Mixed Conditionals

• CEFR C1
• Grammar
• Printable
• Answer key

Mixed Conditionals is a printable grammar worksheet for English language learners at CEFR level C1. It covers linking past conditions with present results and present conditions with past results, with 5 exercises and an answer key.

Mixed conditionals combine two different time frames in one conditional sentence.

Use past perfect in the if-clause and would + base verb for a present result of an unreal past condition.

Use past simple in the if-clause and would have + past participle for a past result of an unreal present situation.

Examples

• If I had studied law, I would be working in a different field now.
• If she had accepted the offer, she would be managing the team today.
• If he were more careful, he would not have lost the contract yesterday.
• If the company had listened earlier, it would not be facing criticism now.
• If I knew more about finance, I would have challenged the figures.
• If they had repaired the bridge, traffic would be moving normally now.
• If he were not so stubborn, he would have apologised sooner.
• If we had left earlier, we would be at the venue now.

What's in this worksheet

1. Complete the sentence
2. Correct the mistake
3. Transform the sentence
4. Mixed practice
5. Controlled production

Common mistakes

• If I studied harder at school, I would be a doctor now.  →  If I had studied harder at school, I would be a doctor now. The condition refers to an unreal past choice.
• If she had taken the job, she would have lived in Paris now.  →  If she had taken the job, she would be living in Paris now. The result refers to the present.
• If he is more reliable, he would have kept the client.  →  If he were more reliable, he would have kept the client. Use an unreal present condition for a past result.
• If they had invested earlier, they will be successful now.  →  If they had invested earlier, they would be successful now. Use would for an unreal result.