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Mixed Conditional Sentences

1) Mixed conditional sentences discuss unreal or hypothetical situations involving the past, present, or future. 2) There are 6 types of mixed conditional sentences: past-present, present-past, past-future, future-past, present-future, and future-present. 3) Each type follows a specific grammatical structure using different verb tenses in the if-clause and main clause to indicate the time frames being referred to.

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Mixed Conditional Sentences

1) Mixed conditional sentences discuss unreal or hypothetical situations involving the past, present, or future. 2) There are 6 types of mixed conditional sentences: past-present, present-past, past-future, future-past, present-future, and future-present. 3) Each type follows a specific grammatical structure using different verb tenses in the if-clause and main clause to indicate the time frames being referred to.

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XI MIPA 3

MIXED
CONDITIONAL
SENTENCES
Group 5 : Jacinda (12), Jessica (14), Novelya
(22), Nelson (23), Yorgitha (33), Yosefine (34)
What will we talk about?

Past - Present Present - Past

Past - Future Future - Past

Present - Future Future - Present


Function
Past – present mixed conditional sentence
refers to an unreal past condition and its

0 probable result in the present. Past – present


sentence express a situation which is contrary
to reality both in the past and in the present.

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Past Structur
If + past perfect, present conditional
Present If clause-condition using past perfect tense
Main clause-result using present conditional
with would/wouldn’t + verb
Examples
If Mario had worked until night, he would be
sick.
If she had won the lottery, she would be rich.
Present - past mixed conditional sentence
refers to an unreal present situation and its

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probable but unreal past result. In these mixed
conditional sentences, the time in the if clause
is now or always and the time in the main
clause is before now.

Present
If + past simple, perfect conditional
If clause-condition using simple past tense Past
Main clause-result using perfect conditional with
would/wouldn’t + have + past participle
If I were you, I would have bought the red dress.
If the teacher were here, she would have
turned on the heater this morning.
Past – future mixed conditional sentence

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describes how an unreal past condition
would affect an unreal future situation.

If + past perfect or had+V3, future


Past conditional

Future If clause-condition using past perfect tense or


if + subject + had/hadn’t + v3
Main clause-result using perfect conditional
with would/wouldn’t + be + Ving
If Maria had signed up for the hiking trip last
week, she would be joining us tomorrow.
If Robert hadn’t missed that flight, he would be
speaking at the colloquium this evening.
The function of future – past mixed
conditional sentence is to express what will
happen in the past if it from the future or the
use for this type is for make an excuse.
04
If + past continuous, past
conditional
Future
If clause-condition using past continuous
tense or if + subject + was-were + Ving
Main clause-result using past conditional with
past
would/wouldn’t + v1
If I weren’t going to my parent house tonight, I
would go to your house yesterday.
If they weren’t traveling to Las Vegas tomorrow,
they would lend you some money that morning.
Present – future conditional sentences

0
describe how an unreal general condition
would affect a future situations.

5
Present If + simple past, would + verb infinitive
If clause-conditional is in the present unreal
FUTURE conditional.
Main clause-result is in the future unreal
conditional.
If Cindy were more creative, the company would
send her to New York to work on the new
advertising campaign.
If I didn't have so much vacation time, I wouldn't
go with you on the cruise to Alaska next week.
Future – present mixed conditional sentence
describes how an unreal future situation would
be affecting a present situation.
0
If + past simple or continues, would +
be
If clause-condition is in the future unreal
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FUTURE
conditional. present
Main clause-result is in the present unreal.
If Jenny and Eric were going to be here for the
holidays, they would be making plans.
If I were getting married tomorrow, I would be
relaxing right now.
THANK
YOU!

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