Real conditionals and unreal conditionals

1. Exemplos (Real Conditional)

1.1. Present Condition: If he has time today. // If he is feeling energetic.

1.2. Present/Future: Jack will mow the grass. // Jack will clean up his yard

1.3. Past Condition: If he had time yesterday. // If he was feeling energetic.

1.4. Past: Jack mowed the grass. // Jack cleaned up his yard.

2. Exemplos (Unreal Conditional)

2.1. Present Condition: If he had time. // If he felt rested.

2.2. Present/Future: Ted would mow the grass. // Ted would clean up his yard.

2.3. Past Condition: If he had had time. // If he had felt rested.

2.4. Past: Ted would have mowed the grass. // Ted would have cleaned up the yard.

3. Aplicação em texto (Real Conditional):

3.1. When Jack came home Friday evening from work, he noticed his lawn was overgrown and needed some work. Because he works Monday through Friday as an electrician, his weekends are free to do as he pleases. This weekend, he will spend some time with friends and do some yard work. He will mow the lawn if he has time.

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5. Estrutura gramatical (Real Conditional):

5.1. A real conditional includes two parts: if → then. One action must happen before the other can happen. An open conditional is used when the likelihood of something happening is in the real world, a factual one.

5.2. A present tense verb in the condition phrase (If he has time) expresses that the situation can happen. If it does, the activity in the other clause will happen. A modal —will, can, may, or should— is used in the main clause.

5.3. A past verb in the condition phrase and the main clause expresses that there was an open possibility that the condition occurred. (The speaker doesn't know for sure.) And if it did, the speaker infers that the action in the main clause occurred.

6. Estrutura gramatical (Unreal Conditional):

6.1. An unreal conditional has two parts: if → then. One action must happen before the other can happen. A remote conditional is used when the likelihood of something happening is in a distant, imaginary, contrary-to-fact world.

6.2. A preterit verb in the condition phrase (If he had time) and a modal verb in the main clause [would + verb] expresses that the condition has a poor chance of happening; therefore, the activity in the main clause is unlikely to happen.

6.3. A past perfect verb in the condition clause (If he had had time) and the past modal [would have + verb] expresses that the failed condition was the reason or excuse for the situation in the main clause not happening.

7. Aplicação em texto (Unreal Conditional):

7.1. When Ted came home Friday evening from work, he also noticed that his lawn was overgrown and needed work. Because he works six days a week as a healthcare worker, he has almost no free time and is usually exhausted on weekends. This weekend is his only opportunity to rest. He would mow the lawn if he had time.