1  Look at sentences 1–8 and decide if they show a) the present affected by past, or b) the past affected by the present. Then complete the sentences with the words in the box.

breakfast     car     fit     mum     printed

Spanish     that     to

1   If I knew first-aid, I could have done more ……to…… help. …b

2   I wouldn’t know how to use Photoshop if my …………… hadn’t shown me. ……

3   If I’d had a bigger ……………, I wouldn’t be so hungry right now. ……

4   We would have given you a lift in our …………… if we lived closer. ……

5   If I’d grown up in Argentina, …………… would be my first language. ……

6   I would have …………… out my assignment if my printer wasn’t broken. ……

7   He wouldn’t have been in …………… film if his dad wasn’t famous. ……

8   If she hadn’t trained for that marathon, she wouldn’t be so …………… . ……

Answer

2   mum, a

3   breakfast, a

4   car, b

5   Spanish, a

6   printed, b

7   that, b

8   fit, a

2  Add one word from the box to each sentence to make a correct mixed conditional.

didn’t     had     hadn’t     was     would     wouldn’t

1   I wouldn’t have had that nice lie-in if today Monday.

      ……I wouldn’t have had that nice lie-in if today was Monday. ……

2   We would be millionaires now if we invested in that technology company.

      …………………………………………………..

3   If I work for a media company, I’d never have met so many celebrities.

      …………………………………………………..

4   If you left your passport at home, we’d be on the plane right now.

      …………………………………………………..

5   I like rock music this much if my dad hadn’t played it all the time when I was growing up.

      …………………………………………………..

6   If you had read that article I sent you, you understand what I’m talking about.

      …………………………………………………..

Answer

2   we had invested

3   I didn’t work for

4   you hadn’t left

5   I wouldn’t like

6   you would understand

3  Put a tick (✓) if the sentence is correct or a cross (✗) if it is incorrect. Correct the mistakes.

1   If Chris had stay at that company, he would be president by now.

      ……If Chris had stayed at that company, he would be president by now. ……

2   This house be would be clean if you hadn’t invited twenty people over. ……

      …………………………………………………….

3   If she were a terrible writer, her last book wouldn’t sell over 10 million copies. ……

      …………………………………………………….

4   Would you have enjoyed the match more if it wasn’t so cold today? ……

      …………………………………………………….

5   If Wendy hadn’t brought me some ice, I will have a bump on my head right now. ……

      …………………………………………………….

6   If I would have slept a bit more, I wouldn’t be so tired. ……

      …………………………………………………….

Answer

 

  If she were a terrible writer, her last book wouldn’t have sold over 10 million copies.

 

  If Wendy hadn’t brought me some ice, I would have a bump on my head right now.

  If I had slept a bit more, I wouldn’t be so tired.

Complete the sentences with had(n’t) + past participle, past simple, would/could/might have + past participle, or would/might + infinitive without to and the verbs in the box.

be     bring     go     not fail     offer     read

1   If they ……had offered…… my dad the job, we could be living in Budapest right now.

2   I ……………………… my cello on the bus if it wasn’t so big.

3   If I ……………………… to a better university, I might be earning more money.

4   I might have believed that silly rumour, if I ……………………… five years old, but I’m not stupid.

5   He would be able to drive himself to school if he ……………………… his test again.

6   I ……………………… still ……………………… that magazine if they hadn’t printed that horrible article.

Answer

2   would/could/might have brought

3   had/’d gone

4   was/were

5   hadn’t failed

6   would/might/could (still) read / be reading

Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Our website Teenknow.com 1……has been…… (be) online since the end of last year. We publish news for teens, with a strict emphasis on facts. Over the last month, we 2…………………. (get) an average of 150 visitors per day, which is good for a small site like ours. The company 3…………………. even (exist) if people 4…………………. (not invest) through crowdfunding to help us get started. And will Teenknow be a success? Well, we 5…………………. (not start) the company if we 6…………………. (not believe) in it, that’s for sure. If others 7…………………. (believe) in it too, then I am confident it 8…………………. (be) successful.

Answer

2   have been getting

3   wouldn’t (even) exist

4   hadn’t invested

5   wouldn’t have started

6   didn’t believe

7   believe

8   will be

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