Grammar / B2 Grammar lessons and exercises / All conditionals: Mixed conditionals, alternatives to ‘if’, inversion
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Dialogue 1
ANN: How was your Spanish exam, Claire?
CLAIRE: Fine, I guess. I got a B. I could have got a better mark provided I 1 (work) harder on the verbs. And you?
ANN: I didn’t study and I failed, but I 2 (fail) even if I had studied, that’s why I decided not to do it.
CLAIRE: That’s not true. Nobody fails an exam as long as they 3 (study).
ANN: That’s easy for you to say. If you 4 (be) in my shoes, you would think differently. Sometimes people work hard, but they don’t get the results they want. It’s different for you; for you, it’s easy to succeed in whatever you want to succeed in.
CLAIRE: That’s unfair. I wouldn’t be where I am today if I 5 (not work) very hard all these past years.
Dialogue 2
MOTHER: You can't go out. That's out of the question.
SON: Please, mum. Can I go out on condition I 6 (do) all my homework before leaving?
MOTHER: Well, if you 7 (do) your homework when I asked you, you would be allowed to go out now.
SON: But I didn't hear you. If I had heard you, I 8 (do) it.
MOTHER: That's the problem; you never listen. It 9 (not hurt) if you listened to me once in a while. If you 10 (do) it more often, your life would be much easier.