Conditional sentences types II, III transformation
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If I had some money, I could invite you to have a coffee. The document discusses using conditional sentences to rephrase statements involving conditions. It provides an example of rephrasing "I have no money so I can't invite you to have a coffee" as a Type II conditional "If I had some money, I could invite you to have a coffee."
Conditional sentences types II, III transformation
- 1. I have no money so I can’t invite you to have a coffee. CAN YOU SAY THE SAME WITH A CONDITIONAL SENTENCE? 1
- 2. I have no money so I can’t invite you to have a coffee. PRESENT TENSE PRESENT TENSE IF clause MAIN clause TYPE 0 Present simple Present simple Imperative · scientific facts · always true/ valid TYPE I Present simple Future (WILL) · probable in the future TYPE II Past simple Would + infinitive · unreal/ hypothetcal present TYPE III Past perfect Would have + past participle · unreal past We are talking about a PRESENT SITUATION, which can be expressed using a conditional TYPE II. IMPORTANT: even if the conditional TYPE II is formed with the PAST SIMPLE, it talks about a hypothetical present situation, that’s why it’s used in this case.
- 3. I have no money so I can’t invite you to have a coffee. = If I had some money, I could invite you to have a coffee. Si tuviese dinero (ahora), podría invitarte (ahora) a tomar un café.
- 4. I hadn’t locked the door, so burglars broke into my house. 2 CAN YOU SAY THE SAME WITH A CONDITIONAL SENTENCE?
- 5. I hadn’t locked the door, so burglars broke into my house. PAST PERFECT PAST SIMPLE IF clause MAIN clause TYPE 0 Present simple Present simple Imperative · scientific facts · always true/ valid TYPE I Present simple Future (WILL) · probable in the future TYPE II Past simple Would + infinitive · unreal/ hypothetcal present TYPE III Past perfect Would have + past participle · unreal past We are talking about a PAST situation, which can be expressed using a conditional TYPE III. IMPORTANT: even if the conditional TYPE III is formed with the PAST PERFECT, we can use it to rephrase a situation expressed with the PAST SIMPLE.
- 6. I hadn’t locked the door, so burglars broke into my house. = If I had locked the door, burglars wouldn’t have broken into my house. Si hubiese cerrado la puerta con llave(aquel día pasado), los ladrones no habrían entrado (aquel día) en mi casa.