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CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
EBAU WRITING RUBRIC:
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
Exercise 1: All types. I,II,III.
MIXED CONDITIONALS
There are two types of mixed Conditionals, and in both types, you mix the Second and the Third Conditional. You use the “if” part of one and the “main” part of the other to form two new types of conditional sentences.
1. Past condition/present result - This is where we take the “if” part of the Third Conditional and the “main” part of the Second Conditional. So, if-clause - Past Perfect Tense; Main clause - would and the main verb.
This mixed Conditional expresses that there was a condition that could have been fulfilled in the past and that it bears a result in the present.
If I hadn’t missed my bus, I would be in France now.
If I had slept longer, I wouldn’t be tired now.
If she had tried harder, she would be more successful now.
2. Present condition/past result - The other mixed conditional is even more difficult than the last. We take the “main” part of the Third Conditional and the “if” part of the Second Conditional. We use Past Simple Tense in the if-clause and would + have + past participle in the main clause.
We use this mixed Conditional to express a present condition, i.e. something that hasn’t changed from the past, to describe why a certain past result didn’t occur.
If I had more money, I would have gone to France.
If I slept longer, I would not have been too tired to go to class.
If she tried harder, she would have been more successful.
Exercise 2: Mixed Conditionals
MODAL VERBS
REVIEW OF TENSES
EXERCISES:
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