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What is the correct structure for a statement about not being able to report to work due to a past situation?
What is the correct structure for a statement about not being able to report to work due to a past situation?
- If he hadn't reported to work yesterday, he wouldn't be able to do it now. (correct)
- If he didn't report to work yesterday, he wouldn't have been able to do it now.
- If he hadn't reported to work yesterday, he couldn't do it now.
- If he didn't report to work yesterday, he could do it now.
Which sentence correctly expresses a missed opportunity due to a past action?
Which sentence correctly expresses a missed opportunity due to a past action?
- If I didn't lose my phone, I would follow us.
- If I lost my phone, I wouldn't be able to follow us.
- If I hadn't lost my phone, I would have been able to follow us. (correct)
- If I had lost my phone, I would have followed us.
What is the right way to indicate regret about not having healthy habits affecting a future outcome?
What is the right way to indicate regret about not having healthy habits affecting a future outcome?
- If I had healthy habits, I would not miss the flight. (correct)
- If I had healthy habits, I won't miss the flight.
- If I have healthy habits, I will miss the flight.
- If I didn’t have healthy habits, I wouldn’t be able to catch the flight.
Identify the correct conditional structure for expressing a decision affected by past knowledge.
Identify the correct conditional structure for expressing a decision affected by past knowledge.
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Which of the following sentences correctly reflects a situation regarding a canceled holiday?
Which of the following sentences correctly reflects a situation regarding a canceled holiday?
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Mixed Conditionals
- Mixed conditionals combine different tenses to express hypothetical situations in the past, present, and future.
- Type 1: If + past simple, would + infinitive
- Type 2: If + past perfect, would + have + past participle
- Type 3: If + past perfect, would + infinitive
- Example 1: If I hadn't lost my phone (past perfect, unreal past), I would have been able to follow us (would + have + past participle, unreal past).
- Example 2: We don't have access to convenient networks (present simple, real present), so we couldn't get the data to us (couldn't, unreal past).
- Example 3: If I had told my husband about the surprise (past perfect, unreal past), he wouldn't have done it (would + infinitive, unreal present).
- Example 4: We cancelled our holiday (past simple, real past), and now we aren't having fun at the beach (present continuous, real present).
- Example 5: She wouldn't spend her holiday in the meaning don't take back (would + infinitive, unreal present).
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