ТОР 5 статей:
Методические подходы к анализу финансового состояния предприятия
Проблема периодизации русской литературы ХХ века. Краткая характеристика второй половины ХХ века
Характеристика шлифовальных кругов и ее маркировка
Служебные части речи. Предлог. Союз. Частицы
КАТЕГОРИИ:
- Археология
- Архитектура
- Астрономия
- Аудит
- Биология
- Ботаника
- Бухгалтерский учёт
- Войное дело
- Генетика
- География
- Геология
- Дизайн
- Искусство
- История
- Кино
- Кулинария
- Культура
- Литература
- Математика
- Медицина
- Металлургия
- Мифология
- Музыка
- Психология
- Религия
- Спорт
- Строительство
- Техника
- Транспорт
- Туризм
- Усадьба
- Физика
- Фотография
- Химия
- Экология
- Электричество
- Электроника
- Энергетика
Other constructions with unreal past and present
| Construction | Real present or future (present and future tense) | Unreal present (past tense) | Unreal past (past perfect) |
| conditional sentence | Type 0 Type 1 If I see him I will tell him | Type2 If I were you I would leave now | Type 3 If I had known before I wouldn’t have come |
| wish | We use the verb hope + present or future to speak about real wishes I hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow. I hope it won’t rain tomorrow. | I wish she worked more efficiently I wish I had a motorbike. We can use would + infinitiveafter wish-clause - to invite someone's co-operation I wish you would hurry up! - to describe an annoying habit I wish it would stop raining. | I wish I hadn’t eaten so much |
| if only (adds emphasis or a sense of regret to hypothetical situations. The second part of the sentence is often left out. | If only I had enough time! | If only I hadn't drunk too much, this wouldn't have happened! If only he hadn’t lied to me. | |
| I’d rather smb / I’d sooner smb (when rather is followed by a clause and there are two subjects in the sentence it takes conditional tenses; otherwise it is a modal verbs followed by the infinitive) | I’d rather you didn’t smoke here. I’d rather you left the files here. | I’d rather you hadn’t spoken like that yesterday. | |
| I’d prefer it if (only when prefer is followed by it-clause we use conditional tense forms; otherwise it is followed by the infinitive) | I would prefer it if you didn’t go. | ||
| suppose / imagine (condition is understood but not stated) | Imagine we won the lottery. Suppose someone told you I am a spy. | Suppose I hadn’t reminded you. | |
| as if / as though | You look as if you're having second thoughts. | He actsas if he were in charge. | I feel as if an express trainhad hit me. She looked at me as if she had never seen me before. |
| it is time it is high time it is about time | It is time we left. It is about time we learnt to drive | ||
| After verbs such as demand, insist, suggest, require which involve an implied obligation, the past tense may be used in informal style. | They demanded that he left. |
Не нашли, что искали? Воспользуйтесь поиском: