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0 - zero 1: for what IS always trueIn ZERO 1 clauses we can replace IF with
WHEN/WHENEVER
If (When/Whenever)PRES.SIMPLESim..Simple
+ Present
Present Simple
I(When/Whenever)+
Simple
If (When/Whenever) I go to bed late, I have a headache in the morning.
If (When/Whenever it rains, the streets are wet. = The streets are wet if (When/whenever) it
rains.
If (When/Whenever)
+ Past
Past
Simple
Simple If (When/Whenever) it snowed, the children didn't go to school
Past Simple
If (When/Whenever) it rained, the streets were wet. = The streets were wet if
(when/whenever) it rained.
If + Present Simple
will + inf inifive
Simple)
!!!
If the weather is fine next weekend, we will go for a walk.
(= Future
If it rains tomorrow, the streets will be wet (tomorrow). = The streets will be wet if it rains
tomorrow.
!! Verb (to) be = WERE (was can also be used, but is less English
If + Past Simple
Conditional)
If + Past Perfect
(= Perfect
Conditional)
If I had known you were coming to Ljubljana, I would have met you at the airport.
If it had rained yesterday, the streets would have been wet. (but it didn't rain)
UNLESS =
JUFA
IF NOT !!
I.
KEY
I.
1. have , won't get
2. boils , turns
3. rains , won't go
4. had asked , would have helped
5. had , would call on
6. needs , comes / needed, came
7. would have finished, had helped
8. will miss , don't hurry up
9. would have helped , had been
10.
would help , were