【假設語氣】之4:常用也常錯的If

文/王妍筑、John Stephenson

根據學生最常犯錯的幾種假設用法,我們的外籍顧問整理了以下幾個例句,看看你是否能抓出錯誤?

在If句後面加上will,畫蛇添足

Q1:如果出差,我會收email
(X): If I will travel to work, I check my emails.
(O): If I travel to work, I check my emails.

Q2:如果我會遲到,我會打給你
(X): If I will late, I will call you.
(O): If I am late, I will call you.

時態錯誤

Q3:如果你幫我整理一份報告,我下禮拜 就可以給客戶看
(X): If you would put together a report for me, I could show the customer next week.
(O): If you put a report together for me, I could show the customer next week.

Q4:如果他們有準時到,就不會出問題了
(X): If they would have had arrived on time, there would have been no problem.
(O): If they had arrived on time, there would have been no problem.

談得廣、聊得深的冷場救星:If
用英文「聊天」和用英文「簡報」,你覺得哪一個比較難? 假如你的答案是聊天難,那你的英文真的很有希望。簡報處理的是結構和基礎,有沒有好的開場、轉折,英文能 不能表達數字、資訊,解釋圖表裡的沒有說出來的訊息,這得靠真本事,紮實的工夫。很多人覺得聊天難,是因為在漫無邊際的談話裡,找不到一種聊天「架構」,找不到「出招」和「接招」轉寰餘地,用If假設句,讓你的閒聊不尷尬。

If you had $5,000 that you had to spend today, how would you use it?
如果你今天有5000美金可花,你會怎麼用?

If you could live anywhere in the world for one year, where would you live and why? 如果你可以住在世界上任何一個角落一年,你會住在哪裡?為什麼?

If you could only eat one type of food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
如果你的餘生只能吃一種食物,那會是什麼?

Exercise on If Clauses

看看自己掌握了多少,空格中該填入什麼字,先試著寫下,再上英語島找答案。


If your conditions are competitive, we _______________ an order.
如果你的條件有競爭力,我們將下訂單。

If it hadn't rained yesterday, we ________ ____________ sailing.
要是昨天沒下雨,我們就會去航海。

If we had learned more about their language, the conversation ________ __________ easier.
如果我們有先多了解他們的語言,那對話就會容易些。

If you __________ your CV, your chances of getting a job will be better.
如果你量身打造你的履歷,那麼找到工作的 機會就會大一些。

We __________ our order if you don't deliver the goods by Friday.
如果你週五前沒有出貨,我們就會取消訂單。

If Brad _______ better English, he would apply for a job abroad.
如果Brad會說英文,他就會應徵海外的工作。

If you __________ me about the problem, I would have helped you.
如果你有早點告訴我這個問題,我就能幫你。

I ___________ you know if I wasn't satisfied.
要是我不滿意,我會讓你知道。

If you execute the order carelessly, they ____________ another order with you in the future.
如果你漫不經心地執行這個訂單,他們未來就不會再找你下訂。

If I were you, I ______________ about the presentation.
如果我是你,我就不會擔心這場簡報。

If I had more time, I __________________ to your party yesterday.
如果我有更多時間的話,昨天就會去參加你的派對。

Give the book to Jane if you _________ it.
如果你書看完的話,就把書給Jane。

If you hadn't lost our flight tickets, we __________ on our way to the Caribbean now.
如果你沒有弄丟我們的機票,我們現在就會在往加勒比海的路上。

If you ______________ dinner right now, I'll come back later.
如果你現在正在吃晚餐,那我晚點再過來。

If we ___________ off earlier, we wouldn't be in this traffic jam now.
如果我們早點出發的話,現在就不會卡在車陣裡了。

 

Ans: 1. will place 2. would have gone 3. would have been 4. customize 5. will cancel 6. spoke 7. had told 8. would let 9. won't place 10. wouldn't worry 11. would have come 12. have read 13. would be 14. are having 15. had set

 

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