Mixed Conditionals

Past condition + present result · Present condition + past result

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Exercises practising Mixed Conditionals. Total: 30 points. Vocabulary from the B2 word bank is used throughout.

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Exercise 1

Type A or Type B?

6 points

Tap which type each sentence is.

If we had switched to renewables sooner, our carbon footprint would be lower today.

If he were more organised, he would have submitted the report on time.

If she hadn't taken redundancy, she would still be working for the company.

If automation weren't disrupting so many industries, governments would have acted differently.

If biodiversity loss hadn't been ignored for decades, conservation would be far easier now.

If she weren't so risk-averse, she would have launched her start-up years ago.

Exercise 2

Complete the mixed conditionals

12 points

Use the verbs in brackets in the correct mixed conditional form.

If the company (invest) in automation earlier, it (be) more competitive now.

If she (not / be) so dedicated, she (not / get) that promotion last year.

If governments (act) on climate change sooner, fossil fuels (not / dominate) today.

If he (be) more entrepreneurial, he (start) his own business by now.

If society (address) inequality earlier, communities (be) more cohesive today.

If she (not / be) so resistant to change, she (embrace) digital technology long ago.

Exercise 3

Key word transformation

8 points

Complete the second sentence so it has the same meaning. Use the word given.

We didn't invest in renewables, so emissions are still high today. INVESTED
If we ______ in renewables, emissions would be lower today.

She is not ambitious, so she didn't apply for promotion. WERE
If she ______ more ambitious, she would have applied for promotion.

He lost his job last year, so he's struggling financially now. LOST
If he hadn't ______ his job, he wouldn't be struggling now.

Data privacy laws are weak, so companies have shared user data freely for years. STRONGER
If data privacy laws were ______, companies would not have shared user data so freely.

Exercise 4

Write your own mixed conditionals

4 points

A company failed to diversify. Now it is struggling. (Type A)

He lacks work ethic. He didn't get promoted last quarter. (Type B)

Exercise 5 — Production

Write original sentences using the target structure. Feedback appears automatically as you type.
Scoring: full marks for correct structure · partial for present but imperfect · zero for absent.

Write a mixed conditional about a past action with a present result.

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