Interimreport1 January–31 March2024 Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company
Conditionals
1.
2. Type
Zero
Tense – if clause Tense- main
clause
Present
Simple/continuous
Use
Present
to talk about
Simple/continuous common states or
events
If / when water boils, it changes into steam.
First
Present
Simple/continuous
If he hurries, he will be in time.
Second
Past simple/ continuous
Will/ to be going
to/ present
simple/
continuous
To talk about
possible states or
events
would + infinitive
without to
To talk about a
situation which is
hypothetical or
very unlikely to
happen
If I had lot of money, I would go abroad.
If I were a bird, I would be very happy.
Third
Past perfect
would have + past
participle
If I had seen her last year, I would have married her.
To talk about the
past and say that
now it is
impossible to do
anything about it
4. If the weather is too bad, we won’t
go for a picnic.
Should the weather be too bad, we
won’t go for a picnic.
5. If you see Kimtan, tell him I want to
visit.
Should you see Kimtan, tell him I
want to visit.
6. If you find it, please send it to me.
Should you find it, please send it
to me.
7. If they went, I would give them money.
If they were to go, I would give them
money.
Were they to go, I would give them money.
8. If it weren’t so late, she would
telephone me.
Were it not so late, she would
telephone me.
9. If they were here, they would tell me.
Were they here, they would tell me.
10. If I had known her address, I would
have visited her.
Had I known her address, I would
have visited her.
11. If he had had much money, he would
have bought a new car.
Had he had much money, he would
have bought a new car.
12.
13. If + s.+ will +, s. + will + v.inf
Polite request
If you will come this way, the manager will
see you now.
Please come this way
14. If + s.+ would +, s. + will + v.inf
More polite request
If you would take a seat, the doctor will see
you in 5 minutes.
If you wouldn’t mind taking a seat
15. If + s.+ will +, s. + will + v.inf
To talk about future result
Example:
If it will save our marriage, I’ll try to give up
drinking.
16. ‘Insist on’
Example:
If you will smoke twenty a day, it is not
surprising you have a hacking cough.
If you insist on smoking so much,
17. If + s.+ should + v.inf , imperative
Example:
If you should change your mind about coming
to the beach tomorrow, give me a ring.
I don’t really expect
18. 1.) If + s.+ were to + infinitive
imaginary future situations
If you passed the exam, he would be
astonished.
If you were to pass the exam, he
would be astonished.
19. 2.) If + s.+ were not for, would +v.inf
= but for + n., would + v.inf
If it were not for his bad hand, he would
carry it himself.
If he didn’t have a bad hand, he would carry
it himself.
20. 3.) If + s.+ would, would +v.inf
If you would stop singing, I would be able
to study.
I would be very grateful if you would pay
your bill.
polite request
21. If + s + hadn’t been for + n, s +
would have + v.3
If it hadn’t been for the storm, we should
have arrived earlier.
If he hadn’t been for his laziness, he could
have been rich.
We can use was/were not for or had not been for to say
that one situation is dependent on another situation or
person.
22. If-equivalent
Unless = if… not (= except when)
….. ,
,
You will fail unless you work harder.
You will fail if you do not work harder.
23. If-equivalent
If there is no rain, the flowers will
die.
Unless there is some rain, the flower
will die.
24. If-equivalent
Even if =
,
Even if I had no money, I wouldn’t
borrow any from my friends.
Marry never hurries even if she is
very late.
26. If-equivalent
You can stay with us as long as you share
the expenses.
You may take two days off on condition
that you work on the weekend.
Supposing you lost your job, what
would you do?
27. Rewrite the following sentences so that the
second sentence has a similar meaning to the
first. Begin with the word (s) given.
1. The reason why the dog attacked them was
because they hit it with a stick.
If
If they had not hit the dog with a stick, it would
not have attacked them.
28. 2. I would have visited you if I had known that
you were in the hospital last week. Had
Had I known that you were in the hospital last
week, I would have visited you.
3. You can borrow my bike, but you must
promise to take good care of it.
As long as
As long as you promise to take good care of my
bike, you can borrow it.
29. 4. If the weather weren’t so cold today, we would
spend the day outside.
Were
Were the weather not so cold today, we would
spend the day outside.
5. If you don’t know what you’re talking about,
you had better keep quiet. Unless
Unless you know what you’re talking about, you
had better keep quiet.
30. 6. You may face unpleasant side effects if you
don’t follow your doctor’s instructions. Should
Should you not follow your doctor’s instructions,
you may face unpleasant side effects.
7. If you don’t change your attitude , I’ll stop
Unless
being friends with you.
Unless you change your attitude, I’ll stop being
friends with you.
31. 8. You don’t think about your decision carefully,
and now you’re regretting it. If
If you had thought about your decision carefully,
you would not be regretting it now.
9. She must do her homework, otherwise her
parents won’t let her go to the party. On condition that
On condition that she does her homework, her
parents will let her go to the party.
