Notice how we use a comma after the past tense clause. (Though it is unlikely I will become President) If I became President, I would reduce the salaries of all politicians.If I didn't have a headache, I would go to the party.(Though I am unlikely to win the lottery) If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world. ![]() So in order for me to travel around the world, I would need the first clause (the condition or situation) to happen, that is, for me to win the lottery first. In that situation I would travel around the world. = It is unlikely that I will win the lottery, but I'm going to hypothetically imagine that I did win. The second clause of subject + would + verb (conditional verb) is conditional to the first clause happening (or will only happen if the first part/clause happens).Įxample: If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world. We use a past verb though are imagining the present or the future to be different. When we are thinking about a situation in the present or future that is hypothetical, unlikely or impossible, we use: If + Past Simple.
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