Mixed & Hedged Conditionals — Most Startups Die. That's the Point.
Grammar: Conditionals
Free ESL grammar exercise on mixed & hedged conditionals themed around most startups die. that's the point.. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising conditionals. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Etsy, Pinterest, and Slack all nearly died before finding product-market fit — but each one had a founder obsessive enough to treat failure as data rather than verdict. Had they not run that post-mortem culture internally, those companies would not exist.
Grammar: Conditionals
- Mixed conditional
- If they had built a moat early, they would still be in business. — past decision, present consequence
- Inverted mixed
- Had we secured the patent, we would still own that market. — formal register, no 'if'
Sample items
- ______ we identified the systemic risk earlier, the company would still be operating today.
- If the founders had not ignored the burn rate warnings, they ______ not be in this position now.
- ______ you find the current equity terms difficult to accept, we would be happy to propose a phased arrangement.
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