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THE RELATIVE CLAUSES Maria:   I saw Jessica the other day. Melanie: Jessica? The girl who plays the piano? Maria:   No, that's Natasha. Jessica is the student who dropped out of college , the one who never did any studying . She's working in a shop now, the shop that sells very expensive clothes . The relative clauses in this conversation identify which person or thing we are talking about. The clause who plays the piano tells us which girl Melanie means. The clause that sells very expensive clothes tells us which shop Maria means. Sometimes we can use an adjective or a phrase to identify someone or something. Adjective: the tall girl the new student  the red car Phrase: the man in the suit the shop on the corner the woman with red hair But when we need a longer explanation, we can use a relative clause.           Relative clause: the woman who gets up early the car that broke down   ...

Hypothetical conditions 7. Conditional Type VII (Wish – Imaginary state/Action) He wishes  he  were rich. ≫ Learn about all types of conditional sentences click here Formula / Structure for understanding For State I wish + sub + were + complement For action I wish + sub + would + V1 Learn more about state verb and action verb click here BASIC LEVEL For state: We can use If only , I would , Would that instead of I wish . For Action: We don’t use I would , Would that for action, we can use if only and I wish for action. For state → I wish  I  were rich. کاش میں دولت مند ہوتا۔ → If only  I  were an intelligent student. کاش میں ذہین طالب علم ہوتا۔ → I would I were the Prime Minister. کاش میں وزیر اعظم ہوتا۔ → Would that you were rich. کاش تم دولت مند ہوتے۔ For action → I wish  I  would go there. کاش میں وہاں جاتا۔ → If only ...

Hypothetical conditions Type V & VI 5. Conditional Type V (Imaginary State) ≫ Learn about all types of conditional sentences click here 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 ل...