“If you got enough sleep, you'll feel better.”
What's wrong? Choose the right one.
When both halves are about the future, the if half takes the present: If you get…, you'll…
Not: If you got enough sleep, you'll feel better.
Say: If you get enough sleep, you'll feel better.
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Questions where people make this mistake.
THE QUESTIONS
- If you ______ enough sleep, you'll recover from the flu faster.got · would get · will get · get
- If you ______ after the run, your legs will feel stiff.won't cool down · don't cool down · didn't cool down
- If my brother ______ over his cough soon, he'll join the football team again.would get · got · gets · will get
- If Maria ______ in this heat, we'll call a doctor.passes out · will pass out · would pass out · passed out
- If this trend ______, fewer teenagers will learn to write by hand.continues · will continue · continued
- If you ______ before the match, you might hurt your leg.didn't warm up · don't warm up · won't warm up
Show the answers
- getnot got: the past after if, with will in the other halfnot will get: will after if, when or as soon asnot would get: would for a real chance
- don't cool downnot won't cool down: will after if, when or as soon asnot didn't cool down: the past after if, with will in the other half
- getsnot got: the past after if, with will in the other halfnot will get: will after if, when or as soon asnot would get: would for a real chance
- passes outnot passed out: the past after if, with will in the other halfnot will pass out: will after if, when or as soon asnot would pass out: would for a real chance
- continuesnot continued: the past after if, with will in the other halfnot will continue: will after if, when or as soon as
- don't warm upnot won't warm up: will after if, when or as soon asnot didn't warm up: the past after if, with will in the other half