Continuous forms
Unreal Conditional
By Carla Leon
PresentIf-clause: [were + present participle] VERB +ING
Used to discuss imaginary situations that could be happening at this very moment. If the sun were shining, I would go to the beach.Unfortunately, it is raining so I can't go. If Sam were sitting here, we would be able to ask him the question ourselves. But Sam is not sitting here. He is somewhere else
PresentResult: [would be + present participle] VERB +ING
Used to discuss imaginary situations that could be happening at this very moment. If I were in Hawaii, I would be lying on the beach. But I am not in Hawaii. If my grandfather were here, he would be talking about the war. But he is not here.
Past
If-clause: [had been + present participle] VERB +ING
Past Unreal Conditional + Continuous is used to discuss imaginary
situations happening at a very specific time in the past or over a period of time in the past.
If I had been talking to him when he said that, I would have punched
him in the face.
But I wasn't talking to him when he said that.
• If he had been standing near the house when the wall collapsed, it
would have killed him.
Luckily, he moved away before the wall fell.
Past
Result: [would have been + present participle] VERB +ING
Examples in the result:
• If you had gone to his house last night, he would have been sitting
on his couch in front of the TV.
But you didn't go to his house, so you didn't see what he was doing.
• If she had missed her train, he would have been waiting for her at
the station for hours.
Luckily, she caught her train and he didn't have to wait.
Questions?
Unreal Conditional: Continuous Forms
Carla Sheyla Leon De
Created on December 21, 2021
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Continuous forms
Unreal Conditional
By Carla Leon
PresentIf-clause: [were + present participle] VERB +ING
Used to discuss imaginary situations that could be happening at this very moment. If the sun were shining, I would go to the beach.Unfortunately, it is raining so I can't go. If Sam were sitting here, we would be able to ask him the question ourselves. But Sam is not sitting here. He is somewhere else
PresentResult: [would be + present participle] VERB +ING
Used to discuss imaginary situations that could be happening at this very moment. If I were in Hawaii, I would be lying on the beach. But I am not in Hawaii. If my grandfather were here, he would be talking about the war. But he is not here.
Past
If-clause: [had been + present participle] VERB +ING
Past Unreal Conditional + Continuous is used to discuss imaginary situations happening at a very specific time in the past or over a period of time in the past.
If I had been talking to him when he said that, I would have punched him in the face. But I wasn't talking to him when he said that. • If he had been standing near the house when the wall collapsed, it would have killed him. Luckily, he moved away before the wall fell.
Past
Result: [would have been + present participle] VERB +ING
Examples in the result: • If you had gone to his house last night, he would have been sitting on his couch in front of the TV. But you didn't go to his house, so you didn't see what he was doing. • If she had missed her train, he would have been waiting for her at the station for hours. Luckily, she caught her train and he didn't have to wait.
Questions?