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Page 1: Conditionals 2

5

Ch

oo

se t

he m

os

t a

pp

rop

ria

te d

es

cri

pti

on fo

r e

ach p

ictu

re.

1)

If s

he

fall

s,

she'l

l la

nd

in

th

e sa

fety

ne

t.

2)

If s

he

fell

, sh

e'd

la

nd

in

th

e sa

fety

ne

t.

3)

If s

he

ha

d fa

llen

, sh

e w

ou

ld h

av

e la

nd

ed

in

th

e sa

fety

ne

t.

1)

It's

wo

rse

if w

e o

rder

sou

p.

2)

It w

ou

ld b

e w

ors

e if

we

ord

ere

d s

ou

p.

3)

It w

ou

ld h

av

e b

ee

n w

ors

e if

we'd

ord

ere

d s

ou

p.

1)

If I

ow

n a

do

g l

ike

tha

t, I'

ll k

eep

it

on

a l

ead

.

2)

If I

ow

ne

d a

do

g l

ike

tha

t,

I'd

keep

it

on

a l

ead

.

3)

If I

ha

d o

wn

ed

a d

og

lik

e th

at,

I'

d h

av

e k

ep

t it

on

a l

ead

.

d) 1)

I li

ke

it m

ore

if

it l

oo

ks

lik

e so

me

on

e I

kn

ow

.

2)

I'd

lik

e it

mo

re i

f it

lo

ok

ed l

ike

som

eo

ne

I k

new

.

3)

I'd

ha

ve

lik

ed

it

mo

re i

f it

ha

d l

oo

ked

lik

e so

me

on

e I

kn

ew

.

FIR

ST

C

ER

TIF

ICA

TE

L

AN

GU

AG

E

PR

AC

TIC

EG

RA

MM

AR

7

C

ON

DIT

ION

AL

S

6

Re

wri

te e

ach se

nte

nce

. U

se c

on

tra

cte

d f

orm

s.

a)

If I

ha

d k

no

wn

, I

wo

uld

ha

ve

told

yo

u.

..If

I'd

kn

ow

n, I'

d h

ave

told

you

...

b)

To

ny

wo

uld

no

t h

av

e cra

shed

if

he

ha

d b

ee

n m

ore

care

ful.

c)

If I

h

ad

my

cre

dit

card

wit

h m

e,

I w

ou

ld h

av

e b

ou

gh

t th

e co

at.

d)

You

wo

uld

n

ot

hav

e g

ot

lost

if

yo

u h

ad t

ak

en

th

e m

ap

.

e)

If G

rah

am

h

ad

no

t lo

st h

is w

atc

h,

he

wo

uld

n

ot

hav

e m

isse

d t

he

pla

ne

.

f)

If y

ou

ha

d n

ot

told

me

her

na

me

, I

wo

uld

hav

e fo

un

d o

ut

fro

m s

om

eo

ne

els

e.

g)

If I

were

yo

u,

I w

ou

ld t

ry g

ett

ing

up

earl

ier.

Key

po

ints

1

Th

e p

rese

nt

ten

se f

orm

in

fir

st c

on

dit

ion

al

sen

ten

ces

do

es

no

t re

fer

to p

rese

nt

tim

e.

It r

efer

s to

fu

ture

tim

e.

2

Th

e p

ast

ten

se f

orm

in

se

co

nd

c

on

dit

ion

al

sen

ten

ces

do

es

no

t re

fer

to p

ast

tim

e.

It r

efer

s to

fu

ture

ti

me

.

3

Th

e d

iffe

ren

ce

be

twe

en

fi

rst

an

d se

co

nd

c

on

dit

ion

al

sen

ten

ces

can

d

ep

en

d o

n

the

att

itu

de

of

the

speak

er.

T

he

futu

re si

tua

tio

n m

igh

t h

av

e a

hig

h p

oss

ibil

ity

of

ha

pp

en

ing

(fi

rst

co

nd

itio

na

l)

or

a lo

w p

oss

ibil

ity

(s

eco

nd

co

nd

itio

na

l).

