1st condition:
- If + present + future.
If you want, I will help you.
2nd condition:
- If + past + would + V1
If I saw you, I would call.
3rd condition:
- If + past perfect + would have + V3
If I had seen you, I would have called you.
- Would that / I wish +……. + I were
I wish I were a king.
- It is high time to go there.
It is high time I went there.
It is high time for me to go there.
As if / As though / since:
- Present + as if / as though + past
He behave as if he were a king.🌟🌟
- Past + as if / as though + past perfect.
He behaved as if he had been a king.
Would you mind / with a view to:
- Would you mind + v+ing…
Would you mind giving me a cup of tea.
I will go there with a view to giving exam.
- He is too old to walk.
- It is too heavy for me to carry.
So that / so….. that:
- He is so weak that he cannot walk.
- He was so weak that he could not walk.
- He is strong so that he can work hard.
- He was strong so that he could work hard.
Lest:
- …… lest + sub + should + v1
Walk fast lest we should miss the class.
While:
- Past + While +…….. = v+ ing
He saw me while eating.
- Past + While + sub + …… = past continuous
We saw a snake while we were passing the jungle.
No sooner hand:
- No sooner had + past + than + past.
No sooner had he reached the station than the train left the station.
- Since বাক্যের আগে থাকলে অর্থ হয়ে যেহেতু।
Practice set:
- Patriotism is a noble virtue. It is high time we became patriotic.
- He took Biology in lieu of Mathematics. Mathematics is difficult for him.
- A Railway Station is a place where trains stop and start.
- Unity is power. Unless you are united, you cannot do the best for our community.
- It is high time you gave up smoking. It is detrimental/ injurious to health.
- Danger comes when it is feared.
- My friend lives in New Zealand. It is many year since we met last.
- My friend lives in New Zealand. It was many year since we had met last.
- There goes the proverb,” United we stand, divided we fall.” So we should become United.
- He studies medicine so that he can help the poor people.
- There is nobody who is absolutely happy. Happiness is a relative term.
- I feel a very bad headache. If I felt better, I would continue the class.
- Walk fast lest you should miss the bus.
- Since Bangladesh is a disaster prone country, it is subject to colossal damages to life and property almost every year.
- He confessed that he stole my pen.🌟🌟
- We are so self-centred that we do not think of the welfare of our country.🌟