Understanding if Statements in Python

[Kathleen]

Okay, I completely understand what a if statement in python is but, I missed a day of class and that was the day when my professor begin to teach python. I have an assignment to do and so far i've assigned that variables but every time it try to write the program and run it successfully I get many syntax errors or an indentation error. So could anybody please provide some examples on writing if statements with like 4 variables just so I can get an idea of how it's supposed to be set up. Thank you in advance !!