smusca
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- Jul 24, 2009
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- English Teacher
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- English
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- UK
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- Italy
I'd appreciate comments on the following questions in a grammar exercise.
A. He's broken his leg so he can't drive
(Answer in Key): If he hadn't broken his leg, he could drive
B. If the computer had not been invented, I wouldn't be able to send e-mails to my friends.
These exercises were in a FCE book and the students were very confused, having just studied that the 3rd. conditional is usually Past perfect (in 'if' clause and perfect conditional in the main clause)
I explained this as being a 2-3 mixed conditional referring to past events with results in the present.
Am I right? or is there something else I should add?
A. He's broken his leg so he can't drive
(Answer in Key): If he hadn't broken his leg, he could drive
B. If the computer had not been invented, I wouldn't be able to send e-mails to my friends.
These exercises were in a FCE book and the students were very confused, having just studied that the 3rd. conditional is usually Past perfect (in 'if' clause and perfect conditional in the main clause)
I explained this as being a 2-3 mixed conditional referring to past events with results in the present.
Am I right? or is there something else I should add?