You might find this useful: Introduction to the Grammar of English by Rodney Huddleston, first published 1984, 470 pages, Cambridge University Press. Don't let the word "Introduction" fool you. It's actually rather advanced and

3) I sleep badly. If I don't get enough sleep, I don't get much work done. 6) Jane and John like each other. If he asked her to dance, she would say 'yes'. 8) I took German at school. If I had taken English, would I have got a better job? 10) I

Hello! I would like to ask you for help. I've been learning contitional sentences so far. So, if you could just check these sentences, I'd be very grateful. 1) It rained all day. If the weather hadn't been so bad , we would have gone

You merely need to explain that earlier indicative and subjunctive forms were superseded by the modern past tense forms. It should take 30 seconds or so. (The apparent anomaly is not unique to English, by the way. For instance, French

Hi LoveCz; Are you asking about the "conditionals"? These are different ways to use an if-clause. There are 4 conditionals: Zero conditional: statement of fact: - If you boil eggs in water for 5 minutes, you will get hard-boiled eggs.

Hi. In a section called "Advanced Points in Reported Speech" in the LoreGate.com Learn English Easily site, these two things (exceptions) are what are written under the heading of "exceptions," in addition to one other

Hi. What do you think of the following? In a section called "Advanced Points in Reported Speech" in LoreGate.com's Learning English Easily, under the bold-letter heading of "Exceptions," it is written: Simple Past

The past perfect is indistinguishable from the past subjunctive. Is that what you meant? If the train had already left, we would have had to take a car. This conditional structure is virtually the only use of the past subjunctive. _______ The

Ok , I did more - ignore my first post , I edited. I was born in Puerto Rico. I moved to the USA when I was 10 years old. If I hadn't come to the U.S, I wouldn't have learned E nglish. I went to school and learned some E nglish. If I

Hi Penstaar, and welcome to the forum. 1) Your student is trying to master the subjunctive mood. It is more common grammatical construction in other languages. It is used for a subjective situation with a false hypothesis: The conditional follows.