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If I had been you/in your positionThese expressions are often used to describe actions we would have followed in someone else's positions. If I had been you I would have married to him 4. Inversion with had in Type III Conditionals The form Had (he) is a formal variation of if (he) had. Had the management acted sooner, the strike wouldn't have happened. E X E R C I S E S 1. Put the verb into the correct form. Model: If I had known (know) that you were ill last week, I’d have gone to see you. 1) Tom got to the station in time. If he ___ (miss) the train, he would have been late for his interview. 2) It’s good that Ann reminded me about Tom’s birthday. I ___ (forget) if she hadn’t reminded me. 3) We might not have stayed at this hotel if George ___ (not/recommend) it to us. 4) I’d have sent you a postcard while I was on holiday if I ___ (have) your address. 5) Rome ___ (be captured) by her enemies if the geese hadn’t cackled. 6) If he had put out his pipe before putting it in his pocket he ___ (not burn) a hole in his coat. 7) You ___ (not get) into trouble if you had obeyed my instructions. 8) I ___ (take) a taxi if I had realized that it was such a long way. 9) He would have been arrested if he ___ (try) to leave the country. 10) They would have forced their way into the house if I ___ (not call) for help. 11) If you hadn’t been in such a hurry you ___ (not put) sugar into the sauce instead of salt. 12) If I ___ (try) again I think that I would have succeeded. 13) You ___ (save) me a lot of trouble if you had told me where you were going. 14) She had a headache; otherwise she ___ (come) with us. 15) If you ___ (look) at the engine for a moment you would have seen what was missing.
2. Supply the correct forms of the missing verbs. Use could have (done) or might have (done) in the main class. Model: If I had managed (manage) to repair my car earlier, I could have driven (drive) you to London. 1) If I ___ (know) last week that she was ill, I ___ (visit) her. 2) If you ___ (not want) to drive straight home, we ___ (miss) all this traffic. 3) If you ___ (ask) politely, I ___ (help) you. 4) If the weather forecast ___ (be) different, we ___ (stay) at home. 5) We ___ (be) at the airport for hours, if we ___ (not know) that the flight was delayed. 6) I ___ (make) a bad mistake, if I ___ (not read) the instructions. 7) We ___ (have) an accident, if our car ___ (not be) properly serviced. 8) If he ___ (fasten) his seatbelt, he ___ (not be) hurt. 9) She ___ (not hear) the news, if she ___ (not turn on) the radio this morning. 10) If they ___ (could see) us, they ___ (laugh). 11) They ___ (play) better, if they ___ (have) more training. Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. WILL YOU LEND ME YOUR BIKE?
The Principal of the Express School of English is thinking about his life, and the conditions that led him to do things. What does he say to himself? Write sentences with an if-clause. 1) (I started the school after the bank lent me $50.000.). If the bank hadn’t lent me $50.000 I wouldn’t have started the school. 2) (I continued because the school was a success). I ___ if the school ___ a success. 3) (We won the Pacifica University contract, so we didn’t have money problems). If we ___ the Pacifica University contract, we ___ money problems. 4) (I didn’t retire, so we didn’t go to live in Italy). If I ___ we ___ to live in Italy. 5) (We didn’t build another language lab because there weren’t enough students). We ___ another language lab if ___ ___ enough students. 6) (We didn’t move to a better building because the rent for this building was so low). We ___ to a better building if the rent for this building ___ so low. 7) (Anyway, our teachers with us because there was a friendly atmosphere). Anyway, our teachers ___ with us if ___ a friendly atmosphere.
Open the brackets. BOTH RIGHT AND BOTH WRONG The black car screamed round the corner on the wrong side of the road and passed a white car doing exactly the same thing in the other direction. Both drivers stopped and got out of their cars. ‘If I (1) (be) had been on my side of the road, you (2) ___ (kill) me’, driver A shouted. ‘But you weren’t on your side of the road,’ driver B shouted back. ‘If you (3) ___ (... driving) more carefully, you (4) ___ (not be) on the wrong side of the road.’ ‘If I (5) ___ (know) what was round the corner, I (6) ___ (keep) to my side of the road,’ driver A said. ‘If you (7) ___ (know) what was round the corner, you (8) ___ (... not driving) so carelessly.’ Suddenly, both men stopped shouting and driver A said, very quietly, ‘If we both (9) ___ (not be) on the wrong side of the road. we (10) ___ (be) dead now.’ Without speaking a further word, both men shook hands and drove away.
