FOCUS : THE PAST & CONDITIONALS
REMEMBER THE IF THEN STATEMENT? IT'S BACK BUT WITH A TWIST [NOT OF LEMON THOUGH]
SO WHAT IS THE PAST CONDITIONAL? LET'S CHECK -
The UNREAL past conditional [LEARN AMERICAN ENGLSH]
describes a past situation that never happened AND THE POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF IT HAVING HAPPENED "If I had gone to that party" uses the past perfect in this part of the sentence. "I would have had
a good time" is the likely result
ALSO KNOWN AS THE IMPOSSIBLE/UNREAL CONDITIONAL
THE REAL PAST CONDITIONAL VERSION RELATES TO REAL SITUATIONS IN THE PAST THE BEHAVIOURS IN WHICH MAY HAVE CHANGED IN NOW TIME
'IF I WENT TO A PARTY I WOULD USUALLY TAKE A BOTTLE OF FORTIFIED GRAPE JUICE' FOR EXAMPLE, AND CONTINUES 'BUT I DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE'.
ANYWAY LET'S PRACTICE
IT WAS MY FATHER'S FAULT, IF HE HADN'T BOUGHT THAT NEW BALL IT WOULDN'T HAVE GONE SO FAST WHEN I KICKED IT AND THE WIINDOW WOULDN'T BE BROKEN.
