Type 1 If Sentences

• I hope + subject + present tense + (future word)

• I hope my team wins the game tomorrow.

• If + subject + present tense + (future word), subject + will/might/can + verb + (future word).

• If my team wins the game tomorrow, I will be happy tomorrow.

Type 2 If Sentences

If + subject + past tense + (now), subject + would/could + verb + (now).

• If I had a dog now, I would have less free time now.

• If Ahmed owned a car now, he could give us a ride today.

• If I had an iPhone now, I could find a restaurant now.

FACT / RESULT NOWFACT RESULTI have many friends now.

They help me now.

I have a computer now.

I type my essays at home now.

I feel sleepy now. I need a nap now.

I am a student now.

I study a lot now.

FACT / RESULT NOWIfs (Opposite of Reality)If I didn’t have friends now, they wouldn’t help me now.If I didn’t have a computer now, I wouldn’t type my essays at home now.If I didn’t feel sleepy now, I wouldn’t need a nap now.If I were not a student now, I would not study a lot now.

Type 3 If Sentences

TRUTH:I drank too much last night. I have a headache

now.

CONDITIONAL:• If I hadn't drunk (last night), I wouldn't have a

headache (now).

TRUTH:I left the party early yesterday. I am sad now.

CONDITIONAL:

TRUTH:My dad sent me money last week. I had food

yesterday.

CONDITIONAL:

TRUTH:Walmart didn’t advertise a sale last weekend.

Everyone didn’t buy TVs there last weekend.

CONDITIONAL:

FACT / RESULT NOWFACT RESULTI studied last night. I understand this

grammar now.

You felt sick yesterday. You don’t have the homework now.

Jim didn’t study Algebra in high school.

Algebra is a little difficult for Jim now.

My computer broke last night.

I didn’t type the essay last night.

America fought a Civil War in the 19th century.

700,000 Americans died.

• If I had not studied last night, I would not understand this grammar now.

• If you had not felt sick yesterday, you would have the homework now.

• If Jim had studied Algebra in high school, it would not be difficult for him now.

• If my computer had not broken last night, I would have typed the essay.

• If America hadn’t fought a Civil War in the 19th century, 700,000 Americans would not have died.