![]() One action must happen before the other can happen. We are concluding or inferring what happened.Īn unreal conditional has two parts: if → then. He did or didn't do it depending on whether the condition was true. He doesn't know if he will have time yet. (The speaker doesn't know for sure.) And if it did, the speaker infers that the action in the main clause occurred. A modal - will, can, may, or should- is used in the main clause.Ī past verb in the condition phrase and the main clause expresses that there was an open possibility that the condition occurred. If it does, the activity in the other clause will happen. An open conditional is used when the likelihood of something happening is in the real world, a factual one.Ī present tense verb in the condition phrase (If he has time) expresses that the situation can happen. A real conditional includes two parts: if → then. ![]()
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