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152 69 Mixed conditionals In mixed conditional sentences the /f clause and the main clause refer to different times. The most common mixed conditional is one where a past event has an effect on the present. The if clause refers to the past (third conditional) and the main clause refers to the present or future (second conditional): if + past perfect + would/ could/might: If | had gone to university, | might have a better job now. If she had remembered to buy a ticket, she would be coming with us to the game tonight. The ifclause can also refer to the present or future (second conditional) and the main clause to the past (third conditiona)) if+ past simple + would/could/might have + past participle: If she were sensible, she wouldn’t have left her job. (= She isn’t sensible so she left her job.) If you had a car, | would have asked you to give me a lift. (= You don't have a car so | didn’t ask you to give me a lift.) Se A eS 69a Circle the correct answer. © Ifyou told (iad toldyme about the problem earlier, everything@ould bd) would have been all right now. 1 If she didn’t die / hadn't died so young, she would be / would have been a famous musician now, 2 You should relax. If you didn’t work / hadn’t worked so hard all the time, you wouldn't be / wouldn’t have been ill ast year. 3 If he didn’t waste / hadn’t wasted so much money in his youth, he could be / could have been a wealthy man now. 4 IF have been / were a more sensitive person, | wouldn’t upset / wouldn't have upset her in the way that | did. 5 If they really want / wanted to emigrate, they would move / would have moved to another country by now, 6 If he worked / had worked harder last month, he wouldn't be / wouldn't have been so busy now. 7 | wouldn't be doing / wouldn't have been doing this job today if| knew / had known how boring it would be. 8 If the train wasn’t delayed / hadn’t been delayed, we will be / would be there now. 9 If the passenger didn’t forget / hadn’t forgotten her passport, she would be boarding | would have been boarding the plane now. 10 If you followed / had followed the diet your doctor gave you, you might not be / might not have been ill now.

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