Question

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets to make past conditionals.

1) I (lost) you if you (not hear) me shout.

2) If she (listen) more carefully, she (not/misunderstood).

3) I (feel) more awake right now if I (have) more sleep last night.

4) You (be) so red if you (not/sit) out in the sun all day.

5) We (might not/hit) that traffic jam if we (leave) earlier.

6) It (be) quicker if we (take) the train.

7) If I (study) harder, I (be) better prepared for tomorrow's test.

8) If you (message) me, I (not/have to) call you!

Answer 1

Odpowiedź:

Wyjaśnienie:

Brak szerszego kontekstu poza wiadomością, że należy zastosować past conditionals. Może być więcej niż jedna odpowiedź.

1. I (lost) you if you (not hear) me shout.

I would have lost you if you hadn't heard me shout. (ale tak się nie stało)

2. If she (listen) more carefully, she (not/misunderstood).

If she had listened more carefully, she wouldn't have missunderstood.

(ale nie słuchała)

3. I (feel) more awake right now if I (have) more sleep last night.

I felt more awake right now if I had have more sleep last night.

(mixed conditional - present/past)

Czułabym się bardziej rozbudzona teraz, gdybym więcej spała poprzedniej nocy.

4. You (be) so red if you (not/sit) out in the sun all day.

You wouldn't have been so red if you hadn't been sitting in the sun all day.     (ale siedziałeś na słońcu cały dzień)

5. We (might not/hit) that traffic jam if we (leave) earlier.

We might not have hit that traffic if we had left earlier.

(ale nie wyszliśmy wcześniej)

6. It (be) quicker if we (take) the train.

It would be quicker if we took the train.

(II conditional)

7. If I (study) harder, I (be) better prepared for tomorrow's test.

If I had studied harder, I would be better prepared for tomorrow's test.

(mixed conditionals, III + II  - past/present)

8. If you (message) me, I (not/have to call you).

If you had messaged me, I wouldn't have had to call you.

(ale nie wysłał sms-a)

*Potrzebne informacje/information needed

"Past conditionals are used when talking about decisions or actions that you wish had been different.

They indicate hypothetical situations from the past using if statements".

• How to form past conditional sentences?

To form the past conditional, we use past perfect in the if clause.

Verbs in the main clause will depend on whether you are referring to the present or the past.

If + past perfect  ........would + have +  past participle  

                                              (refers to the past)

or

If + past perfect  ........would  + podstawowa forma czasownika

                                               (refers to the present)

• Mixed conditionals

We can use them when we imagine a past change with a result in the present or a present change with a result in the past.

• Real past conditionals

These sentences show events, actions, habits that used to happen (or not) in the past but are no more. They are in our memories.

We use past simple tense in both sentences.

• Unreal past conditionals

These sentences are often used to express wishes about the past. They can show regret about something that happened or didn't happen in the past.

• The third conditional

The third conditional is used to imagine a different past.

We imagine a change in a past situation and the different result of that change.