Past/present
Past situation: Missed a flight
Present Reality: Stuck at the airport
Sentence: If I hadn't missed my flight, I would be sitting on a beach right now.
Past situation: You didn't write down a shopping list
Present Reality: You don't have the ingredients for dinner tonight.
Sentence: If I had written down a shopping list, I would have the ingredients for dinner tonight.
Present/permanent condition: You are a very generous person
Past result: You lent your classmate your favorite book last week without hesitating.
If I weren't a very generous person, I wouldn't have lent my classmate my favorite book last week.
Present/permanent condition: You studied basic phrases before the trip
Past result: You wouldn't have struggled to order lunch yesterday.
If I spoke the local language, I wouldn't have struggled to order lunch yesterday.
Past situation: You overslept this morning.
Present Reality: You are rushing to finish a project right now.
Sentence: If I hadn't overslept this morning, I wouldn't be rushing to finish this project right now.
Past situation: You forgot to renew your passport on time
Present Reality: You aren't boarding the flight to Paris today.
Sentence: If I hadn't forgotten to renew my passport on time, I would be boarding a flight to Paris today.
Present/permanent condition: You are generally a disorganized person
Past result: You lost the event tickets you bought last month.
If I were a more organized person, I wouldn't have lost the event tickets I bought last month.
Present/permanent condition: Born brave
Past result: Confronted the bully
If she weren't so brave, she wouldn't have stood up to him yesterday.
Past situation: You checked the weather forecast before leaving
Present Reality: You aren't soaked in the rain at this moment.
Sentences: If I had checked the weather forecast before leaving, I wouldn't be soaked in the rain at this moment.
Past situation: You downloaded the offline map app
Present Reality: You aren't currently lost in the middle of the city.
If I had downloaded the offline map app, I wouldn't be lost in the middle of the city right now.
Present/permanent condition: You aren't a very patient person
Past result: You lost your temper during the long meeting yesterday morning.
If I were a patient person, I wouldn't have lost my temper during the long meeting yesterday morning.
Past situation: You spilled your morning coffee on your shirt
Present Reality: You are wearing your backup outfit at the office today.
Sentence: If I hadn't spilled my morning coffee on my shirt, I wouldn't be wearing this backup outfit today.
Past situation: You caught the express train instead of the local one
Present Reality: You are already checking into your hotel room.
If I had caught the express train instead of the local one, I would be checking into my hotel room already.
Present/permanent condition: You are naturally highly creative
Past result: You designed the entire poster concept for the group project last night.
If I weren't naturally creative, I wouldn't have designed the entire poster concept last night.
Past situation: You forgot where you put your keys
Present Reality: You are locked out of your apartment right now.
Sentence: If I hadn't forgotten where I put my keys, I wouldn't be locked out of my apartment right now.
Past situation: You didn't reserve a table at the popular restaurant weeks ago
Present Reality: You are waiting in a long line right now.
If I had reserved a table weeks ago, I wouldn't be waiting in this long line right now.
Present/permanent condition: You are usually a very cautious driver
Past result: You wouldn't have gotten into that minor accident on the icy road yesterday.
If I were a more cautious driver, I wouldn't have gotten into that minor accident yesterday.