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If I had studied harder, I would have a better job now. Is this correct?
Yes. Past → Present Mixed Conditional.
Complete the sentence: If I had gone to bed earlier last night, I ______ less tired now.
would be
Find the mistake: If she were more careful, she wouldn't have lost her keys yesterday.
No mistake. It's correct. Present → Past Mixed Conditional.
If he hadn't moved to another city, he ______ still ______ with his old friends.
would / be
Make a Mixed Conditional: He didn't learn to drive when he was younger. Now he has to take a taxi everywhere.
If he had learned to drive when he was younger, he wouldn't have to take a taxi everywhere now.
What's the difference? If I had studied more, I would have passed the exam. If I had studied more, I would have a better job now.
The first is Third Conditional: past condition → past result. The second is Mixed Conditional: past condition → present result.
Your colleague thinks he's much smarter and more important than everyone else. He treats other people like they're inferior. Which phrasal verb describes his attitude?
look down on
You need to finish an important task today, but you keep saying, “I'll do it tomorrow.” What are you doing?
putting it off
You promised to help your friend move, but now you don't want to do it. You invent an excuse so you don't have to help. What are you trying to do?
get out of it
Someone breaks the rules at work, but nobody finds out and he doesn't get punished. Complete: He ______ breaking the rules.
got away with
Your friend played a nasty joke on you. You decide to do something equally annoying to him later because you want revenge. What are you trying to do?
get back at him
You don't leave now, and you'll miss the beginning of the movie. Make one conditional sentence.
If you don't leave now, you'll miss the beginning of the movie.
You suddenly become invisible. What would you do first? Answer using a conditional sentence.
If I became invisible, I would probably...
You didn't charge your phone last night. Now it's dead. Connect these two ideas using a conditional sentence.
If I had charged my phone, it wouldn't have died.
Your friend offers you a job in another country. You aren't sure whether you'd accept it. Make a conditional sentence about your decision.
If my friend offered me a job in another country, I would...
You were driving home yesterday. You took a different road and got stuck in traffic. You arrived two hours late. Connect the situation using a conditional sentence.
If I had taken another road, I wouldn't have got stuck in traffic.
