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Conditionals & wishes · CEFR B1 · Independent
A spoken way of opening a conditional. The present tense makes it a real possibility; the past makes it more distant or less likely.
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What if it rains tomorrow?
What if + present or past · Suppose + clause
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What if it rains tomorrow?
Like "if", this pattern takes the present for a future possibility.
The shape
What if + present or past · Suppose + clause
Raise a possibility in conversation.
In Hindi
बातचीत में शर्त शुरू करने का तरीक़ा। वर्तमान काल असली संभावना, भूतकाल दूर की बात।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
What if it will rain tomorrow? | What if it rains tomorrow? Like "if", this pattern takes the present for a future possibility. |
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Suppose / What if…? is a CEFR B1 structure — the independent band — and it belongs to conditionals & wishes. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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