7
8.
430) Conditional clauses with IF + the present simple can
also go with a main clause having MUST, MAY, CAN,
SHOULD etc. The modals also refer lo future time
(like WILL); in addition, they indicate some extra
modal meaning (see exercises 470-474).
Use MUST, MAY, CAN, SHOULD with the following to
ospress advice.
Situation : Mr. Plumb will probably go to Britain for a month.
His wife is staying at home. She says to him:
IF CLAUSE
MAIN CLAUSE
If + Present
Modal verb + infmitive
If you go to Britain,
you must write to me
every day.
1. get me some English novels;
2. take your umbrella with you;
3. see the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace;
4. get the children some English stamps;
5. visit the Tower of London;
6. speak English all the time;
7. visit Stratford-on-Avon;
8. learn a lot about the English way of life.​