GRAMMAR ASKING ABOUT IMAGINARY SITUATIONS OR EVENTS

 

What would you do if you broke a friend’s camera?
• I´d apologize for breaking it.
• I´d pay for the repairs.
• I wouldn’t say anything about it.

Would you pay for a new one?
• Yes, I would. / No I wouldn’t

* I wish I had enough money
* I wish I didn´t live so far away.
*I wish I had time to go out.
*If I where an actor, I’d make the best Mexican movies.
*If I`ll won the lottery, I´ll travel for all world.

CONVERSATION:
Monse: My mom wouldn’t give me permission of going out with my boyfriend at night.
Leslie: If I were you, I’d just run away with my boyfriend.

Monsserrat Del Rio

What if?

Grammar: Wishes and imaginary situations of events.

 

Wishes for the present and future: Wish + past form of verb.

• I wish I had more free time.
• I don’t have enough free time.
• I wish I weren’t so busy with my work.
• I’m very busy with my work.
• We wish we could afford to move.
• We can’t afford to move.
• She wishes she didn’t live so far away.
• She lives very far away.

Imaginary situations or events in the present or future: if + past form of verb… would (could) + verb).

• If I had more free time, I’d / I would go kayaking.
• So I don’t go kayaking.
• If I were less busy. I could go away on the weekends.
• So I can’t go away on the weekends.
• If we could afford move, we wouldn’t live in this tiny place.
• So we live in this tiny place
• If she lived closer, she´d / she would be able to help out.
• So she isn’t able to help out.