Will,Would,Shall,Should

Hi Keron,

The following website has answers to your question.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/auxiliary.htm

Check it out.

Tessa

I am a new member here. I like this forum because it helps me to learn grammar. I have a question about these phrases. " If I had more time, I could have traveled the world" or " If I were you, I would buy a house."

when you are saying of writing these phrases, you are in the present tense. why did they use HAD and WERE? isn't that is past tense?

Thank you

The first should be changed to:

"If I had more time, I could travel the world" to be used in present time.

It also must be changed to:

"If I had had more time, I could have traveled the world" to be used in past time.

> why did they use HAD and WERE? isn't that past tense?

Not in these cases. Here, they represent conditional (see the IF) or subjunctive mood forms.  Same words, different meanings, depending on context.