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Mixed

Conditionals
Remember!
If-Clause Main Clause

Type 0: If + Present Simple Present Simple

Type 1: If + Present Simple Future Simple (or


Imperative, modals)
Type 2: If + Past Simple Would (or could, or might)
+
Vb. (Short Inf.)

Type 3: If + Past Perfect Would + have + Vb. (Past


Participle)
Mixed Conditionals
If the context permits, we can form mixed conditionals by
combining an If-Clause from one type with a main clause from
another

If- Clause Main Clause


Type 2 Type 1
If he came back last night, he won’t be on time for
school today.
Type 2 Type 3
If you were polite, you wouldn’t have talked
like that.
Type 3 Type 2
If she hadn’t missed the she would be here now.
bus,
Other Possible Variants
 Two past tenses: If she said that, she was right.
 If + Past Tense and Present Tense: If Albert bought the car, I am
happy.
 If + Past Tense and Future: If she didn’t succeed, she will try again.
 If + Present Tense and Imperative: If she comes here, tell her to wait.
 If + Present Perfect and Imperative: If you have finished the text,
read it to me.
 If + Present Perfect and Present Tense: If she hasn’t finished her
paper, why is she in the park?
 If + Present Tense and Future Perfect: If she wins, she will have
studied hard.
 If + should + Infinitive and Imperative: If you should meet them,
remind them of us.
Wishes (wish/ if only – used to express a
wish)
Tense E.g. Use
I Wish + Past Simple (or I wish I was on holiday To say that we would like
Past Continuous) now. something to be different
about a present situation.
Wish + Past Prefect I wish I had passed the To express regret about
exams. something which
If only she hadn’t lied to happened or didn’t happen
me. in the past.
Wish + S + would + Vb. I wish you would stop To express:
(short Inf.) talking. - A polite imperative.
- A desire for a situation
or behaviour to change.

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