Learn about using mixed conditionals.

If you'd gone to bed earlier, you wouldn't be so tired now (mixed conditional)

Practice: mixed conditionals

Remember - when we are talking about something which isn't real ...

  • Past situation = If I had done
  • Present situation = If I did
  • Past result = I would have done
  • Present result = I would do

Rewrite the following sentences. Think carefully about the time - past or present/future.

  1. I don't know how to ski, so I didn't go skiing with Simon last week.
    If I how to ski, I skiing with Simon last week.
  2. I forgot to bring my umbrella - that's why I'm so wet.
    If I to bring my umbrella, I so wet now.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. I didn't go to work yesterday because I have a cold.
    If I a cold, I to work yesterday.