if
= What
do
you
do
if
if ...
,
What will happen?
if
Used to assume a situation:
If [status],
Then [consequences]
The state clause should be in the past tense (did),
The result clause uses the past future tense (would)
do)。
for instance
Q:
what
if
you
asexual reproduction
yourself
exist
this
The lab?
A:
then
I
will
play
chess
match
along with
my
Cloning.
can
Is the past tense of can,
So it is used in conditional clauses.
will
It is used in the result clause.
for instance
Q:
what
if
you
can
combine
a
cow
and
a
Tiger?
A:
then
over there
will
be
a
new
animal
Coins.