<General Verb>
1.Uncertain
present condition
If
it has crashed in Brazil, it will
likely be in one of seven states in the Amazon -- the world's
largest tropical rain forest, home to up to 30 percent of the planet's
animal and plant life and covering an area larger than Western Europe.
2.Uncertain
future condition
If they have
remembered them all, both goalies can talk
about their great saves.
3.Contrast
to present condition
It is
that, if the prime minister had to rely on
Tory backing to win through in the lobbies of the Commons, things would
become extremely uncomfortable.
4.Contrast
to past condition
If I had
had my life to live over again, I would had been a professional
tennis player.
<Verb
Be>
1.Uncertain
present condition
If it isn’t raining
now, we can go out .
2.Uncertain
future condition
If I have money then, I can
buy it.
3.Contrast
to present condition
If people weren't so
greedy, the world would be a better place
to be.
4.Contrast
to past condition
If the
weather had been nice yesterday, I would
have gone to the beach.
<Wish>
1.Contrast
to present condition
I wish it didn't
rain.
2.Contrast
to past condition
I wish it had not
rained last night.
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