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Open the brackets:
If I (be) a people person, I (strike) up a conversation with some guests at that event.
If I was (were) a people person, I would have struck up a conversation with some guests.
Choose the correct option:
The thief would have stolen / would steal the bike if my dog didn`t deter / hadn`t deterred him!
The thief would have stolen the bike if my dog hadn`t deterred him!
Mistake correction:
If they weren`t always biased against elderly people, my granny might won that competition!
…my granny might have won.
Mistake correction:
How was your job interview yesterday? – If I had been more qualified, they would have hired me.
If I was (were) more qualified…
Open the brackets:
The room (not, look) so stunning if we (not, invite) a designer to do it up.
The room wouldn`t look so stunning if we hadn`t invited a designer.
Choose the correct option:
Timmy, you could have hit / could have been hit by a car if I hadn`t warned / didn`t warn you to watch out!
Timmy, you could have been hit by a car if I hadn`t warned you to watch out!
Choose the correct option:
Pizza is here! Come eat with us, Julia. – Well, I wouldn`t have eaten / wouldn`t eat sandwiches if I knew / had known that you, guys, ordered something!
I wouldn`t have eaten sandwiches if I had known…
Paraphrase using a conditional sentence:
She didn`t put her sister up, so she feels so guilty now.
If she had put her sister up, she wouldn`t feel so guilty now.
Open the brackets:
If you (not, wrongfully accuse) him of lying, you (not, have to) apologize now.
If you hadn`t wrongfully accused him, you wouldn`t have to apologize now.
Open the brackets:
If the lead singer (not, pass away), the band (tour) Europe now.
If the lead singer hadn`t passed away, the band would be touring…
Paraphrase using a conditional sentence:
You were singing karaoke all evening, that`s why your voice is hoarse now.
If you hadn`t been singing karaoke all evening, your voice wouldn`t be hoarse now.
Paraphrase using a conditional sentence:
We didn`t book a room to stay, so we are looking for some available accommodation now.
If we had booked a room to stay, we wouldn`t be looking for accommodation.
Mistake correction:
If antibiotics hadn`t invented, lots of people would still die of simple infections.
If antibiotics hadn`t been invented…
Paraphrase using a conditional sentence:
I didn`t stay friends with Lilly because she betrayed my trust.
I would have stayed friends with Lilly if she hadn`t betrayed my trust.
1) Choose the correct option:
The story wouldn`t move / didn`t move so many people if the author went / had gone with a happy ending.
2)
Mistake correction:
If camping would give me any delight, I would join my friends last week.
1) The story wouldn`t move so many people if the author had gone with a happy ending.
2) If camping gave me any delight, I would have joined my friends last week.