Question

Read the situations and rewrite the mixed conditional sentences, correcting the mistakes. Tick (✔) the one sentence which is correct. 1. I like you so I invited you to my birthday party. I wouldn’t invite you to my birthday party if I didn’t like you. 2. He’s secretly in love with her so he went to that boring lecture with her. If he hadn’t been secretly in love with her he wouldn’t have gone to that boring lecture with her. 3. Everyone’s talking about it now because a paparazzi took that one stupid photo. No one would have talked about it now if a paparazzi hadn’t taken that one stupid photo. 4. People still remember it because he took the case to court. People wouldn’t remember it if he hadn’t taken the case to court. 5. She’s seen all of these films because she’s a great fan of horror movies. If she hadn’t been such a great fan of horrors, she wouldn’t have seen all of these films.

Answer 1

1. I wouldn't have invited you to my birthday party if I didn't like you.

2. If he weren't secretly in love with her, he wouldn't have gone to that boring lecture with her.

3. No one would be talking about it now if a paparazzi hadn't taken that one stupid photo.

4. ✔

5. If she weren't such a great fan of horrors, she wouldn't have seen all of these films.

Answer 2

Here are the corrected mixed conditional sentences:

1. I like you so I invited you to my birthday party. If I didn't like you, I wouldn't have invited you to my birthday party.

2. He's secretly in love with her, so he went to that boring lecture with her. If he weren't secretly in love with her, he wouldn't have gone to that boring lecture with her.

3. Everyone's talking about it now because a paparazzi took that one stupid photo. No one would be talking about it now if a paparazzi hadn't taken that one stupid photo.

4. People still remember it because he took the case to court. People wouldn't remember it if he hadn't taken the case to court.

5. She's seen all of these films because she's a great fan of horror movies. If she weren't such a great fan of horror movies, she wouldn't have seen all of these films.

The correct sentence is #2.