English Grammar: Conditional & Imaginary – IF, WILL, WOULD, WERE

Hi, James. How are you?

If I read all this paper today, [I] will know all [of] the entertainment news

You know if I were smart I would actually buy the whole paper

if you notice something I use the word if if if if and then I use will and would

Now in English will would are actually related

[will] is the present tense would is the past of will but what do they really mean today?

Today We're going to find out come with me my imaginary friends. ready?

okay, I said to you if

If it's a Magic word when when in English hear the word if we know that it's conditional on something

Something has to happen

before something else will happen

So if you study hard, you will learn English well

Okay, so if with will

equals conditional

that means

One thing has to happen in order to the other thing to come true

But I did say would if I?

Were a smarter man I would

Read the whole paper

What does that mean?

Well, this is funny in this case. We're talking about the imaginary sense

What I'm talking about is not real. I'm just imagining it in fact in doing this the verb to be takes on a different

use, let's take a look

if you notice before if you listened, I said a sentence if I something

then, I would be [rich] or I would know more. What was that word that I used

Go back on the time and take [a] look and one second or two the blue screen will tell you what the word was

Did you figure out the word it was were were now That's the verb to be

in the past tense

for plural

When you have if would and were in a sentence, it automatically becomes imaginary and here's the interesting part

When we use it in this sense, I?

She he they are or we and even you all?

Have were if I were smarter

I would do this if you were smarter you would do this if he [were] yes

Yeah, I know if he were not was if he were smarter he would do this

It's an unusual case in English language, but it stands to tell us that what we're talking [about] is

Imaginary you're giving advice to someone saying they're not doing this, but this is what they should do

So when you see if plus would plus were, you know?

It's the imaginary case if you see if plus will you know it's the conditional case?

Let's do a couple of sentences for fun, okay?

Let's say my friend ezekiel wants to go to university

I'm very bad at spelling Ezekiel [was] give a big e, okay?

Now we want to say hmM

We know he doesn't study, but if he did study. He would be a great student

fantastic thumbs up right

when we say

if we know we have that if in both sentences

Ezekiel okay

ba Ba Ba studied he would be a good student and if

something

[to]

now did you see it yet look carefully it's

if+ would

Do you remember word has to go there if we have if and would that's right verb to be right?

were

That's easy killer

If ezekiel were to study he would be a good student

Is he a good student no, that's sorry

But if he were a good student he would study you have to study your english

Let's do the conditional Ezekiel going to talk about ezekiel in conditional

This time we're talking to him now, okay?

And in the conditional sense let's see how that's sentence. We go

if once again, we need this right?

Ezekiel

Okay, [this] made a mistake

What would it [be] if we know it's here, and we don't have what what would we put here?

will

Get good student that's right. It's conditional. If he studies. He will be a good student right now

If I were to pay attention to what I was doing I would be better at the board. I wouldn't make so many mistakes

Anyway, look hope you enjoyed the lesson now. You know when we use will and would and by the way

They're Modals that's another lesson I'm looking forward to teaching. Modals now if we use will and

would we use them in two different ways one is the Imaginary and

One is a conditional look at the blue screen. It will remind you which one is which

Great you remember right if plus will is

conditional if Plus would is

Imaginary and remember the verb to be has to change to were for all conditions

it she I you you get the message then I took a one so there is your lesson for today

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