In case = it is
possible ...
1.
Your car should have a spare wheel in case there
is a puncture.
2.
Here, in case you have a puncture means it is
possible you will have a puncture.
3.
I will leave my mobile phone switched on in case
Jane calls.
4.
In case Jane calls means it is possible that
Jane will call.
5.
I will draw a map in case you have difficulty
finding our house.
6.
In case, here, means it is possible that you
will have difficulty finding our house.
7.
I’ll remind them about the meeting in case they’ve
forgotten.
8.
In case, here, means it is possible that they’ve
forgotten.
Just in case = it is possible that (smaller possibility)
10.
I don’t think it will rain, but I will take an
umbrella just in case.
11.
I don’t think refers to the smaller possibility.
It will not rain by the looks of it, but in case means if it does.
12.
Do not use future tense after in case. Use
present simple tense. It is incorrect to say, in case it will rain. It is
correct to say, in case it rains.
13.
We will some more food in case Tom comes. Tom is
unlikely to come. But if he does come, we’ll not feel uncomfortable because we
have enough food to serve him.
14.
In case is not the same as if. in
case means doing something before it happens, whereas if is used
when something happens.
15.
The use of in case means we have thought
about the possibility of its taking place in the future.
16.
The use of in case tells us that it is an
preemptive measure; we are doing something before it happens.
17.
Perhaps Tom will come, we will buy some more
food whether he comes or not; then we’ll already have bought the food if
he comes.
18.
We’ll buy some more food if Tom comes.
19.
When we use the word the conjunction, if,
it means perhaps Tom will come. We’ll buy some more food if Tom comes; if
he doesn’t come, we won’t buy any more food.
20.
I’ll give you my phone number in case you need
to contact me. Here, it means you’ve been thoughtful about the situation, so
you are giving the phone number.
21.
You can phone me at the hotel if you need
to contact me. Here, it means you’re not giving the phone number.
22.
You should insure your bike in case it is
stolen. You are suggesting insuring the bike. The insurance is taking place
before the bike gets stolen. The bike is not yet stolen. It is a precautionary
measure.
23.
You should inform the police if your bike
is stolen. In this case, your bike is already stolen, so you are not going to
insure it now, there is no point in doing it now.
24.
The only thing you can do now is inform the
police.
25.
You can use in case + past to say why
somebody did something.
26.
I left my phone switched on in case Jane called.
27.
It means it was possible that Jane would call.
28.
I drew a map for Sarah in case she had
difficulty finding the house.
29.
It means Sarah might have difficulty finding the
house, so I drew a map for her.
30.
We rang the doorbell again in case they hadn’t
heard it the first time.
31.
We rang the doorbell again. Why did we do it?
Because we assumed that they hadn’t the doorbell the first time.
32.
In case of is not the same as in case.
In case of must be followed by a noun equivalent. In case of is a
compound preposition whereas in case is a conjunction.
33.
In case of means if there is; in
case of fire means if there is a fire; in case of emergency
means if there is an emergency.
34.
In case of fire, please leave the building as
quickly as possible. It means if there is a fire, please leave the building as
quickly as possible.
35.
Please note, when we are using in case of, we
are using an uncountable form of the noun, fire and not a fire.
We say a fire for any specific fire, not any definite fire.
36.
Similarly, when we are saying, in case of
emergency, we are using the uncountable form of emergency, any emergency, any
emergency, fire or accident or explosion, or anything whatsoever, any undefined
emergency.
37.
So, when we say, in case of emergency, it means
if there is an emergency. Please note, after the expression, if there
is, we are using an emergency.
38.
Barbara is going for a long walk in the country.
You think she should take these things.
39.
It is possible that she’ll get lost. She should
take a map in case she gets lost.
40.
It is possible that she’ll get hungry. She
should take some chocolates in case she gets hungry.
41.
So this is what you must say to Barbara. What do
you think you would say to her? Use in case.
42.
Take some chocolates with you in case you get
hungry.
43.
Take a map with you in case you get lost.
44.
Take an anorak with you in case it rains.
45.
Take a camera with you in case you want to take
some photographs.
46.
Take some water with you in case you are thirsty.
47.
What do you say in these situations? Use in
case.
48.
It’s possible that Mary will need to contact
you, so you give her your phone number.
49.
You say: Here’s my phone number in case you need
to contact me.
50.
A friend of yours is going away for a long time.
Maybe you won’t see her again before she goes, so you decide to say goodbye
now.
51.
You say: I’ll say goodbye now in case I don’t
see you again before you go (before you go).
52.
You are shopping in a supermarket with a friend.
You think you have everything you need, but perhaps you’ve forgotten something.
Your friend has the list. You ask her to check it.
53.
You say: Can you check the list in case you’ve
forgotten something? Or you can say: Can you check the list in case you
have forgotten anything?
54.
You are giving a friend some advice about using
a computer. You think he should back up his files because the computer might
crash and he would lose all his data.
55.
You say: You should back up your files in case
the computer crashes.
56.
There was a possibility that Jane would call. So
I left the phone switched on.
57.
It means: I left my phone switched on in case
Jane called. This sentence can be rephased as: I left the phone switched on
because there was a possibility that Jane would call.
58.
Notice the difference in use of the verb call.
In case Jane called as opposed to that Jane would call.
59.
Mike thought that he would forget the name of
the book. So he wrote it down.
60.
Mike wrote the name of the book in case
he forgot. Which way can we rephrase the sentence?
61.
We can say: There was a possibility that Mike
would forget the name of the book, so he wrote it down.
62.
I thought my parents might be worried about me.
So I phoned them. We can rephrase the expression
in a different way. We can say: There was a
possibility that my parents might be worried about me, so I phoned them.
63.
I can say: I phoned my parents in case they were
worried about me.
64.
I sent an email to Liz, but she didn’t reply. So
I sent her another email because I thought she hadn’t received the first one.
This can be said in another way using the conjunction, in case.
65.
I can say: I sent Liz another email in case she hadn’t
received the first one.
66.
I met some people when I was in holiday in
France. They said they might come to London one day. I live in London, so I
gave them my address. This can be said in another way using the conjunction, in
case.
67.
I can say: I gave them my address in case they
came to London one day.
68.
We shall be using either if or in case
of in the following situations:
69.
I’ll draw a map for you in case you have
difficulty finding our house.
70.
You should tell the police if you have
any information about the crime.
71.
I hope you come to London sometime. If you come,
you can stay with us.
72.
This letter is Susan. Can you give it to her if
you see her?
73.
Write your name and address on your bag in case
you lose it.
74.
Go to the lost property office if you lose your
bag.
75.
The burglar alarm will ring if somebody tries to
break into the house.
76.
You should lock your bike to something in case
somebody tries to steal it.
77.
I was advised to get insurance in case I needed
medical treatment while I was abroad.
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