“If I won the lottery, I will buy a house.”
What's wrong? Choose the right one.
For something imagined, use would, not will: If I won…, I'd buy…
Not: If I won the lottery, I will buy a house.
Say: If I won the lottery, I would buy a house.
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Questions where people make this mistake.
THE QUESTIONS
- If I ______ a terrible cold, I would stay at home and rest.have · will have · would have · had
- If you ______ more water, you wouldn't get headaches so often.would drink · drink · drank · will drink
- If I ______ you, I would talk to a doctor about those symptoms.am · would be · were · will be
- I ______ the guitar if I had more patience.learned · would learn · will learn
- What ______ if the doctor told you to stop playing sport?will you do · do you do · would you do
- Maya doesn't have hay fever. If she ______ from it, she wouldn't enjoy walking in the park in spring.would suffer · will suffer · suffers · suffered
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- hadnot have: the present after if, with would in the other halfnot will have: will for something imaginednot would have: would after if
- dranknot drink: the present after if, with would in the other halfnot will drink: will for something imaginednot would drink: would after if
- werenot am: the present after if, with would in the other halfnot will be: will for something imaginednot would be: would after if
- would learnnot will learn: will for something imagined
- would you donot will you do: will for something imagined
- sufferednot suffers: the present after if, with would in the other halfnot will suffer: will for something imaginednot would suffer: would after if