If s

he

fall

s, sh

e'll

la

nd i

n th

e sa

fety

net

.

(Th

is m

ea

ns

tha

t th

ere

is

a re

al

po

ssib

ilit

y t

ha

t sh

e w

ill

fall

.)

If s

he

fell

sh

e w

ou

ld l

an

d i

n

the

safe

ty n

et.

(I am

co

mm

en

tin

g o

n a

n i

ma

gin

ary

sit

ua

tio

n,

an

d I

do

no

t th

ink

sh

e is

lik

ely

to

fall

.)

4

Mig

ht

an

d c

ou

ld a

re c

om

mo

n in

c

on

dit

ion

al

sen

ten

ces

wh

en

we

are

u

nc

ert

ain

ab

ou

t o

ur

pre

dic

tio

ns.

If y

ou

le

ave

n

ow

, yo

u

mig

ht

catc

h

the

tra

in.

If yo

u a

sked

h

im n

icel

y, h

e m

igh

t a

gre

e.

If y

ou

'd co

nti

nu

ed d

rivi

ng

in

th

at

wa

y,

you

cou

ld

ha

ve

hit

a

no

ther

ca

r.

5

Mix

ed c

on

dit

ion

al

form

s are

po

ssib

le,

esp

ecia

lly w

he

re a

past

ev

en

t h

as

a

pre

sen

t re

sult

.

If B

ren

da

h

ad

n't

st

ole

n

the

mo

ney

, sh

e w

ou

ldn

't

be

in p

riso

n.

6

Un

less

, p

rovi

ded

, a

nd

as

lon

g a

s can

in

tro

du

ce

co

nd

itio

ns.

4.3

,

Page 2: Conditionals 2

CA

TE

L

AN

GU

AG

E

PR

AC

TIC

E

Un

de

rlin

e t

he m

os

t su

ita

ble

ve

rb f

orm

s in

e

ach se

nte

nce

.

a)

If t

he

ma

ch

ine

sto

ps/

wil

l st

op

, y

ou

pre

ss/w

ill

pre

ss th

is b

utt

on

.

b)

I c

an

't u

nd

ers

tan

d w

ha

t h

e se

es in

her!

If

an

yo

ne

trea

ts/w

ill

trea

t/tr

eate

d m

e

lik

e th

at,

I

am

/wil

l b

e/w

ou

ld b

e ex

trem

ely

an

gry

!

c)

If y

ou

h

elp

/hel

ped

me

wit

h t

his

ex

erc

ise,

I w

ill/

wo

uld

do t

he

sam

e fo

r y

ou

one

day

.

d)

Acco

rdin

g t

o th

e ti

meta

ble

, if

th

e tr

ain

le

ave

s/le

ft o

n ti

me

, w

e w

ill/

wo

uld

arr

ive

at

5.3

0.

e)

If i

t is

/wil

l b

e fi

ne

tom

orr

ow

, w

e g

o/w

ill

go

to

th

e co

ast

.

f)

If w

e fi

nd

/fo

un

d a

tax

i,

we

wil

l g

et/w

ou

ld g

et t

he

re b

efo

re th

e p

lay

sta

rts.

g)

It's

qu

ite

sim

ple

reall

y.

If y

ou ta

ke/w

ill

take

/to

ok

these

tab

lets

ev

ery

day

, th

en

yo

u lo

se/w

ill

lose

/lo

st/w

ou

ld lo

se w

eig

ht.

h)

I d

on

't l

ike

this

fla

t. I

thin

k I

am

/I w

ill

be/

I'd

be

ha

pp

ier

if I

liv

e/w

ill

live

/would

live

/liv

ed i

n a

ho

use

in

th

e co

un

try

.

i)

I d

on

't k

no

w h

ow

to

pla

y b

ase

ball

, b

ut

I'm

su

re t

ha

t if

I w

ill

do

/did

, I

pla

y/w

ill

pla

y/w

ou

ld p

lay

a lo

t b

ett

er

tha

n

an

yo

ne

in th

is

aw

ful

tea

m!

j)

If I

ph

on

e/w

ill

ph

on

e/p

ho

ned

yo

u to

nig

ht,

a

re y

ou

/wil

l yo

u b

e/w

ou

ld y

ou

b

e in

?

