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Past Perfect Conditional Statements

Prior Lesson In this post we come to learn about ‘past perfect conditional statements’ and usage of ‘unless’ in conditional statements.  We use the ‘past perfect conditional statements’ only for past tense cases. In one past of the sentence we use ‘future in the past’ auxiliaries like would, have, ought to have, etc., and any past perfect or past perfect continuous form of verb in the other as shown in the following examples.  1. Wouldn’t I have gone to the spot if you had told me earlier? 2. If the teacher had not guided me, I couldn’t have come in this position. 3. The doctor might not have stumbled upon this medicine if his patients had not been complaining about the ever increasing temperature. 4. The actors ought to have reported for shooting early this morning if the film Director had been reminding them about it for 2 days. 5. I could have killed that snake if I had had a stick in my hand. 6. You could have borrowed your friend’s note

Past Conditional Statements

Now in this post we would learn about ‘past conditional statements’.  The auxiliaries like would, should, could or might is used in one part of the complex sentence and any past or continuous form of verb including auxiliary cum verb or past perfect form, in the other. But, in the meanwhile the tense of the statement remains in present time. Let us study the following examples from the view of the period of the time of the statement: 1. Would you help my daughter in her studies? (simple present tense) 2. I would help him if he asked me. 3. I couldn’t help her if she did not ask for it. Note: Under the present conditional statements there is no difference between the above three statements. In this case the auxiliaries used are different. Another way of determining this types of sentences are if we use a past equivalent form of auxiliary in one part of the sentence, we must use a past form of verb in the other. Yet, the entire sentence will belong to “pre

Conditional Statements

In the prior lesson, we have read about ' how to use 'Dare' as an auxiliary verb '.  Now, let us come to study about a new topic namely ‘conditional statements’.  What is a Conditional Statement? A conditional statement is a statement or an undertaking wherein we agree or obey to do a work on the fulfillment of some conditions mentioned in the statement.  The tense rules are strictly followed in this types of conditional statement also called a complex sentence. In this type of complex sentences we use all the universal auxiliaries. These conditional statements are classified into three categories mainly. They are 1. Open conditional statements 2. Past conditional statements and 3. Past perfect conditional statements  Now let us see how is this open conditional statements used in the sentences.   We are learn  medical transcription lessons  in this blog. OPEN CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS: This statement is made only for simple present tense cases or insta

How To Use 'Dare' in Sentences as an Auxiliary Verb?

DARE:   Dare is an auxiliary and also a verb. The uses of dare as an auxiliary are: 1. When we want to give the exact meaning “be brave enough to----“ in a sentence. 2. This auxiliary is used only in simple present tense. Related to the auxiliary verb ‘dare’ only one rule is observed. In simple present tense, the auxiliary verb ‘dare’ is used in present form. Example of the structure of the sentence is: 1. How dare you talk to me like this? 2. I dare not insult you madam. Someone has misinformed you. Note: In the general questions form, we can use only ‘how’, we cannot use other interrogatives. In the above question the starting is with ‘how’ but it need not to be with dare. It may be with any other suitable present auxiliaries.  We are learning free MT course in this blog. Some more examples are given below. 1. Do you dare touch a live tiger? 2. The dog dare not attack the visitors. 3. That man dare not hit my daughter in my presence. 4. They dare not