6. Comment on the following situations with if (expressing regret, etc.). Model: John ate too much cake, so he was sick. If John hadn’t eaten too/so much cake, he wouldn’t have been sick. 1) We came home from our holiday early because we ran out of money. 2) The house didn’t burn down because the fire brigade came immediately. 3) The men were wearing protective clothing, so they were all quite safe. 4) I had an accident because I wasn’t watching the road. 5) I was sweating because it was so hot. 6) My father didn’t earn much money, so life wasn’t easy for us. 7) I didn’t enjoy school, so I didn’t do very well.
7. Read a situation and write a sentence with if . Model: She didn’t eat anything because she wasn’t hungry If she had been hungry, she would have eaten something. 1) The accident happened because the driver in front stopped so suddenly. If the driver in front ___. 2) I didn’t wake Nora because I didn’t know she wanted to get up early. If I ___. 3) She wasn’t injured in the crash because she was wearing a seat belt. If ___. 4) I was able to buy the car because Jim lent me the money. If ___. 5) You’re hungry now because you didn’t have breakfast. If ___. 6) She didn’t buy the coat because she didn’t have enough money on her. If ___.
Rewrite these sentences as conditionals. Model: Unfortunately I didn’t see him, so I couldn’t give him your message. If I had seen him, I could have given him your message. 1) Unfortunately he didn’t pass his exams or he might have gone to university. 2) He didn’t realize what was happening or he would have run away. 3) Fortunately I didn’t hear what she said or I would have been very angry. 4) They got in because you didn’t lock the door properly. 5) It only happened because you didn’t follow the instructions. 6) Luckily she didn’t find out or she would have been furious. 7) It’s lucky we looked a room or we would have had nowhere to stay. 8) It’s a good job we weren’t going any faster or someone could have been killed. 9) He was so tired that he went home at lunchtime.
9. Complete the sentences. 1) If I’d had my eye damaged,.... 2) We would have flown to California.... 3) The flight wouldn’t have been delayed if.... 4) I would never have known if.... 5) If I had read more.... 6) They would have signed the contract if.... 7) We would have stayed in Paris longer.... 8) We wouldn’t have spent all our money if.... 9) If the adverts had said something about the noise from traffic,.... 10) If I’d seen an accident,.... 11) She wouldn’t have called you liar if.... 12) Mr Spark wouldn’t have gone to the pub if.... 13) There might be an accident if.... 14) If I had felt seasick,....
Translate into English 1) Я бы не уволился, если бы они повысили тогда зарплату. 2) Я бы не провалил экзамен, если бы подготовился к нему как положено. 3) Моя сестра купила бы этот костюм ещё в прошлом месяце, если бы получила зарплату вовремя. 4) Я бы пошёл на вчерашнюю вечеринку, если бы Смиты меня пригласили. 5) Если бы прошлым летом у меня был автомобиль, я бы ездил на пляж каждое утро. 6) Наше предприятие не закрыли бы, если бы мы отдали все долги до марта. 7) Если бы она не прислала вчера это письмо, мой брат был бы сейчас дома. 8) Вы бы не разбили вазу, если бы были осторожнее. 9) Если бы Кити приняла вчера лекарство, она бы чувствовала себя хорошо сегодня. 10) Если бы не дождь, мы бы могли сейчас поехать за город. 11) Вы бы не разбили вазу, если бы были осторожнее. 12) Если бы ни Вы, я бы никогда не выполнил эту работу вовремя. 13) Торт сгорел бы, если бы я не пошла на кухню. 14) Мы бы не пошли в ресторан, если бы знали цены. 15) Костёр не погас бы, если бы мы подбрасывали в него дрова (to put logs).
Unit 6 Mixed Conditionals (see Units 2, 3) E x e r c i s e s
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