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Mixed Conditionals — Quit at 35: The FIRE Movement Explained

Grammar: Conditionals in negotiation and professional planning (mixed conditionals and hypothetical fram

Free ESL grammar exercise on mixed conditionals themed around quit at 35: the fire movement explained. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.

What's on this worksheet

A Business English ESL grammar exercise on money, practising conditionals in negotiation and professional planning (mixed conditionals and hypothetical fram. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

"If you had saved consistently for nine years, you would have accumulated enough to retire. If the market dropped sharply next year, even disciplined savers would need to revise their plans.

Grammar

Second conditional
Hypothetical present: If you spent less each month, you would reach your savings target much sooner.
Third conditional
Imagined past: If she had started investing at 22, she would have retired a decade earlier.

Sample items

  1. If Adeney ______ in index funds from the start, he would have retired even earlier.
  2. She would be mortgage-free now if she ______ that apartment in 2016.
  3. If the interest rate ______ again, our repayments would increase significantly.

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