In If Clauses Type 3, it is used to reverse the events that occurred in the past, to put forward a condition and to express the result of that condition. It is often used to express wishes and desires for the past. So, that is like to use would instead of will, did instead of do, could instead of can.
Therefore, the tense that we can use must be a bit more past than the tense that we will use to express the truth. If Clause Type 2 is used to think of the opposite of an event that is happening in the present or in the future, to put forward a condition and to express the result of this imaginary condition. Tenses that can be used as a basis are simple present (do / does) in the conditional sentence and simple future (will) in the basic sentence. We express events with type 1 (if clause) at the moment or in the future when a certain condition is met. The exercises on this page will help you practise making questions and answers with would like in the present tense. Starting a sentence with a basic sentence does not change the meaning. Would is a modal verb, it means it doesn’t take -s with he/she/it and goes before the subject in question sentences. The basic sentence refer to the action that can occur when the condition is fulfilled. One of them is the basic sentence and the other is the condition sentence. Modal verbs are used to express functions such as ability, advice, permission, obligation,possibility and prohibition. Sentences of type 0, consist of two clauses. The characteristic that distinguishes these types is time differences. Grammar Explanation: Modal verbs (1): Can, might, May, power, be able to 1.3 modal verbs: practical exercises with answers 1.4 Response key for diagnostic test 1. In some cases, they are divided into type 0, type1, type2 and type3.