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2 1 0 f if we go / if I have / if I can etc. Unit 99<br />

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Unit<br />

100 If I had If we w ent... etc.<br />

Dan likes fast cars, but he doesn't have one.<br />

He doesn't have enough m oney.<br />

If he had the m oney, he w ould buy a fast car.<br />

Usually had is p a st, but in this sentence had is<br />

n o t past. If he had the m o ney = if he had the<br />

m o ney n o w (b ut he doesn't have it).<br />

D A N<br />

If<br />

I<br />

you<br />

had / knew / lived (etc.)<br />

didn't have / didn't know (etc.)<br />

I<br />

you<br />

w ould ...<br />

w o u ld n 't ...<br />

it w e re ..., it co u ld ...<br />

they could ..., they co u ld n 't ...<br />

You can say:<br />

o r<br />

O<br />

If he had the m oney, he w o uld buy a car.<br />

He w o uld buy a car if he had the m oney.<br />

I'd / she'd / they'd etc. = I w ould / she w ould / they w ould e t c.:<br />

O<br />

O<br />

I don't kno w the answer. If I knew the answer, I'd tell you.<br />

It's raining, so we're no t going out. W e'd get w et if w e w ent out.<br />

O Jane lives in a city. She likes cities. She w ouldn't be happy if she lived in the country.<br />

O If you didn't have a job, w hat w ould you do? (b ut you h a ve a jo b )<br />

O I'm so rry I can't help you. I'd help you if I could, (b ut I ca n 't)<br />

O if we had a car, we could travel m ore, (b ut we d on 't have a car, so we ca n 't travel m uch)<br />

If (I) was/ were ...<br />

You can say: if l/ he/ she/ it w as<br />

if l/ he/ she/ it w ere<br />

o r<br />

wouldn’t go o u t if I were you.J<br />

O It's not a very nice place. I w ould n't go there<br />

if I w ere you. (o r ... if I was yo u)<br />

Q It w o uld be nice if the w eather was better.<br />

( o r ... if the w eather w ere better)<br />

O W h at w o uld Tom do if he were here?<br />

(o r ... if he was here)<br />

Com pare:<br />

if I have / if it is etc.<br />

O<br />

I m ust go and see Helen.<br />

If I have tim e, I will go today.<br />

(= m aybe I'll have tim e, so m aybe<br />

I'll go)<br />

O I like that jacket.<br />

O<br />

I'll buy it if it isn't too expensive.<br />

(= m aybe it will not be too expensive)<br />

I'll help you if I can. (= m aybe I can)<br />

if I had / if it was etc.<br />

O<br />

O<br />

I m ust go and see Helen.<br />

If I had tim e, I w ould go today.<br />

(= I don't have tim e today, so I will<br />

not go)<br />

I like this jacket, but it's very expensive.<br />

I'd buy it if it w asn't so expensive.<br />

(= it is expensive, so I'm no t going to<br />

buy it)<br />

O I'd help you if I could, but I can't.

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