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Yaggy74 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Conditionals

Could somone please check I am correct

I need to say if the following are zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional, third conditional or mixed conditional.

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1. If I knew where he lived, I'd visit him. SECOND CONDITIONAL

2. If you heat water to 100deg c it boils. ZERO CONDITIONAL

3. If I hadn't picked up Martins wallet, he would be in dire straits now.

4. If you go out alone at night, you will get into trouble. FIRST COND

5. If you had studied Spanish last year, you would have been fluent by now. THIRD COND

6. If I eat chocolate all the time, i get fat. ZERO COND

7. If I were you, i'd buy the red dress. SECOND COND

8. What would you have done, if you girlfriend told you she had got a new boyfriend? THIRD

9. If she had looked where she was going, she wouldn't have had an accident. THIRD

10. If you come to the party tonight, you'll meet Tom. FIRST

11. If you build it, he will come. FIRST

12. If I were you, I wouldn't touch that. MIXED

13. If you stroke cats, they purr. ZERO

14. If James wanted to go to Iceland, he would have booked a flight by now. MIXED

15. If you spank children, they cry. ZERO

16. If only you had continued playing the piano, you would be an amazing player by now. MIXED

17. If you are nice to people, they are nice back. ZERO

18. If I spoke nicely to you, would you talk to me? SECOND

19. We'll go to the cinema, if the weather is bad. FIRST

20. If I won a million pounds, I'd pay off my debts and go on holiday. SECOND

21. Had I more courage, I would have tried to speak to the beautiful girl. THIRD

22. If Martin comes, we'll pretend we're not in. FIRST

23. What would you do, if you suddenly became blind?

24. If I had more energy, I would have finished the race. THIRD

25. I would earn my own house today, if I hadn't fooloshly given the other on away. MIXED



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Top answer

3. Mixed conditional (3rd-2nd) 8. Grammatically it is a mixed conditional (3rd-2nd) but it doesn't really make sense.

  • 3.
  • Mixed conditional (3rd-2nd) 8.
  • Grammatically it is a mixed conditional (3rd-2nd) but it doesn't really make sense.
  • It should be: What would you have done if your girlfriend had told you she had a new boyfriend.
  • (THIRD CONDITIONAL) 12.
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3. Mixed conditional (3rd-2nd)

8. Grammatically it is a mixed conditional (3rd-2nd) but it doesn't really make sense. It should be:

What would you have done if your girlfriend had told you she had a new boyfriend. (THIRD CONDITIONAL)

12. Second conditional

21. Mixed (2nd-3rd)

23. Second

24. Mixed (2nd-3rd) but it should be 3rd cond. (would mak

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