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MIXED CONDITIONALS: We use past to present conditional to talk about present results of an imagined past action/condition.
If + past perfect, would + infinitive
True or false?
TRUE.
If I had learnt to play the piano, I could be a famous musician right now.
You should go to the doctor about your bad back. (WERE)
____________________, I'd go to the doctor about your bad back.
If I were you, I'd go to the doctor about your bad back.
You must not _________ your seatbelt. (FASTEN)
You must not unfasten your seatbelt. (FASTEN)
Which type of conditional is used to refer to imagined or unreal situations in the past that we know are opposite of the facts?
Third conditional.
I had been a better student, my teacher would have been happier.
I thought they'd have arrived by now. (TIME)
It's about ________________________.
It's about time they arrived./It's about time for them to arrive.
My surname is very unusual, which means that many people __________ it. (SPELL)
My surname is very unusual, which means that many people misspell it.
Which conditional sentence is used for unreal present conditions?
Second conditional.
If Argentina had a stable economy, people wouldn't need to save in dollars.
You can go out tonight, but your must come back by 10.30. (AS)
You can go out tonight _______________back by 10.30.
You can go out tonight as long as you come back by 10.30.
Anita is quite _________ so I don't know if she is going to show up to practice every week. (RELY)
Anita is quite unreliable so I don't know if she is going to show up to practice every week.
"Imagine" and "suppose" can be used in the first contiditional. True or false?
False.
They are used in second conditionals because they refer to imagined present situations.
You didn't get the job because you are so lazy! (HAVE)
If you weren't so lazy, you ___________________.
If you weren't so lazy, you would have gotten the job.
My friend's joined our hockey team and although she's a little __________, she´s keen and tries hard. (EXPERIENCE)
My friend's joined our hockey team and although she's a little inexperienced, she's keen and tries hard.
MIXED CONDITIONAL: We use present to past conditional to talk about imagined present results of a past action/condition.
If + past simple, would + have + past participle
True or false?
FALSE.
We use present to past conditional to talk about imagined past results of a present action/condition.
If John wasn't a hard worker, he wouldn't have gotten the promotion.
I don't like the fact that you smoke in the house. (WISH)
I ______________________________ in the house.
I wish you wouldn't smoke/didn't smoke in the house.
We got the answers wrong because we were given _______ information by the teacher. (LEAD)
We got the answers wrong because we were given misleading information by the teacher.