VARIATIONS OF PAST UNREAL CONDITIONALS

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Variations of past unreal conditionals

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DIFFERENT CONDITIONAL CONTRUCTIONS CAN BE USED TO TALK ABOUT PAST UNREAL SITUATIONS. CONTINUOUS FORMS EXPRESS ACTIONS IN PROGRESS, IN BOTH THE IF CLAUSE AND THE MAIN CLAUSE.

To express a situation where both the unreal condition (if clause) and the imagined result are in the past use:

IF + S + had /hadn´t + been + verb ING , S + would /wouldn´t have + Past participle

IF + S + had /hadn´t + past participle , S + would /wouldn´t have + Past participle

IF YOU HAD TOLD ME, I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN DOWN.

We would have missed the announcement if you hadn´t been paying attention.

To express a situation where the unreal condition is in the past, and the imagined result is in the present use:

IF + S + had/hadn´t + been + verb ING + S + would / wouldn´t + verb BF

IF + S + had/hadn´t + verb PP + S would / wouldn´t + verb BF

If you had been watching the children, Oliver wouldn´t have a broken arm now.

If you hadn´t heard that announcement, we would still be at the station.

IF + S + had/hadn´t +been + verb ING + S would / wouldn´t +BE + verb ING

IF + S + had/hadn´t + verb PP + S would / wouldn´t +BE + verb ING

If you had been watching the children, Oliver wouldn´t be cleaning up this mess now.

If you hadn´t heard that announcement, we would be waiting on the wrong platform now.