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It isimpossiblethat the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.Form: if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle) Example: If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation. The main clause can also be at the beginning of the sentence. In this case, don't use a comma. Example: I would have sent her an invitation if I had found her address. Main clause and / or if clause might be negative. Example: If I hadn’t studied, I wouldn’t have passed my exams. Use Conditional Sentences Type III refers to situations in the past. An action could have happened in the past if a certain condition had been fulfilled. Things were different then, however. We just imagine, what would have happened if the situation had been fulfilled. Example: If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation. Sometime in the past, I wanted to send an invitation to a friend. I didn't find her address, however. So in the end I didn't send her an invitation. Example: If John had had the money, he would have bought a Ferrari. I knew John very well and I know that he never had much money, but he loved Ferraris. He would have loved to own a Ferrari, but he never had the money to buy one. Check yourself! Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type III) by putting the verbs into the correct form. Use conditional II with would in the main clause. 1. If you (study) for the test, you (pass) it. 2. If you (ask) me, I (help) you. 3. If we (go) to the cinema, we (see) my friend Jacob. 4. If you (speak) English, she (understand) . 5. If they (listen) to me, we (be) home earlier. 6. I (write) you a postcard if I (have) your address. 7. If I (not / break) my leg, I (take part) in the contest. 8. If it (not/ start) to rain, we (walk) to the museum. 9. We (swim) in the sea if there (not / be) so many sharks there. 10. If she (take) the bus, she (not / arrive) on time.
Writing Activity Exercise 1. Put the verbs in the brackets into the necessary form of Conditional Sentences: 1. Tom: I woke up to find the room full of smoke; but I knew exactly what to do. 2. Ann: I couldn't live without Tom. If he (go) off with another girl I (die). But I have complete confidence in Tom. 3. Husband: But I'm not going on a diet. Why should I go on a diet? 4. If someone (say), 'I’ll give you £500 to go into court and swear that this statement is true,' what you (do)? 5. If we (work) all night we (finish) in time; but we have no intention of working all night. 6. You must never blow out a gaslight. Do you know what (happen) if you (blow) out a gaslight? 7. A: If I (see) a tiger walking across Hyde Park I (climb) a tree. 8. If I (come) across two men fighting with knives I (call) the police. 9. Ann: All your clothes are years out of date. Why don't you throw them away? 10. If someone (ring) my doorbell at 3 a.m. I (be) very unwilling to open the door. 11. If I (see) a python in Piccadilly I (assume) it had escaped from a circus. 12. Tom: The plane was on fire so we bailed out. 13. We train the children to file out of the classroom quietly, because if a whole class (rush) at the door someone (get) hurt. 14. A: Why don't you buy a season ticket? 15. Jack: They get £150 a week. Exercise 2. Read and translate the following sentences: 1. I will be happy if I find a job like yours.
Exercise 3. Paraphrase the following sentences, using Conditionals of mixed type: Pattern:She didn’t study hard. She won’t pass the exams. 1. You didn’t wake me up. Now I’m late for my appointment.
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