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Topic Summary - If & Wish Clauses

- I am right, aren’t I?
What is in this unit?

IF CLAUSES - CONDITIONALS WISH CLAUSES
▪ Type 0 (Zero Conditional) ▪ Type 1 (First Conditional) ▪ Type 2 (Second Conditional) ▪ Wishes about the present
▪ Type 3 (Third Conditional) ▪ Mixed Types of If Clauses ▪ Other Conditionals ▪ Wishes about the past
▪ Implied Conditionals ▪ Inverted Conditionals ▪ As If / As Though ▪ Wishes about the future
▪ If only
In this unit you will learn to use …
• type 0 (zero conditional) in sentences.
- If something goes wrong with the machine, an error code flashes on its screen.
• type 1 (first conditional) in sentences.
- If the authorities take the necessary steps to improve agriculture, they will not have to import wheat or corn from
other countries.
• type 2 (second conditional) in sentences.
- The sea level would be nearly 70 metres higher than it is now if all the ice across Antarctica, Greenland, and
mountain glaciers worldwide melted.
• type 3 (third conditional) in sentences.
- If NATO hadn’t intervened in the problem between two neighbouring countries on time, a political conflict could
have broken out.
• mixed types of if clauses in sentences.
- If excavations in Kültepe hadn’t unearthed the cuneiform clay tablets, the oldest written documents, Kültepe
wouldn’t currently be the starting point of Anatolia’s history. (present consequence)
- If Istanbul weren’t in a strategic position, acting as a bridge between the continents of Asia and Europe, it would
not have been besieged by many states and become the capital of different empires. (unreal past consequence)
• other conditionals in sentences.
- Even if technological developments offer quick and innovative solutions in every aspect of life, their acceptance
by society may take some time.
- Provided that students have a GPA higher than 3.00, their scholarships are renewed unconditionally.
• implied conditionals in sentences.
- The authorities must act immediately to stop the sewage released into the Severn River in Britain, or it will be too
late to recover it.
• inverted conditionals in sentences.
- Should anyone want to be a professional athlete, he must have exceptional natural talent and discipline, in addition
to being highly physically fit.
• as if / as though in sentences.
- The second team to travel to the Chinese space station will focus on building equipment and facilities around the
space station as if they were building a city.
• wish clauses about the present in sentences.
- Jorge wishes he could speak and write in French as fluently as you can.
• wish clauses about the past in sentences.
- Well, I see that we don’t have a meeting today. I wish I had received a call earlier. I have come all the way for
nothing!
• wish clauses about the future in sentences.
- Local people wish the air pollution problem caused by the factories in the region would be solved anytime soon.
• if only in sentences.
- If only I could do something to relieve your pain after the anaesthesia wears off.

YDT - SORU DAĞILIMI VE YÜZDELİĞİ

Bölümler Vocabulary Grammar Cloze Sentence Completion Paragraph Comprehension Dialogue Restatement Situation Paragraph Completion Translation Eng – Tur Translation Tur – Eng Irrelevant Toplam

Soru Sayısı 5 10 5 8 15 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 80

Yüzdelik 6,25% 12,5% 6,25% 10% 18,75% 6,25% 6,25% 6,25% 6,25% 7,5% 7,5% 6,25% 100%

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