If-Clauses

1. If-Clauses Type I

Grammatik im
If-Clause: simple present (Bsp: fly, go, have, am/are/is, eat,...)
Main-Clause: will-future (Bsp: will fly, will go, will have, ...; Verneinung: won't go, won't eat,...) ODER simple present (Bsp: s. o.)

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2. If-Clauses Type II

Grammatik im
If-Clause: simple past (Bsp: was/ were, had, got, found,...)
Main-Clause: would/ could/ might + Infinitiv (Bsp: would go, could have, might travel,...)

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3. If-Clauses Type III

Grammatik im
If-Clause: past perfect (Bsp: had been, had told, had shouted,...)
Main-Clause: would/ could/ might + have + Partizip Perfekt (3. Form) (Bsp: would have seen, could have helped, might have bought,...)

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4. If-Clauses: Anwendung

Type I: Mögliches (Was ist, wenn...)
Type II: Unwahrscheinliches (Was wäre, wenn...)
Type III: Unmögliches (Was wäre gewesen, wenn...)

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5. If-Clauses Übersicht

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6. If-Clauses: Der Unterschied zwischen "If" und "When"

If: falls, wenn (kausal, also Bedingung)
When: als, wenn (temporal/ zeitlich)

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7. If-Clauses: Merksatz

Im If-Satz steht nie:
would/ could/ should/ might