Conditional I and II
Compare these examples.
Type II: If you planned things properly, you wouldn't get into a mess. (You don't plan.)
Type III: If you had planned things properly, you wouldn't have got into a mess. (You didn't plan.)
Practice drill
Conditional III
If the farmer had planted the tree in a better place, the tree would have grown well.
If I had known your telephone number, I would have called you up last night.
If the weather had been warm yesterday, they would have gone to the beach.
If he had taken a taxi, he would have caught the train.
If John had worn his overcoat, he would not have caught cold.
We could have gone if they had invited us.
If he had mentioned it in time, we could have saved ourselves all that trouble.
If I had been in your place, I would have gone with him.
Exercise III. Answer these questions using the appropriate conditional forms.
1. If yesterday had been a holiday, where would you have spent the day?
2. If you had begun to study English years ago, would you have had to take this course?
3. If you had been to Florida last winter, how would you have spent your time?
4. If you had had more time to prepare your lessons, would you have made more progress or less progress in English?
5. If you had got up late this morning, would you have arrived at school on time, or would you have been late?
8. If yesterday had been Sunday, would you have gone to school as usual, or would you have spent the day in some other way?
9. If you had been born in Spain, what language would you have learned as a child?
10. If you had been born in France, what language would you probably be able to speak well now?
11. If you could have taken a trip to Europe last summer, what countries would you have visited?
12. If you had had a car last weekend, where would you have gone?
13. If you had been free to go to the movies last evening, what film would you have gone to see?
14. If it had rained yesterday, would you have used your umbrella?
15. If we had begun this lesson two hours ago, would we have finished by now?
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