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    This document discusses two types of mixed conditional sentences: 1. Present Result of a Past Condition - Used to refer to an unreal past condition and its probable present result. The if-clause uses the Past Perfect tense and the main clause uses the Present Conditional. 2. Past Result of a Present or Continuing Condition - Used to refer to an unreal present situation and its probable past result. The if-clause uses the Past Simple tense and the main clause uses the Perfect Conditional. Examples are provided for each type of mixed conditional construction. Modal verbs like "might" and "could" can also be used in the main clause instead of "would".

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    This document discusses two types of mixed conditional sentences: 1. Present Result of a Past Condition - Used to refer to an unreal past condition and its probable present result. The if-clause uses the Past Perfect tense and the main clause uses the Present Conditional. 2. Past Result of a Present or Continuing Condition - Used to refer to an unreal present situation and its probable past result. The if-clause uses the Past Simple tense and the main clause uses the Perfect Conditional. Examples are provided for each type of mixed conditional construction. Modal verbs like "might" and "could" can also be used in the main clause instead of "would".

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    This document discusses two types of mixed conditional sentences: 1. Present Result of a Past Condition - Used to refer to an unreal past condition and its probable present result. The if-clause uses the Past Perfect tense and the main clause uses the Present Conditional. 2. Past Result of a Present or Continuing Condition - Used to refer to an unreal present situation and its probable past result. The if-clause uses the Past Simple tense and the main clause uses the Perfect Conditional. Examples are provided for each type of mixed conditional construction. Modal verbs like "might" and "could" can also be used in the main clause instead of "would".

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    Mixed Conditionals

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    This document discusses two types of mixed conditional sentences: 1. Present Result of a Past Condition - Used to refer to an unreal past condition and its probable present result. The if-clause uses the Past Perfect tense and the main clause uses the Present Conditional. 2. Past Result of a Present or Continuing Condition - Used to refer to an unreal present situation and its probable past result. The if-clause uses the Past Simple tense and the main clause uses the Perfect Conditional. Examples are provided for each type of mixed conditional construction. Modal verbs like "might" and "could" can also be used in the main clause instead of "would".

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    Present Result of a Past Condition


    Past Result of a Present or Continuing Condition

    Unreal conditionals (second and third conditionals) sometimes can be mixed. We use mixed
    conditionals when the time of the if-clause (condition clause) is not the same as the time in
    the result clause (main clause).

    via http://grammar-tei.com/mixed-conditional-pravila-primery-uprazhneniya/
    There are two main types of mixed conditional sentences:

    1. Present Result of a Past Condition


    2. Past Result of a Present or Continuing Condition

    Present Result of a Past Condition


    We use this mixed conditional sentence to refer to an unreal past condition and its
    probable present result. More simply, we use this mixed conditional to explain a situation
    which is not real both in the past and in the present.

    GrammarTOP.com
    For these sentences, we use the Past Perfect in the “if”/condition clause and the Present
    Conditional in the result/main clause.

    If Clause (Condition) Main Clause (Result)

    If + Past Perfect Present conditional (would + verb)

    via http://grammar-tei.com/mixed-conditional-pravila-primery-uprazhneniya/
    If you had followed the rules, we wouldn’t be in trouble. (but you didn’t follow the
    rules – in the past – and now we’re in trouble)
    I would have a better job if I had tried harder. (but I didn’t try harder, and now I
    don’t have a better job)

    Note: Again, the order of the clauses does not matter. But remember, when the condition
    clause comes first, we put a comma after it. If the main clause comes first, we don’t need a
    comma.

    We can also use modals like ‘might‘ and ‘could‘ in the main clause instead of ‘would’.

    You might have more money if you had worked more hours.
    If we had invested in that company, we could be millionaires by now.

    GrammarTOP.com
    Past Result of a Present or Continuing
    Condition
    We use this type of mixed conditional sentence to refer to an unreal present situation and
    its probable – yet unreal – past result. We use it to explain conditions that are contrary to
    the present reality and results that are contrary to the past reality. The time in the condition
    clause is now or always while the time in the main clause is before now.

    In this mixed conditional sentence, the condition or “if” clause uses the Past Simple tense,
    and the Perfect Conditional in the main/result clause.

    If Clause (Condition) Main Clause (Result)

    If + Past Simple Perfect conditional (would have + past participle)

    via http://grammar-tei.com/mixed-conditional-pravila-primery-uprazhneniya/
    I would have touched the snake if I wasn’t afraid of them.
    If we knew about the project, we would have helped.

    Again, we can use modals like ‘might‘ and ‘could‘ instead of ‘would’ in the result clause.

    She could have climbed the wall if she were stronger.


    I might have invited her to my baby shower if we were friends.

    GrammarTOP.com
    Here’s a good video from 7ESL explaining mixed conditionals:

    Read more on this topic:

    Zero and First Conditional

    The Second Conditional

    The Third Conditional

    Conditional Verbs and Expressions

    GrammarTOP.com

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