En las oraciones de present unreal (presente irreal) la cláusula dependiente se escribe en pasado, y la cláusula principal utiliza would, could, should, might.
Cláusula dependiente: If you drove slowly, (Si condujeras despacio,)
Cláusula principal: you would not have any accidents. (no tendrías ningún accidente)
Ejemplos:
- If you drove slowly, you would not have any accidents. (Si condujeras despacio, no tendrías ningún accidente)
- If you studied hard, you would pass your finals. (Si estudiaras duro, pasarías tus finales)
- If I saw her, I would give her your message. (Si la viera, le daría tu mensaje)
- If he saved his money, he would buy a new car. (Si él ahorrara su dinero, compraría un nuevo automóvil)
- If you studied English, you would find a job. (Si estudiaras inglés, encontrarías un trabajo)
- If we had enough money, we would travel to Europe. (Si tuviéramos suficiente dinero, viajaríamos Europa)
- If you went to bed earlier, you would not feel so tired. (Si fueras a la cama más temprano, no te sentirías tan casado)
- If he attended class regularly, he would make a good progress. (Si el asistiera a clases regularmente, haría un buen progreso)
- If you finished your homework on time, you would go to the party. (Si terminaras tu tarea a tiempo, irías a la fiesta)
- If I had time, I would go to the movies with you. (Si tuviera tiempo, iría al cine contigo)
- If you worked harder, you would get a better salary. (Si trabajaras más duro, tendrías un mejor salario)
En las oraciones de present unreal el verbo to be se escribe were para todas las personas:
Ejemplos:
- If I were you I would talk about that with her. (Si fuera tú, hablaría con ella acerca de eso)
- If today were Sunday, we would go to the beach. (Si hoy fuera domingo, iríamos a la playa)
- If I were in your position, I would think twice before doing that. (Si estuviera en tu posición, lo pensaría dos veces antes de hacer eso)
- If the weather were not so cold, she would feel better. (Si el clima no fuera tan frío, ella se sentiría mejor)
- If today were Saturday, I would go to visit my brother. (Si hoy fuera sábado, iría a visitar a mi hermano)
- If she were here, she would bake a cake. (Si ella estuviera aquí, hornearía un pastel)
- If today were sunny, we would go to the zoo. (Si hoy estuviera soleado, iríamos al zoológico)
- If my father were here, he would help us. (Si mi padre estuviera aquí, nos ayudaría)
- If she were here, she would know what to do. (Si ella estuviera aquí, ella sabría que hacer)
- It you were more ambitious, you would try to find a better job. (Si fueras más ambicioso, tratarías de encontrar un mejor trabajo)