The document discusses hypothetical situations involving conditional sentences. It provides examples of sentences using the past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause. The examples are about situations that cannot be changed, like failing an exam because one did not study enough. It then has students complete sentences with the correct verbs in brackets and match the completed sentences to pictures depicting different scenarios.

1. Complete the blanks with the verbs in brackets:
To talk about situations that are
1. It would have been better if you ____________________
hypothetical and impossible in the past _______________ (wait) for me.
and which we can’t change now – and we 2. I ___________________________________ (not be) late if I
often regret this. hadn’t overslept.
Example 3. If I ____________________________ (not be) so tired, I
If I had studied more, I would have passed my ___________________________ (not make) such mistake.
exams. (but I didn’t and so I failed them) 4. He would have understood it if you _________________
_________________ (explain) it to him.
5. __________________________________ (you marry) him if
IF–CLAUSE + PAST PERFECT you had known he was poor?
had + past participle 6. If Paul ________________________ (pay) attention in
class, he __________________________ (know) what to do.
7. If you ________________________ (tell) me earlier, I
MAIN CLAUSE + PERFECT CONDITIONAL ____________________________ (be able to) to help you.
would have + past participle 8. __________________________ (you speak) to him if he
____________________________ (apologise)?
9. If she’d given me her number, I ______________________
(phone) her.
Rephrase the following as in the example. 10. What __________________________ (you do) if you
Then match the sentences with the pictures. ___________________________ (see) the car accident?
She forgot to lock the door and so a thief broke into her house.
If she hadn’t forgotten to lock the door, a thief wouldn’t have broken into her house.
1. The phone was broken so I didn’t call you.
________________________________________________________
2. They laughed. Jim didn’t know how to reboot the pc.
________________________________________________________
3. I felt so ashamed since I didn’t speak his language.
________________________________________________________
4. She didn’t take an umbrella with her and got wet.
________________________________________________________
5. I wasn’t careful enough and so I hurt myself.
________________________________________________________
6. I made up a silly excuse because she saw the lipstick.
________________________________________________________
7. He proposed to her and they got married.
________________________________________________________
8. We didn’t go out. Tom was watching the game.
________________________________________________________
9. He didn’t show up. I had dinner alone.
________________________________________________________
10. I fell asleep because the lesson was so boring.
________________________________________________________

2. Complete the blanks with the verbs in brackets:
To talk about situations that are
1. It would have been better if you ____________________
hypothetical and impossible in the past _______________ (wait) for me.
and which we can’t change now – and we 2. I ___________________________________ (not be) late if I
often regret this. hadn’t overslept.
Example 3. If I ____________________________ (not be) so tired, I
If I had studied more, I would have passed my ___________________________ (not make) such mistake.
exams. (but I didn’t and so I failed them) 4. He would have understood it if you _________________
_________________ (explain) it to him.
5. __________________________________ (you marry) him if
IF–CLAUSE + PAST PERFECT you had known he was poor?
had + past participle 6. If Paul ________________________ (pay) attention in
class, he __________________________ (know) what to do.
7. If you ________________________ (tell) me earlier, I
MAIN CLAUSE + PERFECT CONDITIONAL
____________________________ (be able to) to help you.
would have + past participle 8. __________________________ (you speak) to him if he
____________________________ (apologise)?
9. If she’d given me her number, I ______________________
(phone) her.
Rephrase the following as in the example. 10. What __________________________ (you do) if you
Then match the sentences with the pictures. ___________________________ (see) the car accident?
She forgot to lock the door and so a thief broke into her house.
If she hadn’t forgotten to lock the door, a thief wouldn’t have broken into her house.
1. The phone was broken so I didn’t call you.
________________________________________________________
2. They laughed. Jim didn’t know how to reboot the pc.
________________________________________________________
3. I felt so ashamed since I didn’t speak his language.
________________________________________________________
4. She didn’t take an umbrella with her and got wet.
________________________________________________________
5. I wasn’t careful enough and so I hurt myself.
________________________________________________________
6. I made up a silly excuse because she saw the lipstick.
________________________________________________________
7. He proposed to her and they got married.
________________________________________________________
8. We didn’t go out. Tom was watching the game.
________________________________________________________
9. He didn’t show up. I had dinner alone.
________________________________________________________
10. I fell asleep because the lesson was so boring.
________________________________________________________

3. Complete the blanks with the verbs in brackets:
To talk about situations that are
1. It would have been better if you HAD WAITED for
hypothetical and impossible in the past me.
and which we can’t change now – and we 2. I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN late if I hadn’t overslept.
often regret this. 3. If I HADN’T BEEN so tired, I WOULDN’T HAVE
Example MADE such mistake.
If I had studied more, I would have passed my 4. He would have understood it if you HAD
exams. (but I didn’t and so I failed them) EXPLAINED it to him.
5. WOULD YOU HAVE MARRIED him if you had
known he was poor?
IF–CLAUSE + PAST PERFECT 6. If Paul HAD PAID attention in class, he WOULD
had + past participle HAVE KNOWN what to do.
7. If you HAD TOLD me earlier, I WOULD HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO to help you.
MAIN CLAUSE + PERFECT CONDITIONAL
8. WOULD YOU HAVE SPOKEN to him if he HAD
would have + past participle APOLOGISED?
9. If she’d given me her number, I WOULD HAVE
PHONED her.
10. What WOULD YOU HAVE DONE if you HAD
Rephrase the following as in the example. SEEN (see) the car accident?
Then match the sentences with the pictures.
She forgot to lock the door and so a thief broke into her house.
If she hadn’t forgotten to lock the door, a thief wouldn’t have broken into her house.
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1. If the phone hadn’t been broken, I would have called
you. 2
2. If Jim had known how to reboot the pc, they wouldn’t
have laughed. 6
3. I wouldn’t have felt so ashamed if I had spoken his
language.
4. If she had taken an umbrella with, she wouldn’t have
got wet.
5. If I had been more careful, I wouldn’t have hurt myself. 10
6. I wouldn’t have made up a silly excuse if she hadn’t 7
seen the lipstick.
7. If he hadn’t proposed to her, they wouldn’t have got
married.
8. We would have gone out if Tom hadn’t been watching
the game.
9. If he had shown up, I wouldn’t have had dinner alone. 9
10. I wouldn’t have fallen asleep if the lesson hadn’t been 5
so boring.