Second conditional or maybe not
I keep on coming back to this exercise and still can't fully get it.
The third year in a raw I think.
Look at the example:
She used factor 12 suntan lotion as she gets sunburned easily
The answer in the key goes as follows:
If she didn't get sunburnt easily, she wouldn't use factor 12 suntan lotion.
I totally get the first part. She gets easily sunburnt, so we speak about it in 2 conditional.
But the second part I don't get at all. If she used it, that means the action was done in the past.
So we should talk about it in third conditional. so it should be:
If she didn't get sunburnt easily she wouldn't have used factor 12 suntan lotion.
And it is a perfect mixed conditional.
For me, the answer from the key would only be correct if the initial sentence went like this:
She uses 12 suntan lotion as she gets sunburned easily.
So two times present - thus 2nd conditional.
Please help!
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Karol Silski 5217 The answer in the key goes as follows: You talk about the "answer", but you don't actually mention the question. What is the student being asked to do?
- Karol Silski 5217 The answer in the key goes as follows: You talk about the "answer", but you don't actually mention the question.
- What is the student being asked to do?
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Karol Silski 5217The answer in the key goes as follows:
You talk about the "answer", but you don't actually mention the question. What is the student being asked to do?
0If the task is to make a compatible sentence of the form "If she ... sunburnt easily, she ... factor 12 suntan lotion" then what you say is correct.
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