In the previous post GRE Verbal Ability: Understanding Conditionals (I), we discussed open conditional clauses and sentences. These are of the kind, “if this happens, that will happen” or “unless this happens, that won’t happen”.

Taking the discussion one step ahead, in the current post we will discuss the Hypothetical Condition Clauses. Something that is hypothetical exists in theory only, for example, the Perfect Competition Market in Economics or Equitable Distribution of Income and Resources in the Society.

A Type- II Conditional Clause contains a condition that may be theoretical, combined with improbability or unreality. The condition stated is not likely to be fulfilled. There are called ‘Unreal’ or ‘Hypothetical’ conditional clauses. In such clauses, the simple past form of the verb is used.

Examples:

• If she lost it, I would be very upset.
• If they were here, they would come to our house
• If I were you, I would challenge him
• Even if you were a President, I would not care for you.

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So, you have been studying incessantly for days and nights since months altogether for the GRE exam.

• By the way, how have you been faring on the practice tests?
• Are you happy with your performance?
• In which section do you score the most?

These are the questions you should ask yourself once in a while, just as a business executive does regarding the policies and strategies followed by him to take his business to the topmost level and beat the market competition. This is what the corporate sector refers to as the SWOT analysis, which is about analyzing your Strength (S), Weakness (W), Opportunity (O) and Threats (T). Read more…