Regret from my past: Real Conditionals, Unreal Conditionals, and Whishes

Conditional Sentences / If-Clauses Type I, II und III

Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses.
They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled.

There are three types of Conditional Sentences

Conditional Sentence Type 1

→ It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.

Form: if + Simple Present, will-Future

Example: If I find her address, I’ll send her an invitation.

Conditional Sentence Type 2

→ It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.

Form: if + Simple Past, Conditional I (= would + Infinitive)

Example: If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.

Conditional Sentence Type 3

→ It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.

Form: if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle)

Example: If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation.

Regret from my past

I regret having studied finance. So far I have not had to work on anything linked to the issue of finance. Both my work experience and my own personal preferences have had to do mainly with areas of education, outreach, graphic design and marketing. Never with finances. If I had known that I would never have to work in finance, I would have studied advertising and psychology.

Exercise on Conditional I Simple

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-1-simple/exercises

Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 2

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2/exercises

Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 3

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-3/exercises

Presentation on Prezi  
https://prezi.com/9nw4zlwcbz9p/real-coditionals-unreal-conditionals-and-wishes/

Passive Voice with Future

Passive Voice with Future

  . Future
The car will be washed
The car will be being washed

  . Future perfect
The car will have been washed
The car will have been being washed

. Future (going to)
The car is going to be washed
The car is going to be being washed

  . Future perfect (going to)
The car is going to have been washed
The car is going to have been being washed

  . Future in past
The car was going to be washed
The car was going to be being washed

. Future perfect in past
The car was going to have been washed
The car was going to have been being washed

Examples of Passive

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Future I	Active:	Rita	will write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will be written	by Rita.
	Passive:	A letter	can be written	by Rita.
Future II	Active:	Rita	will have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will have been written	by Rita.

Click here for exercises:

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?04

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?future-1

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?future-2

Verbs - ing Verbs infinitive - Verb obj to infinitive

Verbs followed by gerunds

gerunds and infinitives can be used as the subject

Both gerunds and infinitives can be used as the subject or the complement of a sentence. 

However, as subjects or complements, gerunds usually sound more like normal, spoken English, whereas infinitives sound more abstract. 

In the following sentences, gerunds sound more natural and would be more common in everyday English. 

Infinitives emphasize the possibility or potential for something and sound more philosophical. 

If this sounds confusing, just remember that 90% of the time, you will use a gerund as the subject or complement of a sentence. 

Examples:

·  Learning is important. normal subject

·  To learn is important. abstract subject - less common

·  The most important thing is learning. normal complement

Use ing after prepositions

Exercises gerunds and infinitives 1

For more exercises: click here:

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercise-1.html

http://www.really-learn-english.com/gerunds-and-infinitives.html