Archive for April 2010

Third Conditional

FORM [If ... Past Perfect ..., ... would have + past participle ... ] [... would have + past participle ... if ... Past Perfect ...] USE The Third Conditional is used to talk about imaginary situations in the past. You can describe what you would have

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If I do…and If I did

FORM [If / When ... Simple Present ..., ... Simple Present ...] [... Simple Present ... if / when ... Simple Present ...] USE The Present Real Conditional is used to talk about what you normally do in real-life situations. Examples: * If I go to a

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First Conditional

When we are talking about the future we are thinking about a particular condition or situation in the future, and the result of this condition. There is a real possibility that this condition will happen. For example, it is morning. You are at home. You plan to

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Past simple and Past Continuous

Both the past simple and the past continuous refer to completed actions in the past. We use the past simple when we talk about: * complete action: I lived there for 6 years. *when one thing happened after another: When I saw Kate, I stopped and we

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