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  • If we had left earlier, we wouldn’t have missed the train.
    Unreal / ✅ Correct - Past unreal conditional
  • If I were you, I would talk to him.
    ✅ Correct / Unreal - Unreal advice: If + past simple (subjunctive "were")
  • I wish I hadn’t eaten so much.
    Unreal / ✅ Correct - Wish + past perfect
  • If he doesn’t call soon, I’ll go without him.
    ✅ Correct / Real future: If + present, will + base verb
  • If she studies hard, she would pass the exam.
    ❌ Incorrect / Unreal, present → “If she studied hard, she would pass the exam.”
  • If they had studied more, they will pass.
    Unreal / ❌ Incorrect - “will pass” → “would have passed”
  • I wish I was at the beach right now.
    Unreal / ✅ Acceptable - Informally okay, but more formal: “I wish I were…”
  • If I had known, I would have helped you.
    Unreal / ✅ Correct - Past unreal: If + past perfect, would have + past participle
  • If I be rich, I would buy a castle.
    Unreal / ❌ Incorrect - “be” → “were”
  • If you heat ice, it melts.
    Real / ✅ Correct - Zero conditional: If + present simple, present simple
  • I wish I didn’t said that to her.
    ❌ Incorrect / Unreal / Incorrect - “didn’t said” → “hadn’t said” → Wish + past perfect
  • If I don’t find my keys, I’ll be late.
    Real / ✅ Correct - First conditional
  • If you had told me, I would help you.
    Unreal / ❌ Incorrect - Mixed conditional: “would have helped you”
  • If I won the lottery, I’d travel the world.
    ✅ Correct / Unreal, present: If + past simple, would + base verb
  • I wish I could swim.
    Unreal / ✅ Correct - Wish + could + base verb (present unreal ability)
  • If it rains tomorrow, we go to the museum.
    Real / ❌ Incorrect - “we go” → “we’ll go”
  • I wish you stop complaining.
    Unreal / ❌ Incorrect - “stop” → “would stop” or “stopped” (depending on meaning)
  • I wish I have more time to finish this.
    ❌ Incorrect / Unreal - Wish + past → “I wish I had more time to finish this.”
  • He wishes he would be taller.
    Unreal / ❌ Incorrect - Use “were” not “would be” → “He wishes he were taller.”
  • She acts like she knows everything.
    Real / ✅ Correct - Real situation using “like” + present