1. Imaginative Conditionals Ron Cowan, Ph.D. PP slides: Yuri Vedrashko November 2006

2. 1.If I were you, I would help her. 2.If I didn’t know him, I would believe you. 3.If you had some sugar, I would make some good coffee for you. 4.If you invested more, you’d get more out of it in a month. 5.If you had invested more last month, you would have gotten more out of it. 6.If I had been smarter back then, I wouldn’t have done those foolish things. 7.If they had seen me yesterday, I would have been killed by now. 8.I would have helped her, if I had been there.

3. Imaginative conditionals A.Hypothetical

4. Imaginative conditionals / hypothetical 1.If I were you, I would help her. 2.If I didn’t know him, I might believe you. 3.If you had some sugar, I would make some good coffee for you. 4.If you invested more, you’d get more out of it in a month. 5.If Mozart were alive today, he could be composing for the movies. Meaning: The if-clause indicates an event that is unlikely but nevertheless possible or present states which don’t exist. The result clause refers to a possible outcome of the possibility in the if-clause. Form: The main verb in the result clause is formed with would/could/might + infinitive (without to). The main verb in the if-clause is in the Past simple tense

5. Imaginative conditionals A.Hypothetical B.Counterfactual

6. Imaginative conditionals / counterfactual 1.If you had invested more last month, you would have gotten more out of it. 2.If I had been smarter back then, I wouldn’t have done those foolish things. 3.If they had seen me yesterday, I would have been killed by now. 4.I would have helped her, if I had been there. Meaning: The two clauses express an event or state which didn’t happen in the past Form: would + Present Perfect in the result clauses; Past Perfect in the if clause

7. Typical mistakes: 1.a. If I had studied harder, I would pass. b. If I had studied harder, I would have passed. 2.a. If I had your problem, I will kill myself. b. If I had your problem, I would kill myself. 3.a. If I had stood closer, I will recognize you. b. If I had stood closer, I would have recognized you. 4.a. If I had bought that book, I can pass that test. b. If I had bought that book, I could have passed that test. 5.a. If I had bought that car back then, I would save some money. b. If I had bought that car back then, I would have saved some money.

8. Imaginative conditionals A.Hypothetical B.Counterfactual

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