-- refers to the past, therefore the condition cannot happen now or ever be
fulfilled.
Sample sentences:
1) If I had known that I will fail the exam, I would have studied hard for it. (correct)
2) If I had known that I am going to fail the exam, I would have studied hard for it. (correct)
3) If I had known that Matthew has bought the movie tickets, I would not have purchased it. (correct)
4) If I had known that they have not eaten since this morning, I would have bought them cakes. (correct)
5) If I had known that they are in need, I would have given them my old clothes. (correct)
6) If I had known that John has been sick, I would have visited him. (correct)
7) If I had known that my aunt will be going to Malaysia tomorrow, I would have arranged to send my child to the childcare much earlier. (correct)
Observation made from the sentence structure:
If I had known that (any gramatically correct present or future tenses sentences ), I would + present perfect tense ...
Do not try this!
If I had known that if ...
It will make the whole sentence very complicated, so avoid it because there is a high probability of making a mistake.
Learn from the common mistakes.
1) If I had known that I will fail the exam, I would had studied hard for it. (wrong)
2) If I had known that I would fail the exam, I would have studied hard for it. (wrong)
3) If I had known that I will fail the exam, I will study hard for it. (wrong)
Task:
Each one of you is supposed to write 2 sentences using 'If' in the past perfect tense.
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3 comments:
1)If I had known that the car was coming, I wouldn't have crossed the road.
2)If I had Known I was going to fall, I would have stepped away from the cliff edge.
1) If I had known that the meeting was cancelled, I would have stayed at home.
2) If I had known that Mary was going to cry, I wouldn't have told the sad story.
1. If Surya had known that the cake contained egg, he would not have bought it.
2. If I had known that this magazine was not worthy at all, I would not have bought it at all.
*surya, noFFENCE kaes? :DD
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