Tenses in if-clauses
There are mainly three types of conditional sentences in English. A conditional clause expresses a condition – something that must happen first so that something else can happen. Conditional clauses are introduced by ‘if’....
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Expressing condition using if-clauses
The words when, as long as, if and unless are often used in sentences to refer to a condition – something which must happen first so that something else can happen. If-clauses can refer...
Common mistakes in the use of if-clauses
If sentences are useful for expressing conditions. However, students often use the wrong structure. There are mainly three patterns with if. First conditional In the first pattern, we use simple present tense in the...
If-clauses
If-clauses are used to talk about conditions. Note that an if-clause is an example of a subordinate adverb clause. Sentences containing an if-clause are sometimes called conditional sentences. There are mainly four types of...
