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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.