Grammar

MIXED CONDITIONALS

Use:       
Mixed conditional sentences combine two different conditional patterns.
Several patterns can be used:

• mixed first conditional sentences

First conditional sentences can use a variety of modal verbs.
If + present simple, can / may / might / will / should + verb (infinitive)
If you give me some money, I can buy some milk.
If I finish my homework, may I go out with my friends?
If you switch the photocopier off and on again, it should work.

First conditional sentences can also use going to, as well as will.
If + present simple, going to + verb (infinitive)
If you don’t get ready soon, we’re going to be late!

The present continuous and going to can also appear in the If clause
If you’re going to the shop, can you buy me some cola?
If you’re going to pay him, make sure you get a receipt.

The present perfect may also appear in the If clause.
If you’ve finished your work, you can go home.

• mixed third / second conditional

This combination describes an imagined event in the past and the present result.
If + past perfect, would + verb (infinitive)
If he'd taken the medicine, he wouldn't still be sick.
He wouldn’t still be sick if he’d taken the medicine.

• mixed second / third conditional

This combination describes a situation which is never true, and the past consequence of this situation.
If + past simple, would have + verb (infinitive)
If you were better at speaking in public, the presentation would have been more successful.
The presentation would have been more successful if you were better at speaking in public.

Exam, English. “B2 Grammar: Mixed Conditionals.” https://www.examenglish.com/index.html. 27 Dec. 2017.

FILL IN THE GAPS.

Gap-fill exercise.

  

Fill in all the gaps. Remember you have some hints to help you guessing the right answer.

If you late again for training, I you play in tomorrow's match.
I all August in Thailand if I the time and the money. Maybe next year.
I angry if you my chocoate mouse.
If just one person my birthday, I sad.
You sorry if you for your exams.
I that umbrella inside the house if I you. It's bad luck.
We out if there no food at home.
The holidays great if the weather better.
I out with him even if you me.
If you me about the concert, I .

TRY AND GUESS!

Choose the best option.

  

Test what you have learnt trying to solve those quizzes. Choose the best solution for the sentences.

 

1. James is always lazy. He failed a test last week.
   1.   If you weren't s lazy, you would pass that test.
   2.   If you hadn't been so lazy, you would pass that test.
   3.   If you weren't so lazy, you would have passed that test.
2. If he _______ you an invoice, you should pay him.
   1.   had sent
   2.   would sent
   3.   's sent
3. Which sentence is correct?
   1.   If you'd remembered to bring a map, we wouldn't be lost now.
   2.   If you remembered to bring a map, we wouldn't be lost now.
   3.   If you'd remembered to bring a map, we wouldn't have been lost now.
4. Paul drove too fast. Now he’s in trouble with the police.
   1.   If Paul didn’t drive too fast, he wouldn’t be in trouble with the police.
   2.   If Paul hadn’t driven too fast, he wouldn’t be in trouble with the police.
   3.   If Paul hadn’t drive too fast, he wouldn’t have been in trouble with the police.
5. If you _________ the photocopier off and off again, it sometimes works.
   1.   will turn
   2.   turn
   3.   turned
6. If ____ late, can you turn everything off before you go?
   1.   you've worked
   2.   you're working
   3.   you'll work
7. I don’t have a degree, so I didn’t get the job.
   1.   If I’d had a degree, I would get that job.
   2.   If I have a degree, I would have got that job.
   3.   If I had a degree, I would have got that job.
8. You didn’t fix the roof. Now it’s leaking.
   1.   If you fixed the roof, it wouldn’t have leaked.
   2.   If you’d fixed the roof, it wouldn’t have been leaking.
   3.   If you’d fixed the roof, it wouldn’t be leaking.
9. If someone ____ my purse, I’ll be furious!
   1.   has taken
   2.   took
   3.   takes
10. If you order the book today, it ___ arrive tomorrow.
    1.   would
    2.   should
    3.   may

Irene María Rodríguez López