2U

nd

erl

ine t

he m

os

t su

ita

ble

ve

rb f

orm

s in

e

ach se

nte

nce

.

a)

Wh

y d

idn

't y

ou

tell

me?

If y

ou to

ld/h

ad

to

ld m

e,

I h

ad

hel

ped

/wo

uld

ha

ve

hel

ped

yo

u.

b)

If B

ill

did

n't s

tea

l/h

ad

n't s

tole

n

the

car,

h

e w

asn

't/w

ou

ldn

't b

e/h

ad

n't b

een

in

pri

son

n

ow

.

c)

If A

nn

w

asn

't d

rivi

ng

/did

n't d

rive

/ha

dn

't d

rive

n

so

fast

, h

er

car

did

n't

cra

sh/w

ou

ldn

't c

rash

/wo

uld

n't h

ave

cr

ash

ed in

to

a tr

ee.

d)

Let

m

e g

ive

yo

u so

me

ad

vic

e.

If y

ou s

mo

ked

/wo

uld

sm

oke

/ha

d s

mo

ked

les

s,

you

did

n't fe

el/w

ou

ldn

't fe

el/w

ou

ldn

't

ha

ve

felt

so

ti

red

.

e)

Wh

at

bad

lu

ck

! If

Ala

n

did

n't f

all

/ha

dn

't f

all

en/w

ou

ldn

't f

all

o

ver,

h

e w

on/w

ould

win

/wo

uld

h

ave

wo

n

the

race.

f)

If y

ou in

vite

d/h

ad

in

vite

d m

e la

st w

eek

, I

wa

s a

ble

/ha

d b

een

a

ble

/wo

uld

ha

ve

bee

n a

ble

to

co

me

.

g)

I'm

su

re y

ou

r le

tter

ha

sn't

arr

ived

yet.

If

it

cam

e/h

ad

co

me

I'm

su

re I

no

tice

d/h

ad

n

oti

ced

/wo

uld

h

ave

n

oti

ced

it

.

h)

We

hav

e a

sug

gest

ion

to m

ak

e.

Ho

w d

o y

ou

fee

l/w

ou

ld y

ou f

eel

if w

e

off

ered

/wo

uld

off

er/h

ad

off

ered

yo

u th

e jo

b

of

ass

ista

nt

ma

na

ge

r?

i)

If y

ou

le

nt/

ha

d l

ent

us

the

mo

ney

, w

e p

aid

/wo

uld

pa

y/h

ad

pa

id y

ou

back

nex

t

week

.

j)

Ter

ry n

ev

er

catc

hes

an

yth

ing

wh

en

he

go

es

fish

ing

. A

nd

if

he

catc

hes

/ca

ug

ht/

ha

d ca

ug

ht

a fi

sh,

he

thro

ws/

wo

uld

th

row

it

b

ack

!

GR

AM

MA

R

7

CO

ND

ITIO

NA

LS

3

Pu

t e

ach v

erb

in

b

racke

ts i

nto

a s

uit

ab

le v

erb

fo

rm.

a)

Wh

y d

idn

't y

ou

ph

on

e?

If I

(k

no

w)

....h

ad

k

no

wn

y

ou

w

ere

co

min

g,

I (m

eet)

y

ou

at

the

air

po

rt.

b)

It's

a p

ity

yo

u m

isse

d t

he

part

y.

