Conditional sentences Câu điều kiện trong tiếng Anh

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LESSON
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES


CONTENTS
*Classification/ Phân loại
*Verb forms are used in conditional sentences/ Cách
chia động từ trong câu điều kiện.


CLASSIFICATION
1. Real condition
in the present or future
DK có thật ở hiện tại/
tương lai

Conditional
sentences

2. Unreal condition
in the present
DK khơng có thật ở hiện
tại

3. Unreal condition
in the past
DK khơng có thật ở quá
khứ

If Clause

Main Clause

Simple present
If S + Vo/S/ES

Simple future
S + will+ Vo (modal
verb)

Simple present

Simple present

If you go on diet , you will control your
weight.
Simple past
If S + V2/ED
Be were

Would/could/might
+ Vo

If I had money, I would lend you.
If I were you, I wouldn’t buy that house

Past Perfect
Would/ could/might +
If S + had +V3/ED Have + V3/ED (p.p)

If you had studied hard, you would have
passed your examination.


OTHER WAYS TO EXPRESS CONDITIONS

Unless
Trừ khi
Nếu …không

Other
phrases

= If …not/ except if
(real condition)

If it doesn’t rain, I will go to the
museum.
Unless it rains, I will go to the museum.

Không dùng unless khi
mệnh đề if là nguyên
nhân chính gây ra

My parents will be disapointed if I
don’t pass the examination.

Không dùng unless trong
câu hỏi

What will you do if you don’t
have money?

Dùng unless khi đưa ra
lời cảnh báo

You will be wet unless you bring
raincoat.

Imagine that
Provided/ Providing that
On condition (that)
As/so long as
Miễn là…., Với đk là…

She can use this as long as she
signs her name.

Suppose/Supposing that
Giã sử như…
Only if
Chỉ với DK là…
Otherwise
Nếu khơng thì
But for + Noun

MIC-MTC

Supposing he comes late?
= What will happen if he comes

late?
We will come next week only if
there are flights.
We must come to railway station
ontime otherwise we will miss the train
But for the traffic jam, I could have
met him.


If I (drink) coffee late at night, I (sleep)

If I drink coffee late at night, I can’t sleep


If I (be) you, I ( do) that

If I were you, I wouldn’t do that.


Last semester, Tom failed Chemistry. If he (study) hard, he (pass)
the examination.

If he had studied hard, he would have passed the examination.


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