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Mixed conditionals are a combination of the second and third conditional.

These sentences are commonly used to imagine: 

  • hypothetical past conditions and their probable present results

  • hypothetical present conditions and their hypothetical past results

Here are two common ways to make mixed conditional sentences:

  • Past conditionPresent result

  • Present conditionPast result

 

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Past Condition - Present Result

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Mixed conditional 1 rule.
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Present Condition - Past Result

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Mixed conditional 2 rule.
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Mixed Conditionals Uses
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Past Hypothetical Action and Its Probable Present Result
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Present Hypothetical Condition and Its Past Result
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Conditional sentences contain two clauses:

  1. Conditional clause (commonly called the if-clause)

  • the condition/situation

  • dependent clause—it needs the hypothetical result to form a complete sentence

  • contains a conditional clause markersubordinating conjunction such as the words “if,” “when,” “as,” etc.

  1. Main clause

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Mixed Conditional Exercise
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Mixed Conditional Exercise
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