Mixed conditionals
exercises with answers

Complete the mixed conditionals

Exercise 1. Use the verb in brackets to complete the mixed conditionals.

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We enough time now if we hadn't wanted to see the castle. (have)

In case you a car, will you teach me to drive? (buy)

She angry now if you had told her about it. (be)

If they our product when we asked them, they would get a discount now. (support)

Even if I him yesterday, he wouldn't come. (ask)

It will be a disaster unless Joyce us. (help)

If you something to eat in the morning, you wouldn't feel sick now. (have)

I wouldn't have risked it if I you. (be)

The chicken isn't very good. It better if you had put some spices on it. (taste)

I wouldn't have to the dancing lessons if I could dance. (go)

If the hotel in Paris had been full, we somewhere else. (stay)

If I had got the job, I grateful to you for ever. (be)

Unless she the test she will get her driving licence next week. (fail)

Exercise 2. Complete the negative forms of the mixed conditionals. How would you explain the meaning of this word if you it? (not know)

We would be happier now if you the dinner when we called you. (not refuse)

If I were you, I there tomorrow. (not go)

If Ken the car, who will do it? (not mend)

If I in a hurry when I got up, I wouldn't catch the train. (not be)

She won't finish it on time if she right now. (not start)

Had I driven slowly, I in the hospital now. (not be)

She would be a bit overweight if she to exercise a few months ago. (not begin)

Had he not let me know, I him at the airport tomorrow morning. (not collect)

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Conditionals exercises with answers and grammar rules for pre-intermediate to advanced learners.

Mixed conditionals

In mixed conditional sentences we combine the second and third conditional. There are two types of such sentences in English.

Type 1:

If you had booked the tickets yesterday, we would be in the theatre now.
(But you did not book the tickets yesterday and we are not in the theatre now.)

If Josh hadn't broken his leg, he could go skiing with us.
(But Josh broke his leg and he can't go skiing with us.)

In this type of mixed conditional sentences we use the past perfect in the if-clause (had booked) + the present conditional in the main clause (would be). In the if-clause we speculate about past situations and in the main clause we speculate about present situations.

We can also change the order of the if-clause and the main clause:

I wouldn't be soaking wet now if I'd taken my umbrella in the morning.
(But I am soaking wet now because I did not take my umbrella in the morning.)

I could go out tonight with Jill if I hadn't fallen out with her last week.
(But I cannot go out with Jill because I fell out with her last week.)

Type 2:

If we weren't foolish, we wouldn't have believed the man.
(But we are foolish and we believed the man.)

If Marion wanted to come tomorrow, she would have sent us a message.
(But Marion does not want to come tommorow and she did not send us a message.)

In this type of mixed conditional sentences we use the past tense in the if-clause (wanted) + the perfect conditional in the main clause (would have sent). In the if-clause we speculate about present or future situations and in the main clause we speculate about past situations.

Similarly to type 1, we can change the order of the if-clause and the main clause:

I wouldn't have been frightened if I were you.
We could have travelled by plane if we were not afraid of heights.

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