouldn’t be awaked if they didn’t have to work till late.
10. They are better off. They sell their shares. – They wouldn’t be better off if they didn’t sell their shares.
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" For example, #10: They are better off now because they sold their shares. Are you sure you're supposed to negate both sides? The would be better off if they sold their shares?
- " For example, #10: They are better off now because they sold their shares.
- Are you sure you're supposed to negate both sides?
- The would be better off if they sold their shares?
- As it is, #10 should be: They wouldn't be better off if they HADN'T SOLD their shares, not "didn't sell" their shares.
- Some don't make sense at all, such as #6.
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Hi Charles,
Many of these pairings are not logial with "if," but with "because." For example, #10: They are better off now because they sold their shares. Are you sure you're supposed to negate both sides? The would be better off if they sold their shares? As it is, #10 should be: They wouldn't be better off if they HADN'T SOLD their shares, not "didn't sell" their shares.
Some
Many of these pairings are not logial with "if," but with "because." For example, #10: They are better off now because they sold their shares. Are you sure you're supposed to negate both sides? The would be better off if they sold their shares? As it is, #10 should be: They wouldn't be better off if they HADN'T SOLD their shares, not "didn't sell" their shares.
Some
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Hi Grammar Geek,
The assignment I have to do is to make sentences. Then, I have to combine each of the pairs of sentences so as to produce only one sentence, using the word "if", but the sentences must be in the negative.
e.g.: He drinks heavily. He is depressed. (I've made this example)
Answer: He wouldn't drink heavily if he wasn't
The assignment I have to do is to make sentences. Then, I have to combine each of the pairs of sentences so as to produce only one sentence, using the word "if", but the sentences must be in the negative.
e.g.: He drinks heavily. He is depressed. (I've made this example)
Answer: He wouldn't drink heavily if he wasn't
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Hi Charles
Quite a few of your sentences are awkward or don't seem terribly logical. I have made suggestions (in black). Where I have given you an alternative pair of sentences, you should try to do the IF-sentence transformation
Quite a few of your sentences are awkward or don't seem terribly logical. I have made suggestions (in black). Where I have given you an alternative pair of sentences, you should try to do the IF-sentence transformation
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Hi Yankee,
I'm very happy for such help. Many thanks!!!
Well, I got your corrections and answered the alternatives, but I still have some questions. Could you please, check them once more and tell me if all of them are correct now?
If you don't mind, then could I send more sentences using "would" just for
I'm very happy for such help. Many thanks!!!
Well, I got your corrections and answered the alternatives, but I still have some questions. Could you please, check them once more and tell me if all of them are correct now?If you don't mind, then could I send more sentences using "would" just for
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I hope this time my answers appear because in my previous post, only the paragraph below appeared. Thank you for helping me).
Charles
Hi Yankee,
I'm very happy for such help. Many thanks!!! Well, I got your corrections and answered the alternatives, but I still have some questions. Could you please, check them once more and tel
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Hi Charles,
One of our teachers here has said that "would" is probably the hardest word to fully understand in English, and I think we'd both agree.
You can post more "would" sentences, but you may want to read a bit about conditionals as well. If you use Google (try ELS conditionals OWL as search terms) you may be able to learn more.
One of our teachers here has said that "would" is probably the hardest word to fully understand in English, and I think we'd both agree.
You can post more "would" sentences, but you may want to read a bit about conditionals as well. If you use Google (try ELS conditionals OWL as search terms) you may be able to learn more.
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Hi Charles
As I understand your assignment, you should first write a sentence that states a fact, and then another sentence that states a result of that fact. After that, you are supposed to combine your two sentences in an IF sentence that states what theoretically wouldn't happen (or wouldn't have happened) if the fact weren't (or hadn't been) true. In other words, the I
As I understand your assignment, you should first write a sentence that states a fact, and then another sentence that states a result of that fact. After that, you are supposed to combine your two sentences in an IF sentence that states what theoretically wouldn't happen (or wouldn't have happened) if the fact weren't (or hadn't been) true. In other words, the I
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Hi Yankee,
That's it! But the answers should start in a reverse order. They should start with "wouldn't" instead of "if". So based on this reasoning could you please, just tell me if all the sentences below are correct now?
1. I always take a a lot of pictures. I have a good camera. – I wouldn’t take so many pictures i
That's it! But the answers should start in a reverse order. They should start with "wouldn't" instead of "if". So based on this reasoning could you please, just tell me if all the sentences below are correct now?
1. I always take a a lot of pictures. I have a good camera. – I wouldn’t take so many pictures i
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There is no difference in meaning or in the tense you use if you start with the "if" or if it follows.
He wouldn’tbe have been wide awake at 1:00 am if he didn’t drink hadn't drunk coffee that evening.
If he hadn't drunk coffee that evening, he wouldn't have been wide awake at 1 a.m.
He wouldn’t
If he hadn't drunk coffee that evening, he wouldn't have been wide awake at 1 a.m.
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Hi Charles
Here are my comments:
1. I always take a a lot of pictures. I have a good camera. – I wouldn’
Here are my comments:
1. I always take a a lot of pictures. I have a good camera. – I wouldn’
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