Writing Academic English 4th Edition

wouldhave+pastparticiple

allofuswouldhave

gottenA's.

future

youwillgetanAinthe

course.

present

youearnmoremoney.

would+baseform

hewouldgetbetter

grades.

pastperfect

If thetesthadbeeneasier,

(Thetestwashard.)

present

If yougetatleast90%on

thefinalexam,

simplepast

If Paulwerenotsolazy,

(Paulis lazy.)

present

If (when)youhavea

collegeeducation,

Themayorcannotgovernunlessthelaborunionssupporthim.

Unlessyoustudy,youwillnotgetgoodgrades.

Ifyoustudy,youwillgetgoodgrades.

Themayorwouldhavelosttheelectionifthelaborunionshadnot

supportedhim.

Youcannotgeta refundunlessyouhavea receipt.(Youcannotgeta refund

if youdonothavea receipt.)

Unlessyougetatleast90%onthefinalexam,youwillnotgetanAin

theclass.(YouwillnotgetanA if youdonotgetatleast90%onthefinal

exam.)

Notes

1.Therearefourbasicpattel11sofconditionalsentences.Eachpattel11has

a differentcombinationofverbfOlTIlSdependingonwhetherthetimeis

present,future,orpast,andonwhethertheconditionishueornottrue.The

followingchartsummarizesthefourpattel11s.Therearemanyvariationsto

thesebasicpattel11s;consulta grammarbookformorecompleteinformation.

2. Unlessmeans"ifnot."

4.Pasttime,untrue

condition

3.Presentorfuturetime,

untruecondition

2.Futuretime,

truecondition

1.Presenttime,

truecondition

unless

if

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