叙述事实语气:表示所说是真的。
条件语气:表示真假不能确定。
假设(虚拟)语气:说反话,表示所说的与事实相反。
祈使语气:表示希望能成真,但尚未实现。
虚拟语气基本模式:时态前移
现在:
If I were a woman, I would marry him.
对比: if I am a woman, I will marry him.
过去
If I had come last night, I wouldn’t have missed your performance.
对比: if I came last night, I wouldn’t miss your performance.
将来
If I should (were to ) die tomorrow, I would die with honor.
模式2:从句和主句都用过去式。
未完待续----