Speakout Advanced 2.1 Past Conditionals (3rd/Mixed) & Regret | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Use I wish / if only: It is a rainy day, and I prefer sunshine.

I wish it weren't raining. / I wish it were sunny.

Use I wish / if only: Your dad was not able to be at your graduation.

I wish my dad could have been at my graduation.

Use I wish / if only: I can't sing.

I wish I could sing.

Use I wish / if only: My little brother always stares at me, and it's really annoying.

I wish my little brother wouldn't stare at me.

Use I wish / if only: My physics teacher is always shouting.

I wish my teacher wouldn't shout.

Use I wish / if only: My neighbor's dog is always barking.

If only my neighbor would keep his dog quiet!

Use I wish / if only: He was driving too fast and had an accident.

If only he hadn't been driving so fast!

Use I wish / if only: You didn't tell me about your party.

I wish you'd told me about your party.

Use I wish / if only: I don't want to need to sleep so often.

I wish I didn't need to sleep so often.

Use I wish / if only: I want to be taller.

I wish I were taller.

If you _____(have) a car, I _____(ask) you to give me a lift.

If you had a car, I would have asked you to give me a lift.

If she _____(be) sensible, she _____(not leave) her job last month.

If she were sensible, she wouldn't have left her job last month.

If she _____(remember) to buy a ticket, she _____(come) with us to the game later this afternoon.

If she had remembered to buy a ticket, she might be coming with us to the game later this afternoon.

If I _____(go) to university, I _____(have) a better job now.

If I had gone to university, I would/might have a better job now.

Replace the phrase in brackets with something shorter: They would have all died [if it had not been for] the quick thinking of the driver.

They would have all died but for the quick thinking of the driver.

Make the sentence more formal to fit the context: If the government had known about the pollution earlier, they could have saved many lives.

Had the government known about the pollution earlier, they could have saved many lives.

Reform the sentence without using "if": If you had won a million dollars, would you carry on working?

Suppose/Supposing/Imagine you had won a million dollars, would you carry on working?

Fix the mistake: If he would have married Laura, he wouldn't have been happy.

If he had married Laura, he wouldn't have been happy.

You didn't tell me about your plans so I couldn't meet you.

If you'd told me about your plans, I could have met you.

I wasn't travelling in that car so I wasn't injured.

If I'd been travelling in that car, I'd have been injured.

I forgot to set my alarm so I missed my train.

If I had set the alarm, I wouldn't have missed my train.

I didn't work hard, so I didn't pass my exam.

If I had worked harder, I would have passed my exam.