Mixed Conditionals

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

In 2021, the UK census added a new option. If the designers had anticipated the demand, these options would have arrived ten years earlier. Over 1.5 million people chose a hyphenated label.

Grammar Reference · Mixed Conditionals

Mixed: past → present

If she had grown up abroad, she would speak two languages now. — past cause, present result

Mixed: present → past

If he weren't so stubborn, he would have listened last year. — present state, past result

Inverted mixed

Had she moved earlier, she might be fluent by now. — formal, no if

Common error

If I would have known… ✗ → If I had known… ✓ — never would in the if-clause

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Mixed Conditionals

1.If Paulo up in Brazil and Canada, he would not feel so comfortable switching between cultures today.

2.If she so strongly tied to her hometown, she would have accepted the job in Singapore.

3. the internet spread global culture faster, fewer young people would feel a transnational identity today.

4.If he the confidence to code-switch easily, he would have fitted in much better at university.

5.She still feel like an outsider now if her parents had pushed her to assimilate completely.

6.If the concept of a hyphenated identity gained acceptance earlier, census forms would look very different today.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.Because he grew up abroad, he now feels at home in two cultures.

2.She is very stubborn, so she didn't consider the other viewpoint last year.

3.They didn't plan early enough, so they are not ready for the launch today.

4.He lacks confidence, so he didn't speak up at the meeting.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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