Conditional Type V & VI

Hypothetical conditions

Type V & VI

5. Conditional Type V

(Imaginary State)

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RECOMMENDATION

Conditional Type II (Conditional Past) click here

Formula / Structure for understanding

(i)

If + sub + were + complement , sub + would + V1

(ii)

If + sub + were + complement , sub + would + have + V3

We can use 'were' instead of 'was'. ≫ I were, ≫ he were, ≫ she were, ≫ it were. This is mostly done in formal writing.

BASIC LEVEL

Conditional clause	Main Clause OR Independent Clause
If I were you,	I would buy that dress.

We can say conditional clause, dependent clause or subordinate clause.

→ If I were you, I would buy that dress.

اگر میں تمہاری جگہ ہوتا تو میں وہ لباس خریدتا۔

→ If I were you, I would have bought that dress.

اگر میں تمہاری جگہ ہوتا تو میں وہ لباس خرید چکا ہوتا۔

→ If he were you, he'd ask a lawyer for some advice.

(he’d ask = he would ask)

اگر وہ تمہاری جگہ ہوتا تو وہ کسی وکیل سے کچھ مشورے پوچھتا۔

→ If he were you, he'd have asked a lawyer for some advice.

(he’d ask = he would ask)

اگر وہ تمہاری جگہ ہوتا تو وہ کسی وکیل سے کچھ مشورے پوچھ چکا ہوتا۔۔

→ If she were you, she would have gone there.

→ If I were you, I wouldn't buy that dress.

(wouldn’t = would not)

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

6. Conditional Type VI

(More emphatic Imaginary state)

Formula / Structure for understanding

(i)

Were + sub + complement , sub + would + V1

(ii)

Were + sub + complement , sub + would + have + V3

We can use 'were' instead of 'was'. ≫ I were, ≫ he were, ≫ she were, ≫ it were. This is mostly done in formal writing.

We donot use “if”

→ Were I you, I would buy that dress.

"اگر" کا استعمال نہیں ہوگا۔

ہوتا نہ میں تمہاری جگہ تو (میں) وہ لباس خریدتا۔

NOTE

→ Were I you, I would buy that dress.

It is not an interrogative sentence. If you want to make an interrogative you should make changes in main clause.

See this example:

→ Were I you, would I buy that dress?

→ Were I you, I would have bought that dress.

ہوتا نہ میں تمہاری جگہ تو (میں) وہ لباس خرید چکا ہوتا۔

→ Were he you, he'd ask a lawyer for some advice.

(he’d ask = he would ask)

→ Were he you, he'd have asked a lawyer for some advice.

(he’d ask = he would ask)

→ Were I you, I wouldn't buy that dress.

(wouldn’t = would not)

→ Were I you, I would have gone there.

0. Conditional Type Zero (Conditional Present) click here
1. Conditional Type I (Conditional Future) click here

2. Conditional II (Conditional Past) click here

3 & 4. Type III and IV Click here
5 & 6. Type V & VI Click here
7. Conditional Type VII (Wish – Imaginary state/Action) click here

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