1. CONDITIONAL (3)
IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE
If she had left earlier , she would have arrived on time.
Conditional “IF” --------------------------- No conditional
Had --------------------------------------------- Would have
Verb in Past Participle ------------ Verb in Past Participle

2. NOTICE:
Χ IF MARY WOULD HAVE LEFT
IF CLAUSE
EARLIER, SHE WOULD HAVE
ARRIVED ON TIME.
 IF MARY HAD LEFT EARLIER, SHE
WOULD HAVE ARRIVED ON TIME.
MAIN CLAUSE
 IF I’D HAD MY MOBILE YESTERDAY, I
WOULD HAVE CONTACTED YOU.
 IF I’D HAD MY MOBILE YESTERDAY, I
COULD HAVE/ MIGHT HAVE
CONTACTED YOU.

3. THE ORDER OF THE CLAUSES
(IF CLAUSE , MAIN CLAUSE)
• IF MARY HAD LEFT EARLIER, SHE WOULD
HAVE ARRIVED ON TIME
OR
(MAIN CLAUSE IF CLAUSE)
• MARY WOULD HAVE ARRIVED ON TIME IF
SHE HAD LEFT EARLIER.

4. USES
 CRITICIZING PEOPLE:
- IF YOU’D BEEN A BIT MORE CAREFUL,
YOU WOULDN’T HAVE CUT
YOURSELF.
 REGRET:
- IF I HADN’T LEFT LATE, I WOULD HAVE
ARRIVED ON TIME.

5. BE CAREFUL… ’D = HAD / WOULD
 IF YOU’D RUNG ME, I’D HAVE COME TO
SEE YOU.
IS THE SAME THAT:
 IF YOU HAD RUNG ME, I WOULD HAVE
COME TO SEE YOU.

6. PRESENTED BY:
FABIAN COLMENARES