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Mixed conditionals presentation
This document discusses different types of conditional sentences in English. It explains second conditionals which refer to imaginary present situations, third conditionals which refer to imaginary past situations, and mixed conditionals where one part is in the past and the other is present. Examples are provided for each type of conditional sentence.
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Introduction of a speaker, James Wilson.
Explanation of second conditional (imaginary present) and third conditional (imaginary past) situations.
Definition and examples of mixed conditionals showing a past situation with a present result.
More examples of mixed conditionals linking present circumstances to past experiences.
Four conditional sentences requiring completion to practice second and mixed conditionals.
Questions prompting thoughts on life without the internet and how location at birth would change one's life.
Mixed conditionals presentation
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- 2. Second Conditional If Iwas a lawyer and not a teacher, I would be rich. Imaginary present situation, with its present result. Third Conditional If I had studied medicine, I would have become a doctor. Imaginary past situation, with its past result.
- 3. A mixed conditional givesa situation and result - but one is in the past, and the other is in the present. For example: If we had taken the car, we wouldn’t be late. We didn’t take the car (in the past) We are late now (in the present)
- 4. If he didn’thave to work today, he wouldn’t have been so miserable yesterday. He does have to work today (in the present) He was miserable yesterday (in the past)
- 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. I don't knowhow to ski, so I didn't go skiing with Simon last week. If I ....... how to ski, I ....... skiing with Simon last week. I forgot to bring my umbrella - that's why I'm so wet. If I ....... to bring my umbrella, I ....... so wet now. I'm really worried about tomorrow's exam - that's why I didn't go to the party last night. If I ....... worried about tomorrow's exam, I ....... to the party last night. A dog bit me when I was a child, so now I'm really scared of dogs. If a dog ....... me when I was a child, I ....... scared of dogs now.
- 6. How would theworld be different if the internet had never been invented? How do you think your life would be different (today) if you had been born in Africa?