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We can use it’s time or it’s high time followed by a subject and a past simple verb to say that something should be done now or in the future. It’s time you went to the doctor. I really think it’s high time you took a decision. We can’t go on like this any longer. We can also use the alternatives it’s time + to infinitive or it’s ...
3 de ago. de 2015 · We use the past tense as the unreal past in order to distance ourselves from what we are speaking or writing about. This shows that it’s a wish, something imaginary, it’s a preference we may not get, it’s hypothetical or it’s for politeness. The unreal past is commonly used in 1st and 2nd conditionals and also with certain set words and ...
3. Modal verbs. Main clauses with real conditional tenses can have modal verbs. If I have money, I can spend it. You can use could and might instead of would in unreal conditional clauses. If I had money, I could spend it. → (I would be able to spend it.) If I had money, I might spend it. → (I would possibly spend it.)
Third conditional – Grammar Chart. Download full-size image from Pinterest If clause and main clause. We use the past perfect in the if-clause of a third conditional sentence to talk about an imaginary or hypothetical situation in the past, and we use would have, could have or might have + past participle in the main clause to talk about the result or consequence of that imaginary situation.
12 de jun. de 2010 · In a formal style, were can be used instead of was to show that a comparison is unreal. She looks as if she were rich. Note that we do not use a past perfect for a past unreal comparison. She looked as if she was rich, but she wasn’t. (NOT … as if she had been rich. In an informal style, like is often used instead of as if/as though.
As if and as though are conjunctions. We use as if and as though to make comparisons.They have a similar meaning. Clauses that start with as if / as though describe an unreal or improbable situation if they are followed by an unreal tense (the past subjunctive or the past perfect subjunctive). The past subjunctive after as if / as though indicates an unreal situation in the present.
Inne konstrukcje z unreal past. Hipotezy o przeszłości oraz przypuszczenia dotyczące teraźniejszości możemy wyrazić także za pomocą innych wyrażeń. Podobnie, jak w przypadku I wish i If only, w odniesieniu do teraźniejszości zastosujemy czas Past Simple, a kiedy mówimy o przeszłości - Past Perfect. supposing. np.
