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Conditional Sentences With Mixed Time Frames Are Those Sentences in Which The Second Conditional Uses The
Conditional Sentences With Mixed Time Frames Are Those Sentences in Which The Second Conditional Uses The
simple past in the if clause and would have and a verb in past participle in the result clause for example: If I werent a teacher, I would have been rejected. Im a teacher. I was not rejected. This example shows how a situation in the present affects another situation in the past. The second contitional normally uses simple past and would plus a verb, but this does not occur in mixed time frames. The third conditional in mixed time frame uses past perfect in the if clause and would plus base form of the verb in the result clause to show how a situation from the past affects another situation in the present for example: If I hadnt eaten so much, my jeans would fit now. I ate a lot. My jeans dont fit now. Respuesta:
Oraciones condicionales con plazos mixtas aquellas frases en las que el segundo condicional utiliza el pasado simple en la clusula si y tienen que y un verbo en participio pasado en la clusula de resultado, por ejemplo: Si yo no fuera un maestro, yo habra sido rechazada . soy un maestro. No fue rechazada. Este ejemplo muestra cmo una situacin en la actualidad afecta a otra situacin en el pasado. El segundo contitional normalmente utiliza el pasado simple y sera ms un verbo , pero esto no ocurre en los marcos de tiempo desiguales. La tercera condicional en tiempo de mezclado marco usa pretrito perfecto en la clusula si y que adems forma la base del verbo en la clusula de resultado para mostrar cmo una situacin del pasado afecta a otra situacin en el presente, por ejemplo: Si yo no hubiese comido tanto, mis pantalones vaqueros cabra ahora. com mucho. Mis jeans no se ajustan ahora.
Mejorar
IF CLAUSE If + past perfect If I had worked harder at school If we had looked at the map
2. Function
MAIN CLAUSE Present conditional I would have a better job now. we wouldnt be lost.
In these sentences, the time is past in the if clause, and present in the main clause. They refer to an unreal past
condition and its probable result in the present. They express a situation which is contrary to reality both in the past
and in the present: If I had worked harder at school is contrary to past fact I didnt work hard at school, and I would have a better job
now is contrary to present fact I havent got a good job. If we had looked at the map (we didnt), we wouldnt be lost (we are lost).
Examples:
I would be a millionaire now if I had taken that job. If youd caught that plane youd be dead now. If you hadnt spent all your money on CDs, you wouldnt be broke.
B. Past result of present or continuing condition. 1. Form The tense in the If-clause is the simple past, and the tense in the main clause is the perfect conditional:
MAIN CLAUSE Perfect conditional I would have picked it up. we would have sacked him months ago.
clause is now or always, and the time in the main clause is before now. They refer to an unreal present situation and its probable (but unreal) past result:
If I wasnt afraid of spiders is contrary to present reality I am afraid of spiders, and I would have picked it up is contrary to past reality I didnt pick it up. If we didnt trust him is contrary to present reality we do trust him, and we would have sacked him is contrary to past reality we havent sacked him.
Examples: a. If she wasnt afraid of flying she wouldnt have travelled by boat. b. Id have been able to translate the letter if my Italian was better. c. If I was a good cook, Id have invited them to lunch. d. If the elephant wasnt in love with the mouse, shed have trodden on him by now.
'SI' CLUSULA Si + pasado perfecto Si yo hubiera trabajado ms duro en la escuela Si haba mirado el mapa
2. Funcin
Clusula principal Presente condicional tendra un mejor trabajo ahora. que no se perdiera.
En estas sentencias, el tiempo es pasado en el 'si' clusula, y presente en la oracin principal.Se refieren a una condicin
irreal pasado y su resultado probable en el presente. Ellos expresan una situacin que es contraria a la realidad tanto en el pasado y el presente:
" Si yo hubiera trabajado ms duro en la escuela " es contrario a los hechos pasados - No me 't el trabajo duro en la
escuela, y " me gustara tener un mejor trabajo ahora " es contraria a la realidad actual - no tengo un buen trabajo. Si haba
Yo sera un millonario ahora si me haba tomado ese trabajo. Si usted haba cogido ese avin que estara muerto ahora. Si usted no haba pasado todo su dinero en CD, no se rompi .
B. resultado del pasado de la condicin actual o permanente. 1. Formulario El tiempo en el caso- la clusula es el pasado simple, y el tiempo en la clusula principal es el perfecto condicional:
Clusula principal Perfecto condicional lo habra recogido. que le habra despedido meses atrs.
clusula es ahora o siempre , y el tiempo en la clusula principal es hasta ahora . Se refieren a una situacin irreal presente y su probable (pero irreal) resultado anterior:
"Si yo no tena miedo a las araas ' es contrario a la actual realidad - I am miedo a las araas, y " lo hubiera recogido " es contrario al pasado, la realidad - que no la recoja. "Si no se fiaba de l" es contrario a la actual realidad - nos hacen confiar en l, y "nos han saqueado l" es contrario al pasado, la realidad - que no lo despidi.
Ejemplos: a. Si ella no tena miedo de volar que no han viajado en barco. b. Me han sido capaces de traducir la letra, si mi italiano era mejor . c. Si yoera un buen cocinero, me han invitado a almorzar. d. Si el elefante no era en el amor con el ratn, que
When a cause-effect situation occurs in different time frames, it can be stated as a real situation past ==> present.
The same situation can be stated hypothetically with an implied meaning of regret or praise.
You did not feed the dog, so the dog is hungry now. You fed the dog, so the dog isn't hungry now. (She is content.) The dog couldn't go outside, so the dog peed on the floor. The dog went outside, so the dog didn't pee on the floor. The dog didn't go outside, so the dog is peeing on the floor now.
If you had fed the dog, she wouldn't be hungry now. (regret) If you hadn't fed the dog, she would be hungry now. Thank you! (praise) If the dog had gone outside, she wouldn't have peed on the floor. (regret) If the dog hadn't gone outside, she would have peed on the floor. (praise) If the dog had gone outside, she would wouldn't be peeing on the floor now. (regret)
General Truth
EXISTING TRUTH PAST / EARLIER TRUTH
The present or past tense can be used when adding a clause with a statement that is still true. (Some speakers prefer to keep all tenses in the past time frame if referring to a past event.)
The past or past perfect is used when adding a clause with a statement that is in a temporary-past or earlier-past time frame.
If I had known (that) your dog is / was agressive, I wouldn't have offered to feed it. (noun clause existing truth The dog was agressive then and still is now.) If we had gone to the cafe (that) is outdoors, we would have gotten wet in the rain. (adjective clause existing truth The cafe was and still is outdoors.) If I had known the size (that) you wear, I would have bought you a coat. (adjective clause existing truth then and now) If I had known (that) your brother is / was so competitive, I wouldn't have offered to race him. (noun clause existing truth then and now)
If I had known (that) your dog was ill, I would have offered to help it. (noun
clause past truth The dog was ill at that time.)
If we had gone to the concert (that) was outdoors, we would have gotten wet in the rain. (adjective clause past truth The concert was there, but is not now.) If I had known the size (that) you wore, I would have bought you a coat. (adjective clause past truth You used to wear that size, but do not now.) If I had known (that) your brother had been an Olympic runner, I wouldn't have offered to race him. (noun clause earlier past truth He was an Olympic runner..)