Viết theo cấu trúc câu điều kiện loại 2 và 3 (Conditional type 2 and 3)
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If clause |
Main clause |
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Type 2 |
S + V-ed, If she were in Hanoi now, |
S + would/could + V We would go to the cinema together. |
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Type 3 |
S + Had + P2, If he had studied harder, |
S + would/ could + have + P2 He would have passed the exam. |
Ví dụ:
She isn’t in Nha Trang now. She can’t go swimming in the sea.
If she were in Nha Trang now, she could go swimming in the sea.
She didn’t attend last class, so she didn’t understand the lesson.
If she had attended last class, she would have understood the lesson.
Lưu ý:
- Câu điều kiện loại 2 và loại 3 không có thật nên phải lùi một thì so với câu gốc.
- Kiểm tra để tránh nhầm lẫn giữa động từ ở mệnh đề chính và mệnh đề điều kiện.
Bài tập:
- I don’t have his address, so I can’t give it to you.
If
- Because you don’t belong to a union, you can’t get a job.
If
- He won lottery ticket last year and he travelled to Europe.
If
- Because he knows that it is dangerous, he doesn’t come.
If
- If he had known the whole story, he would have been so angry.
He didn’t
- If we had more rain, our crops would grow faster.
We
- You spoke too fast, he could not understand you.
If
- If I had had a map I would have been all right.
I wasn’t
- I had realized that the traffic lights were red, I would have stopped.
Because I didn’t
- You got into trouble because you didn’t follow my advice.
If