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  • Si usa per parlare di:
    • un’alternativa improbabile, a una condizione reale:
      • If i had enough money, I’d buy a new car
    • una situazione impossibile
      • If everyone had clean water to drink, there would be a lot fewer diseases

  • FORM
    • Condition + result
      • [If + past simple, would + base form]
        • If the thief robbed the bank, he’d go to prison
        • If I saw a shoplifter, I would say something
        • If your friend stole a car, what would you do?
    • L’ordine delle frasi può cambiare.
      • What would you do if your friend stole a car?
    • Per indicare una situazione possibile usiamo “could”
      • [If + past simple, could + base form]
        • If we called the police, they could help us

  • TO LIKE [Conditional Present]
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    • I would like to pay a fine
    • You would like to report a crime
    • he would like to go to prison
    • she would like to join a gang
    • it would like to steal
    • we would like to do community service
    • you would like to break the law
    • they would like to commit a crime

  • TO BE [Conditional Present]

  • —Grammar—