{"id":74014,"date":"2020-04-15T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T06:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=74014"},"modified":"2024-05-17T14:36:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:36:21","slug":"mixed-conditional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/mixed-conditional\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Conditional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are two types of\u00a0<b>mixed conditional\u00a0<\/b>sentences. One of them states the present result of a past condition and the other states the past result of a present or continuing condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Present result of a past condition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we use a&nbsp;<b>past perfect&nbsp;<\/b>in the&nbsp;<b><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/if-clauses\/\">if-clause<\/a>&nbsp;<\/b>and&nbsp;<b><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/modal-auxiliary-would\/\">would<\/a> + <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/infinitive-phrases\/\">infinitive<\/a><\/b>&nbsp;in the main clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If I\u00a0<b>had accepted\u00a0<\/b>that job I\u00a0<b>would be\u00a0<\/b>a millionaire now.<\/li><li>If I\u00a0<b>had married<\/b>\u00a0him I\u00a0<b>would live\u00a0<\/b>happy now.<\/li><li>If I <strong>had worked<\/strong> harder, I <strong>would get<\/strong> a promotion.<\/li><li>If I <strong>hadn&#8217;t overslept<\/strong>, I <strong>would not miss<\/strong> my flight.<\/li><li>If she <strong>hadn&#8217;t eaten<\/strong> so much junk food, she <strong>would not develop<\/strong> these health problems. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In these sentences the time is&nbsp;<b>past&nbsp;<\/b>in the If-clause and&nbsp;<b>present&nbsp;<\/b>in the <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/main-clause\/\">main clause<\/a>. They refer to an unreal past condition and its probable result in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past result of a present or continuing condition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we use a&nbsp;<b>simple past&nbsp;<\/b>in the If clause and&nbsp;<b>would have + <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/participles\/\">past participle<\/a>&nbsp;<\/b>in the main clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If I\u00a0<b>didn&#8217;t love\u00a0<\/b>him I\u00a0<b>wouldn&#8217;t have married\u00a0<\/b>him. (= I love him and that is why I married him.)<\/li><li>If I\u00a0<b>were invited\u00a0<\/b>I\u00a0<b>would have come.\u00a0<\/b>(= I was not invited. Therefore I did not go)<\/li><li>If I <strong>were<\/strong> aware of his intentions, I <strong>would not have invited<\/strong> him to my party.<\/li><li>If I <strong>listened<\/strong> to him, I <strong>would not have landed<\/strong> myself in trouble.<\/li><li>If you <strong>started<\/strong> earlier, you <strong>would not have missed<\/strong> the train. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>They refer to an unreal present situation and its probable (but unreal) past result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If I<b>\u00a0were\u00a0<\/b>a good cook, I\u00a0<b>would have invited<\/b>\u00a0them to lunch. (= I am not a good cook so I can&#8217;t invite them to lunch.)<\/li><li>If I<b>\u00a0knew\u00a0<\/b>English, I\u00a0<b>would have got\u00a0<\/b>a better job.<\/li><li>If she <strong>had <\/strong>more patience, I <strong>would have married<\/strong> her.<\/li><li>If he <strong>received<\/strong> emergency blood transfusion, he <strong>would not have succumbed<\/strong> to his injuries. <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two types of\u00a0mixed conditional\u00a0sentences. One of them states the present result of a past condition and the other states the past result of a present or continuing condition. 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