If y

ou

(co

me)

,

yo

u (

meet)

m

y

frie

nd

s fr

om

H

un

gary

.

c)

If w

e (h

av

e)

som

e to

ols

, w

e (b

e ab

le)

to re

pair

th

e ca

r, b

ut

we

ha

ve

n't

go

t a

ny

wit

h u

s.

d)

If y

ou

(n

ot

help

) m

e,

I (n

ot

pass

)

the

ex

am

.

e)

It's

a b

eau

tifu

l h

ou

se,

an

d I

(b

uy

) it

if

I (h

av

e)

the

mo

ney

, b

ut

I c

an

't a

ffo

rd it

.

f)

I c

an

't i

mag

ine

wh

at

I (d

o)

wit

h t

he

mo

ne

y i

f I

(win

) th

e lo

ttery

.

g)

If M

ark

(tr

ain

) h

ard

er,

h

e (b

e)

a g

oo

d ru

nn

er.

h)

If C

lair

e (l

iste

n)

to h

er

mo

the

r,

she

(no

t m

arr

y)

Dav

id i

n th

e fi

rst

pla

ce.

4

Re

wri

te e

ach s

en

ten

ce

, b

eg

inn

ing a

s s

ho

wn

. D

o n

ot

ch

an

ge t

he m

ea

nin

g.

a)

I d

idn

't h

av

e an

um

bre

lla

wit

h m

e a

nd

so

I g

ot

wet.

I w

ou

ldn

't h

ave

go

t wet i

f I'

d h

ad

an

um

bre

lla

wit

h m

e

b)

I'll

cal

l th

e p

oli

ce

if y

ou

do

n't

leav

e m

e alo

ne!

Un

less

c)

In t

he

sno

wy

we

ath

er

we

do

n't

go

to

sc

ho

ol.

If

d)

Wit

ho

ut

Jack

's h

elp

, I

wo

uld

n't

ha

ve

be

en

ab

le t

o m

ov

e th

e ta

ble

.

If

e)

Mak

e m

e so

me

coff

ee,

an

d I'

ll g

ive

yo

u o

ne

of

my b

iscu

its.

If

f)

If y

ou

h

ad

n't

to

ld m

e a

bo

ut

Su

e's

hair

, I

wo

uld

n't

ha

ve

no

tic

ed

.

Un

less

g)

If y

ou

see

Pet

er,

tell

him

to

be

here

at

8.0

0.

Sh

ou

ld

h)

I w

ou

ldn

't a

ccep

t if

yo

u a

sked

me

to m

arr

y y

ou

!

If y

ou

were

41

Page 3: Conditionals 2

Exp

lan

ati

on

s

Re

al/

like

ly

sit

ua

tio

ns:

firs

t

co

nd

itio

na

l

Un

rea

l/im

ag

ina

ry

sit

ua

tio

ns:

se

co

nd

co

nd

itio

na

l

• W

ith

if

A f

irst

co

nd

itio

na

l d

esc

rib

es

a re

al

or

lik

ely

sit

ua

tio

n.

A p

rese

nt

ten

se i

s us

ed

afte

r if

, b

ut

the

tim

e re

ferr

ed to

is

th

e fu

ture

. W

ill/

Wo

n't a

re c

om

mo

n in

th

e

resu

lt cla

use

.

If y

ou

fa

ll,

I w

on

't b

e a

ble

to

ca

tch

yo

u!

Th

is m

ea

ns

tha

t th

ere

is

a re

al

po

ssib

ilit

y t

his

wil

l h

ap

pe

n.

Go

ing

to

can

be

use

d i

nst

ead

of

wil

l.

If i

t ra

ins,

w

e're

go

ing

to

get

wet

.

Th

e m

od

al

verb

ca

n i

s als

o c

om

mo

n in

fir

st c

on

dit

ion

al

sen

ten

ces.

If t

he

case

s a

re t

oo

hea

vy,

I ca

n h

elp

yo

u c

arr

y th

em.

• U

nle

ss,

pro

vid

ed,

as

lon

g a

s

Un

less

m

ea

ns

If..

