Part 5
CONTENTS:
• MIXED CONDITIONALS
THE USE OF MIXED
CONDITIONALS
• Mixed second/third – describes a
hypothetical situation or event in the
present, the result in the main clause
refers to the past.
• Mixed third/second – describes a
hypothetical situation or event in the
past, the result refers to the present.
Mixed second /third
• If the island were
still a tourist
attraction,
last week’s
earthquake
would’ve caused
far more deaths.
• If I were taller, I
could have won the
beauty contest last
month.
Mixed third/second
• If I had set the
alarm clock, I
wouln’t be late
now.
• You wouldn’t have a splitting
headache if you hadn’t drunk so
much alcohol at the party last night.
EXERCISE
• Finish the sentences using mixed
conditionals.
1. I’d be much happier now ………………
2. He would have won ……………………
3. You wouldn’t be so sorry now if
………
4. They’d live together …………………..