Connecting past conditions and present results

Objective: Describe unreal situations whose condition and result belong to different time periods.

Explanation

Mixed conditionals combine different conditional time frames. A past unreal condition may explain a present result, while a present characteristic may explain a past result.

Examples

If I had taken that position, I would live abroad now.
If she were more cautious, she would not have made that error.

Practice

Choose the correct answer.

If I had accepted the offer, I ___ in Berlin now.

Practice

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If she were more organised, she ___ the deadline yesterday.

Practice

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Had they checked the figures, they ___ this problem now.