If-Clauses
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If he doesnʼt know how to dance, he wonʼt invite her to the ball. If he didnʼt know how to dance, he wouldnʼt invite her to the ball. If he hadnʼt known how to dance, he wouldnʼt have invited her to the ball.
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If he keeps smoking, he may get sick. If he kept smoking, he might get sick. If he had kept smoking, he might have gotten sick.
If you keep driving this fast, you will have an accident. If you kept driving this fast, you would have an accident. If you had kept driving this fast, you would have had an accident.
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If there is extraterrestrial life, we will know it by now. If there were extraterrestrial life, we would know it by now. If there had been extraterrestrial life, we would have known it by now.
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If he isnʼt sleeping, he will see the fish and the mermaid. If he werenʼt sleeping, he would see the fish and the mermaid. If he hadnʼt been sleeping, he would have seen the fish and the mermaid..
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If the bear doesnʼt eat so much fish, it wonʼt put on so much weight. If the bear didnʼt eat so much fish, it wouldnʼt put on so much weight. If the bear hadnʼt eaten so much fish, it wouldnʼt have put on so much weight.
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If there are bees, there will be some honey. If there were bees, there would be some honey. If there had been bees, there would have been some honey.
If he isnʼt so thin, he will lift the weights. If he werenʼt so thin, he would lift the weights. If he hadnʼt been so thin, he would have lifted the weights.
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If he isnʼt careful, he will fall. If he werenʼt careful,he would fall. If he hadnʼt been careful,he would have fallen.
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If I live in pre-historic times, I will probably look like this. If I lived in pre-historic times, I would probably look like this. If I had lived in pre-historic times, I would have probably looked like this.
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If the child isnʼt sick, he wonʼt go to the doctor. If the child werenʼt sick, he wouldnʼt go to the doctor. If the child hadnʼt been sick, he wouldnʼt have gone to the doctor.
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If I am Russian, I will be able to dance like this. If I were Russian, I would be able to dance like this. If I had been Russian, I would have been able to dance like this.
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If the pilot is experienced, the plane wonʼt fall. If the pilot were experienced, the plane wouldnʼt fall. If the pilot hadnʼt been experienced, the plane wouldnʼt have fallen.
If you dress this way, people will think youʼre a punk. If you dressed like this, people would think you were a punk. If you had dressed like this, people would have thought you were a punk.
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If I have so much money, I wonʼt throw it away. If I had so much money, I wouldnʼt throw it away. If I had had so much money, I wouldnʼt have thrown it away.
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If the parachute doesnʼt open, he will die. If the parachute didnʼt open, he would die. If the parachute hadnʼt opened, he would have died.
If the computer doesnʼt get a virus, you donʼt need to get it fixed. If the computer didnʼt get a virus, you wouldnʼt need to get it fixed. If the computer hadnʼt gotten a virus, you wouldnʼt have needed to get it fixed.
If Sylvester catches Tweety, heʼll eat it. If Sylvester caught Tweety, he would eat it. If Sylvester had caught Tweety, he would have eaten it.
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If he doesnʼt commit a crime, he wonʼt go to jail. If didnʼt commit a crime, he wouldnʼt go to jail. If he hadnʼt committed a crime, he wouldnʼt have gone to jail.
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If the sun is strong, heʼll catch a sunburn. If the sun were strong, he would catch a sunburn. If the sun had been strong, he would have caught a sunburn.
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If he doesnʼt put out the fire, he may get burned. If didnʼt put out the fire, he might get burned. If he hadnʼt put out the fire, he might have gotten burned.
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