. n

ot.

Un

less

yo

u

lea

ve a

t o

nce

, I'

ll c

all

th

e p

oli

ce.

If y

ou

d

on

't le

ave

a

t o

nce

, I'

ll

call

th

e p

oli

ce.

Pro

vid

ed a

nd

as

lon

g a

s can

als

o i

ntr

od

uc

e a

co

nd

itio

n.

Pro

vid

ed y

ou le

ave

n

ow

, yo

u'll

catc

h

the

tra

in.

• W

ith

th

e im

pera

tiv

e

It i

s c

om

mo

n t

o u

se t

he

imp

era

tiv

e in

stead o

f if

.

Get

me

som

e ci

ga

rett

es,

an

d I

'll

pa

y yo

u

late

r.

• W

ith

sh

ou

ld

We

can

use

sh

ou

ld i

nst

ead

of

if i

n a

co

nd

itio

na

l se

nte

nc

e.

It m

ea

ns

if b

y a

ny

cha

nce

...

a

nd

mak

es

the

acti

on

les

s li

kely

.

Sh

ou

ld y

ou s

ee J

oh

n,

can

yo

u g

ive

him

a m

essa

ge?

- W

ith

if

A s

eco

nd

co

nd

itio

na

l d

esc

rib

es

an

un

rea

l o

r im

ag

ina

ry s

itu

ati

on

. A

past

sim

ple

ten

se i

s u

sed

aft

er i

f, b

ut

the

tim

e re

ferr

ed t

o i

s th

e fu

ture

. W

ou

ld i

s

co

mm

on

in

th

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sult

cla

use

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ou

fe

ll,

you

w

ou

ld

hu

rt y

ou

rsel

f.

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is m

ea

ns

tha

t th

ere

is

a sm

all

po

ssib

ilit

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ha

t th

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ill

ha

pp

en

. T

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situ

ati

on

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ts r

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im

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od

al

verb

s m

igh

t a

nd

co

uld

are

c

om

mo

n in

se

co

nd

c

on

dit

ion

al

sen

ten

ces.

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b

eca

me

a

mil

lio

na

ire,

yo

u

mig

ht

be

un

ha

pp

y.

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ere

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oft

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use

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wa

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fo

rmal

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gu

ag

e.

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te t

ha

t w

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is n

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stre

ssed

in

sp

eech

.

38

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NA

LS

39

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wer

e ta

ller

, I'

d j

oin

th

e b

ask

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all

te

am

.

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wer

e yo

u,

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le

ave

n

ow

. (I

an

d y

ou are

st

ress

ed in

sp

eech

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ere

to

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is

an

oth

er

way

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pre

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seco

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nte

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me

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job

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rea

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past

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hir

d

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dit

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real

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sit

uati

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th

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dit

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ma

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tud

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on

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at

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ma

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nd

co

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th

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of

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ten

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h

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m

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t h

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ded

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form

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in th

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cla

use

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d

save

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me

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u

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so

ha

rd

up

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m

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th

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if i

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tr

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t.

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it i

s tr

ue

tha

t) y

ou h

ave

a j

ob

lik

e th

at,

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u a

re v

ery

luck

y.

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it is

tr

ue

tha

t)

no

thin

g h

ap

pen

ed,

you

w

ere

luck

y.

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past

si

mp

le can b

e u

sed

for

past

ev

en

ts w

ith

a r

eal

po

ssib

ilit

y,

or

tha

t w

e

kn

ow

are

tru

e.

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yp

e o

f se

nte

nce

do

es

no

t h

av

e a

ny

sp

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l g

ram

ma

r ru

les.

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ou

m

isse

d th

e T

V p

rog

ram

me

last

nig

ht,

yo

u ca

n b

orr

ow

my

reco

rdin

g.

If t

he

po

lice

a

rres

ted

h

im,

they

m

ust

su

spec

t h

im.