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Mixed conditionals wish

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Cultural Inglesa St Patrick
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The document discusses different types of mixed conditionals and how to use wish clauses. There are two types of mixed conditionals - third/second conditionals which refer to a past condition and present result, and second/third conditionals which refer to a present condition and past result. Wish clauses can be used with the simple past to express wishes for present situations, the past perfect to express regrets about past situations, or would/wouldn't plus the infinitive to criticize and want to change someone's habitual behavior.

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Mixed Conditionals 1) Third Second Mixed Conditionals If + Past Perfect, + Would / Could / Might + verb Past Condition / Present Result Una situaci坦n pasada tiene una consecuencia en el presente (If I hadnt passed my driving test, I wouldnt be driving a car). Se trata de una combinaci坦n entre el tercer y segundo condicional. If you had taken the course, you would know about it. (The conditions were not met because the person did not do the course and as a result does not know about it now.) Este tipo de condicional refleja una situaci坦n hipot辿tica del pasado y los efectos reales del presente. If we hadn't missed our flight we'd be in Spain now. 2) Second Third Mixed Conditionals If + Past Simple, + Would have + Past Participle Present Condition / Past Result Una situaci坦n presente relacionada con una situaci坦n pasada (If I didnt like children, I would have taken a job in a primary school.) Se trata de una combinaci坦n entre el segundo y el tercer condicional. If I were you, I wouldn't have done that. If I could speak Spanish, I wouldn't have needed to get the letter translated. ______________________________________________________________________ WISH - If only a. I wish I had a car. WISH + SIMPLE PAST, to tal about imaginary situations in the present. It expresses wishes for things to be different in the present. I wish I was on the beach right now.
b I wish I had gone to the party WISH + PAST PERFECT, to talk about past situations that we would have liked to be different. It expresses regrets I wish I hadn卒t spent all my money last weekend. c. I wish my sister wouldn卒t shout all the time. WISH + would/wouldn卒t + infinitive, to talk about somebody's habitual behaviour that we want to criticize and change. My dad smokes. I wish he wouldn卒t do it.

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Mixed conditionals wish

  • 1. Mixed Conditionals 1) Third Second Mixed Conditionals If + Past Perfect, + Would / Could / Might + verb Past Condition / Present Result Una situaci坦n pasada tiene una consecuencia en el presente (If I hadnt passed my driving test, I wouldnt be driving a car). Se trata de una combinaci坦n entre el tercer y segundo condicional. If you had taken the course, you would know about it. (The conditions were not met because the person did not do the course and as a result does not know about it now.) Este tipo de condicional refleja una situaci坦n hipot辿tica del pasado y los efectos reales del presente. If we hadn't missed our flight we'd be in Spain now. 2) Second Third Mixed Conditionals If + Past Simple, + Would have + Past Participle Present Condition / Past Result Una situaci坦n presente relacionada con una situaci坦n pasada (If I didnt like children, I would have taken a job in a primary school.) Se trata de una combinaci坦n entre el segundo y el tercer condicional. If I were you, I wouldn't have done that. If I could speak Spanish, I wouldn't have needed to get the letter translated. ______________________________________________________________________ WISH - If only a. I wish I had a car. WISH + SIMPLE PAST, to tal about imaginary situations in the present. It expresses wishes for things to be different in the present. I wish I was on the beach right now.
  • 2. b I wish I had gone to the party WISH + PAST PERFECT, to talk about past situations that we would have liked to be different. It expresses regrets I wish I hadn卒t spent all my money last weekend. c. I wish my sister wouldn卒t shout all the time. WISH + would/wouldn卒t + infinitive, to talk about somebody's habitual behaviour that we want to criticize and change. My dad smokes. I wish he wouldn卒t do it.