If Phrases

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If Phrases

• If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady.

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What is an if phrase?

• If I go to the Bahamas, I will never come home.
• If I went to the Bahamas, I would never come
  home.

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How do you make one?

• If 1 present future.
• If I go to the Bahamas, I will never come home.
• If 2 Past conditional.
• If I went to the Bahamas, I would never come
  home.
• If 3 Past perfect with the conditional perfect.
  
• If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a
  new car.

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When do I use it?

• Use the present/future combination if you are
  seriously considering something.
• If I give Mr. Pasley a tamale, he will be happy.
• Use the past/conditional combination if you are
  dreaming about something.
• If I gave Mr. Pasley a tamale, he would give me
  an A.
• Use the past perfect/conditional perfect if you
  are thinking how things could have been different
  in the past.
• If I had given Mr. Pasley a tamale, he would not
  have failed me.

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Practice

• 3 sentences using the present/future
• 3 sentences using the past/conditional
• 3 sentences using past perfect/ conditional
  perfect
• You cannot use the same verb in the if phrase.