The use of “as if” or “as though”

THE USE OF “AS IF” or “AS THOUGH”

&“WISH” IN

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

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What is conditional sentence Using as if / as though ???

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As if and as though are both used to say what a situation seems like. They can refer to something that we think may be true.

as if / as though

It looks like rain Notice: – Like is followed by a noun object

It looks as if it is going to rainNotice:– As if are followed by a clause

It looks as though it is going to rain Notice:– As though are followed by a clause

It looks like it is going to rain (informal)

Notice:• Like is followed by clause. This use

of like is common in informal English, but is not generally considered appropriate in formal English; as if or as though is preferred.

“True “ statement (fact) Verb form after as if/as though

He is not a child She talked to him as if he were a child

She did not take a shower with her clothes on

When she came in from the rainstorm, she looked as if she had taken a shower with her clothes on

She will be here She spoke as if she wouldn’t be here

Usually the idea following as if/as though is “untrue”. In this case, verb usage is similar to that in

conditional sentences

VERB FORMS FOLLOWING WISH

Wish is used when the speaker wants reality to

be different, to be exactly the opposite.

Wish is followed by a noun clause past verb forms, similar to those

in conditional sentences, are used in

the noun clause.

A WISH ABOUT FUTURE

A WISH ABOUT PRESENT

A WISH ABOUT PAST

KINDS OF WISH

A WISH ABOUT THE FUTURE

“ TRUE” STATEMENT VERB FORM

FOLLOWING WISH

a. She will not tell me

b. He isn’t going to be here

c. She can’t come tomorrow

I wish (that) she would tell me

I wish he were going to be here

I wish she could come tomorrow

WISH ABOUT THE PRESENT

“ TRUE “ STATEMENT

VERB FORM FOLLOWING WISH

d. I don’t know French

e. It is raining right now

f. I can’t speak Japanese

I wish I knew French

I wish it weren’t raining right now

I wish I could speak Japanese

AWISH ABOUT THE PAST

“ TRUE “ STATEMENT VERB FORM FOLLOWING WISH

g. John didn’t come h. Mary couldn’t

come

I wish John had come*

I wish Mary could have come

Note : sometimes in informal speaking I wish John would have come

EXERCISE 1

1. He does n’t have a brain in his head.Sometimes he act ......(as if/as though he had brain in his head)

2. We haven’t known each other all of our live.We became good friends almost immediately. After talking to each other for only a short time, we felt .....(as if/as though we knew each other all of our live)

3. English is not her native tongue.She speaks English ....(as if/as though English was her native tongue)

EXERCISE 2

¤ I can’t go with you tomorrow, but I wish ....

(I could go with you tomorrow) ¤ The teacher is going to give an exam tomorrow. I wish ....

(The teacher wouldn’t going to give an exam tomorrow)

 ¤ I am not lying on a beach in Kuta. I wish ...

(I were lying on a beach in Kuta)

EXERCISE 3

• His animals aren’t peopleI know a farmer who talks to his

animals ....(as if/as though his animals were

people) • I don’t know how to dance. I wish ...( I knew how to dance) • She can’t speak English, but she

wish she ....(could speak English)

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