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IF… WOULDGrammar Lab
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MEANING
If I lived in a township,
I would have a difficult life.
If I were South African,
I would be pride of it.
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STRUCTURE
➤ 1st part
If + past
(if: hypothesis, imagine)
(be: were for every person)
➤ 2nd part
Would + verbal base
(would: modal will)
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FROM REALITY TO DREAM…➤ She lives in the countryside. (reality)
➤ If she lived in the city, she would get job opportunities. (dream)
➤ He is not a millionaire. (reality)
➤ If he were a millionaire, he would feed everyone. (dream)
➤ I am not on holiday. (reality)
➤ If I were on holiday, I would relax all day long. (dream)
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YOUR TURN➤ I am not a South African, I am not proud of the country.
➤ You don’t live in a township, you have a good life.
➤ She has not enough money to live correctly. (enough: assez)
➤ They don’t have a good job to earn money. (earn: gagner)
➤ I am not Nelson Mandela, I don’t know what to do.
➤ She is not Miriam Makeba, she doesn’t sing well.
➤ I don’t live in a township, I don’t have to fight.
➤ I am not a journalist, so I don’t write about South Africa.
➤ We are not dancers, we don’t know how to dance Pantsula.