8D Grammar: Mixed conditionals | Tiếng Anh 12 (Friends Global) | Unit 8: Change the world - Lớp 12 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

1 Read the text. Are there any similar charities or events in your country?

In 2015, the charity Comic Relief celebrated its 30^th anniversary. They started 'Red Nose Day', a day when people across the UK buy red noses and all of the money from this goes towards Comic Relief. The money raised by Comic Relief helps people living in difficult conditions in the UK and around the world, and it's estimated that over 50 million people would be worse off today if the charity hadn't been set up. The number of children attending primary school in Africa might not have increased by 60 million if the charity didn't exist. In 2015, the British public donated a staggering £78.1 million, bringing the total raised by Comic Relief in its thirty-year history to over £1 billion. But it couldn't have achieved all this if it didn't have the support of the comedians who take part and inspire the public to give so generously.

2 Read the Learn this! box. Then find examples of mixed conditionals in exercise 1.

3 Match the two halves of the mixed conditional sentences.

1 If he'd gone to bed earlier,

2 If it wasn't so cold,

3 If I were him,

4 If you hadn't been so rude,

5 If they'd remembered the address,

b she wouldn't be angry.

c he wouldn't be so tired.

d they'd be here by now.

e we might have gone for a run.

f I wouldn't have made that decision.

4 Complete the dialogue. Use the verbs in their correct form to make mixed conditional sentences.

answer   buy   go   have   leave

Lee Are you going to the fundraising concert later?

May No, but I ¹________  a ticket if I didn't have so much homework.

Lee That's a shame. If you'd finished your homework, you ²________ with me.

May Anyway, isn't it sold out?

Lee It is now - and if I hadn't seen Leo last night, I ³________  a ticket either, but he had two spare ones.

May Why didn't you let me know? I ⁴________ the homework so late if I'd known you were going.

Lee Well, I might have called you if you ⁵________ your phone sometimes, but you're always studying!

5 USE OF ENGLISH Write mixed conditional sentences that mean the same as the first sentence. Use the words in brackets.

1 I didn't reply because I can't hear you properly. (could)

I would have replied if I could hear you properly.

2 Our car broke down this morning, so we have to walk to school now. (wouldn't)

3 Beth failed her exams so she isn't at college this year. (hadn't)

4 Because Max didn't go to university, he doesn't have a degree. (had)

5 I didn't help with the cooking because I'm a terrible cook. (weren't)

6 The forecast isn't good so they didn't go out. (have)

7 She's afraid of flying so she took a boat. (taken)

8 He didn't help the tourist because he can't speak Greek. (would)

9 Jay isn't good at maths so he couldn't help us. (could)

6 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer questions with What if ... ? about these imaginary situations. Use mixed conditionals in your answers.

What if...

1 you'd been born a boy/girl instead?

2 the internet hadn't been invented?

3 time travel were possible?

4 you had to live abroad for a year?

5 you were asked to give a speech to your school?