Conditional Structures Flashcards
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Complete: 'I wish I ___ speak Spanish fluently.'
Answer: could
'I wish I could' — 'wish' for present desires uses the past tense modal 'could' (not 'can').
Choose the correct form: 'If only she ___ told me the truth!'
Answer: had
'If only she had told me' — 'if only' for past regrets uses the past perfect.
What does this conditional express? 'Even if you apologised, she wouldn't forgive you.'
Answer: A hypothetical present situation
'Even if you apologised... wouldn't forgive' — second conditional structure expressing an unreal present/future hypothesis.
Choose the correct sentence.
Answer: If I knew the answer, I would tell you.
Second conditional: 'If I knew (past simple)... I would tell you (would + infinitive).'
Complete with the appropriate conditional: 'Provided that you ___ by 5pm, we will start without you.'
Answer: don't arrive
'Provided that you don't arrive by 5pm' — conditional connectors like 'provided that' take present simple for future conditions.
Which structure expresses an imaginative hypothesis about the past?
Answer: If she had called earlier, I would have helped.
'If she had called earlier, I would have helped' — third conditional refers to an unreal past hypothesis.