Mixed Conditionals - Explanation and Practice

If I had worked harder in the past,
I would be a doctor now.
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If I had worked harder in the past,
I would be a doctor now.

Slide 1 - Open question

3rd + 2nd conditional
Past condition + current result
If I weren't shortsighted,
I could have become a jet fighter pilot.

Slide 2 - Open question

2nd + 3rd conditional
Current condition + past result
1. Work on ex. 1-5 on conditionals on p. 108/9
OR
2. Follow the LessonUp with me for explanation+practice
OR 
3. Watch the video, then take step 1

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(Mixed) Conditionals

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if + past simple + would/could/might - for hypothetical situations in the present or future, suggestions and advice
if/unless + present simple + will/ won't might - for a future possibility
if + past perfect + would have + past participle - for hypothetical situations in the past or regrets about the past
if/when + present simple + present simple - for general truths or the result of a situation/action
Zero conditional
first conditional
second conditional
third conditional

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If I worked harder, I might get better grades.
Unless the rules change, classes will still be online tomorrow.
If they had bought snowboots, they wouldn't have had cold feet.
If the temperature stays below 0 degrees for a while, water turns into ice.
Zero conditional
first conditional
second conditional
third conditional

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Mixed Conditionals
Er zijn 2 opties: 3rd + 2nd conditional  &   2nd + 3rd conditional:

De eerste gebruiken we om te zeggen dat als iets in het verleden anders zou zijn geweest, we in het heden een ander resultaat zouden hebben: Als ik niet geboren was in Nederland, dan zou ik nu geen Nederlands spreken.

3rd conditional  (past perfect)                          2nd conditional (would + infinitive)
If I hadn't been born in the Netherlands,      I wouldn't be able to speak Dutch now.

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Mixed Conditionals
Er zijn 2 opties: 3rd + 2nd   &   2nd + 3rd conditional:

De 2e optie gebruiken we om aan te geven dat als een huidige situatie er eerder/of anders was geweest, iets in het verleden wel of niet plaats had kunnen vinden: Als ik niet zoveel moest werken, dan zou ik naar dat feestje van gisteravond zijn gegaan.

2nd conditional  (past simple)                         3rd conditional (would + have + pp)
If I didn't have to work so much,                       I would have gone to the party last night.

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If I hadn't come in to school today,
A
I will not be learning these conditionals now.
B
I would not be learning these conditionals now.
C
I would not have been learning these conditionals now.

Slide 12 - Quiz

Mixed (3rd+2nd)
Past event (3rd) + Unreal situation in present (2nd)
If Sheila studied more,
A
she could still make it.
B
she will still make it.
C
she could have still made it.
D
she can still make it.

Slide 13 - Quiz

2nd conditional
Unlikely/unreal/imaginative situation in the present.
... I would have won that competition.
A
If I am a bit stronger,
B
If I were a bit stronger,
C
If I had been a bit stronger,

Slide 14 - Quiz

Mixed (2nd+3rd)
Unreal situation (2nd) + Past event (3rd) (regret)
If only I hadn't eaten so much, I ... much better now.
A
feel
B
will feel
C
would feel
D
would've felt

Slide 15 - Quiz

Mixed (3rd+2nd)
Past event (3rd) + Unreal situation in present (2nd)
If we'd left the house earlier,
A
we won't be so late.
B
we wouldn't be so late.
C
we wouldn't have been so late.
D
we are not so late.

Slide 16 - Quiz

The difference is:
Mixed (3rd+2nd)
B - time of speaking is now
3rd conditional (all in past)
C - time of speaking is in the past

Suppose you ........(graduate) in summer, would you apply for a job?
A
will graduate
B
graduated

Slide 17 - Quiz

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If the flight had been cancelled, how ....... (get) to Cairo?
A
had we got
B
would we have got

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If I wasn't afraid of flying, I ......... (visit) you in California a long time ago.
A
would visit
B
would have visited

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I'd be a happy man if I .......... (marry) Marion when we were young.
A
married
B
had married

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If we had bought a good map, we ......(not be) in the middle of nowhere now.
A
wouldn't be
B
would not have been

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