If I had some money, I could invite you to have a coffee. The document discusses using conditional sentences to rephrase statements involving conditions. It provides an example of rephrasing "I have no money so I can't invite you to have a coffee" as a Type II conditional "If I had some money, I could invite you to have a coffee."

1. I have no money so I can’t invite you to have a coffee.
CAN YOU SAY
THE SAME
WITH A
CONDITIONAL
SENTENCE?
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2. I have no money so I can’t invite you to have a coffee.
PRESENT TENSE PRESENT TENSE
IF clause MAIN clause
TYPE 0 Present simple Present simple
Imperative
· scientific facts
· always true/ valid
TYPE I Present simple Future (WILL) · probable in the future
TYPE II Past simple Would + infinitive · unreal/ hypothetcal present
TYPE III Past perfect Would have + past participle · unreal past
We are talking about a PRESENT SITUATION, which can be expressed
using a conditional TYPE II.
IMPORTANT: even if the conditional TYPE II is formed with the PAST SIMPLE,
it talks about a hypothetical present situation, that’s why it’s used in this case.

3. I have no money so I can’t invite you to have a coffee.
=
If I had some money, I could invite you to
have a coffee.
Si tuviese dinero (ahora), podría invitarte (ahora) a tomar un café.

4. I hadn’t locked the door, so burglars broke into my house.
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CAN YOU SAY
THE SAME
WITH A
CONDITIONAL
SENTENCE?

5. I hadn’t locked the door, so burglars broke into my house.
PAST PERFECT PAST SIMPLE
IF clause MAIN clause
TYPE 0 Present simple Present simple
Imperative
· scientific facts
· always true/ valid
TYPE I Present simple Future (WILL) · probable in the future
TYPE II Past simple Would + infinitive · unreal/ hypothetcal present
TYPE III Past perfect Would have + past participle · unreal past
We are talking about a PAST situation, which can be expressed using
a conditional TYPE III.
IMPORTANT: even if the conditional TYPE III is formed with the PAST PERFECT, we can use
it to rephrase a situation expressed with the PAST SIMPLE.

6. I hadn’t locked the door, so burglars broke into my house.
=
If I had locked the door, burglars
wouldn’t have broken into my house.
Si hubiese cerrado la puerta con llave(aquel día pasado), los ladrones no habrían
entrado (aquel día) en mi casa.