If sentences are everywhere at home: advice, plans, offers and regrets. Learners often translate the future straight from their own language and say "If it will rain, we stay in" or "If I would have time, I would bake". British listeners understand, but it sounds wrong. In this episode: • Facts, routines and likely future • Imaginary situations • Past regrets • Unless, as long as, in case • A home scene • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: If it rains, we stay in. — this is what we always do If the baby cries, I sing to her. — a routine If you're hungry, there's soup in the fridge. — an offer If the boiler breaks again, I'll ring the landlord. — a real plan If you see Nan, tell her I said hi. — an instruction If I had more time, I'd learn to bake. — but I don't have time If we lived nearer, we'd visit more often. — but we live far away If I had a garden, I'd grow tomatoes. — but I don't have one If I were you, I'd take a coat. — my advice: take a coat If I were you, I wouldn't worry. — don't worry If I'd known, I'd have brought a cake. — I didn't know, so I didn't bring one If we'd left earlier, we wouldn't have missed the bus. — we left late and missed it If you'd told me, I'd have helped. — you didn't tell me I'd have (EYE-duv) — I would have wouldn't have (WUD-un-tuv) — would not have If I'd known (if-eyed-NOHN) — if I had known We'll walk unless it rains. — we'll walk if it doesn't rain You can't go out unless you finish your homework. — finish it first You can have friends round, as long as you tidy up after. — on this condition Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.