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How to use Conditional I? #1 (permalink) Wed Oct 20, 2004 19:33 pm   How to use Conditional I?
 

Test No. errors/inter-9 "Conditionals", question 5

Will you come to dinner with us if we had found a babysitter for you?

(a) Will
(b) if
(c) had found

Test No. errors/inter-9 "Conditionals", answer 5

Will you come to dinner with us if we find a babysitter for you?

Correct entry: find
The error was: (c) had found
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Conditions #2 (permalink) Wed Oct 20, 2004 20:16 pm   Conditions
 

Hi,

This is the so-called first conditional, which is future and present tenses as in:

If I win the lottery (present), I shall/will buy a new house (future).

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Conditional I #3 (permalink) Thu Oct 21, 2004 16:50 pm   Conditional I
 

Hi David,

In addition to Alan's explanation you might want to take a look here:
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How to use Conditional I? #4 (permalink) Sat Feb 24, 2007 14:50 pm   How to use Conditional I?
 

Could that sentence looks like this: Would you have come to dinner with us if we had found a babysitter for you?

I know the test doesn't allow change 'will' to 'would have come' and it's not I Conditional, but besides it would be correct, wouldn't it?
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How to use Conditional I? #5 (permalink) Sat Feb 24, 2007 15:15 pm   How to use Conditional I?
 

Hi Violino

In the first example the sentence is talking about the future, the second example sentence you give is talking about the past, so to clarify:

Will you come to dinner with us (next Saturday) if we find you a baby sitter?

Would you have come to dinner with us ( last Saturday) if we had found a babysitter for you?

So the time frame, what you are refering to is different in the two examples.
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