Unreal present (past simple) | Unreal past (past perfect) | |
conditional | If I were you, I wouldn't do
that. Fact: You are not me so you will do that. |
If you hadn't told a lie, you
wouldn't have been in trouble. Fact: You told a lie so you were in trouble. |
wish, if only | I wish I could speak French. Fact: I cannot speak French. |
If only I had learned French in
school. Fact: I didn't learn French in school. |
would rather/had sooner | I'd rather you went by
train. Fact: You don't want to go by train. |
I'd rather you had listened to
me. Fact: You didn't listen to me. |
suppose | Suppose you weren't living in London, where would you be living? | Suppose he hadn't proposed to her that day, whom would she have married to? |
as if/as though | He talks as if he knew
Jane. Fact: He doesn't know Jane. |
He talks about London as if he
had been there. Fact: He has never been to London. |
it's (about/high) time | It's time you went to bed. | - |
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Unreal present/past
การพูดถึงสิ่งที่ตรงกันข้ามกับความจริงในปัจจุบันหรืออดีต (Talking about unreal present or unreal past)
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