Conditional is used to show a condition, which is contradictory to the reality/fact. In the present unreal condition, there is little possibility that the condition will be realized.
Ex : if I were a rich person, I would build a palace.
In fact : I’m not a rich person, so I can’t build a palace.
(But there is still a little possibility for me to be a rich person)
The pattern formula used in present unreal conditional is as follow :
If + simple past tense, S + would/could + V1
If I won the lottery, I could buy a new car
A Son Writes …
Last week I asked my mum if I could go to a rock festival. ‘No’, she said, ‘the music will be too loud, there’ll be crowds of people.. you won’t know anybody…’. These excuses were so lame I decided there was some other secret reason why she didn’t want me to go. After all, this is the first time my mum has ever shown any concern about the dangers of loud music.
I think the real reason mum is worried about my going to the festival is that my friends and I will have to survive by ourselves for a couple of days. This might not sound like much of a challenge, but surviving means preparing food as well as eating it, putting tents up as well as sleeping in them ..
Mum has obviously realized that if I went to the festival I would soon find out how totally dependent on her I am. And once I realized how incapable I am of surviving on my own, I would never leave home again. Then mum would have a pathetic teenager/aduld under her feet for the rest of her life.
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