The document discusses different ways to express conditional statements in English. It provides examples using various conditional structures, including 1st, 2nd, and 3rd conditionals. The examples cover topics like reading a book and crying, signing an online petition, changing one's legal age, and homeschooling due to appearance.

1. CONDITIONALS
further ways of expressing hypotheses

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If you read Wonder, you will cry.
If you read Wonder, you will shed a tear or two.

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If you read Wonder, you will shed a tear or two.
If you should read Wonder, you will shed a tear or two.
(a mixture of 1st and 2nd conditional: it’s a real possibility, but I’m not
sure it’s going to happen).

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If you’re interested in signing the petition, please go to https://
petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/129823
Nicola Thorp started a petition to Parliament.

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If you’re interested in signing the petition, please go to https://
petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/129823
If you should be interested in signing the petition, please go to https://
petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/129823
Should you be interested in signing the petition, please go to https://
petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/129823 (inversion)

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If the petition was / were started today, it would be successful.

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If the petition was / were started today, it would be successful.
Were the petition started today, it would be successful. (Inversion)

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Emile Ratelband wants to change his legal age.
If the Court of Appeal agreed to his request, what would the
consequences be?

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If the Court of Appeal agreed to his request, what would the
consequences be?
If the Court of Appeal should agree to his request, what would the
consequences be?
Should the Court of Appeal agree to his request, what would the
consequences be?

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Emile Ratelband wants to change his legal age.
If Emile was / were allowed to change his legal age, more people
would request the same.

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Emile Ratelband wants to change his legal age.
If Emile was / were allowed to change his legal age, more people
would request the same.
If Emile were (was) to be allowed to change his legal age, more
people would request the same. [less likely to happen]

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• Auggie was homeschooled.
• If his appearance had been different, Auggie would have attended
school like his sister.

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• Auggie was homeschooled.
• If his appearance had been different, Auggie would have attended
school like his sister.
• Had his appearance been different, Auggie would have attended
school like his sister.

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• Auggie was homeschooled.
• If it hadn’t been for his appearance, Auggie would have attended
school like his sister.
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