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Mixed-Conditionals Table

This document discusses mixed conditionals, which combine elements of the second and third conditional. The first type expresses a general hypothetical condition in the present with an imaginary result in the past. The second type expresses a hypothetical condition in the past with an imaginary result in the present, allowing for expressions of regret or gratitude. Examples are provided for each type of mixed conditional.

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Mixed-Conditionals Table

This document discusses mixed conditionals, which combine elements of the second and third conditional. The first type expresses a general hypothetical condition in the present with an imaginary result in the past. The second type expresses a hypothetical condition in the past with an imaginary result in the present, allowing for expressions of regret or gratitude. Examples are provided for each type of mixed conditional.

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MIXED CONDITIONALS

We can mix the second and third conditionals:


if + 2nd conditional | 3rd conditional
This type of mixed conditional expresses a general condition with an imaginary result in the past:
if + 2nd conditional 3rd conditional
hypothetical general condition imaginary result in the past

If I spoke better Italian, I could have got the job.


(I don't speak Italian well enough, so I didn't get the job)

If you were strong, you wouldn't have needed


any help to lift the weight.
(you are not strong; that's why you needed help to lift the weight)

If he were so good, he would have won the match.


(He is not so good; that's why he didn’t win the match)

if + 3rd conditional | 2nd conditional


This type of mixed conditional expresses a hypothetical condition in the past with an imaginary
result in the present:
if + 3rd conditional 2nd conditional
sth that could have been different in the past Imagining the result in the present (positive or negative)
(regret or gratitude)

If you had followed my advice, you wouldn't be in trouble now.


(You didn't follow my advice, and now you are in trouble)

If I hadn’t drunk I wouldn't have a hangover now.


so much last night,
(I drank too much last night; that's why I have a hangover now)

If I had not applied for the job, I would be unemployed now.


(I applied for the job; that’s why I’m not unemployed now)

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