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THE MIXED CONDITIONAL



                       SECOND CONDITIONAL                              THIRD CONDITIONAL
              The second conditional is used to talk about      The third conditional is used to talk about
              hypothetical situations in the present.           hypothetical situations in the past.

                  PAST SIMPLE                                   PAST PERFECT









            “WOULD” + INFINITIVE                           “WOULD” + “HAVE” + PAST PARTICIPLE






                                                MIXED CONDITIONAL
                                 Mixed conditionals are usually used to talk about   Unreal past.
                                 hypothetical present reults of unreal past situations.




                                                                     Unreal present.




         FURTHER EXAMPLES                                                  Mixed conditionals are often
                                                                           used to express regret.










                     Mixed conditionals refer to future situations
                     when used with future time markers.










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