Mixed conditionals

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IF + PAST TENSE (SECOND FORM) + WOULD/COULD/MIGHT + PRESENT PERFECT

IF I WEREN'T SO BUSY ALL THE TIME, I COULD HAVE COME ALONG (THIS IS USED WHEN A CHANGE IN PRESENT A PRESENT SITUATION WOULD HAVE AFFECTED A PAST SITUATION)

IF + PAST PERFECT (THIRD FORM) + WOULD/COULD/MIGHT + PRESENT

IF YOU HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE SKIING TRIP, I WOULD BE THERE WITH YOU NOW. (THIS IS USED WHEN A CHANGE IN A PAST SITUATION WOULD HAVE CAUSED A DIFFERENT PRESENT SITUATION)

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Exercise 1 Underline mistakest and correct them. Use the second or third conditionals.

Example: If you helped me yesterday, we would have finished in time. ____had helped_____

I'm sorry. I wouldn't have said it if I wasn't so angry. _______________

If I were you, I wouldn't have done it now. _______________

I can't join you. But I could have gone with you later if you didn't mind. _______________

I didn't speak German. If I spoke German, we wouldn't have got lost. _______________

If you hadn't stayed with me last night, I would feel so frightened. _______________

Sam feels lonely. He would be happier if he had been married. _______________

Liz doesn't want to apply for the job. But she would have got it if she tried it. _______________

The taxi driver didn't know the address. I would have arrived on time if he knew it. _______________

They invited you to the party. They wouldn't do it if they hadn't wanted it. _______________

If I could live anywhere in the world in future, I would have chosen Provence. _______________