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Question

Type the right form of the verb in brackets:

1. If we  (not miss) the plane, we would be lying on the beach right now!
2. What would you do if someone  (rob) you in the street?
3. She won’t be happy unless she  (listen) to her heart.
4. If you hadn’t walked into the café at that moment, we  (never met) .
5. If everyone had better manners, life  (be) much easier.
6. What would you be doing now if you  (become) a teacher?

Answer 1

These are all so-called if-clauses. The best way to succeed with such an exercise is to study the four main forms of if-clauses in English (zero, first, second, and third conditional) as well as some mixed forms.

ZERO Conditional (always true)

"When it rains, I take an umbrella."

WHEN + present simple //COMMA// present simple

FIRST Conditional (likely future)

"If it rains tomorrow, I will take an umbrella."

IF + present simple //COMMA// will + infinitive (or going to + infinitive)

SECOND Conditional (hypothetical future)

"If it rained tomorrow, I would take an umbrella."

IF + past tense (or 'were' for the verb 'to be') //COMMA// would (could, might) + infinitive

THIRD Conditional (imagining an alternative scenario in the past, even thought the past cannot be changed)

"If it had rained yesterday, I would have taken an umbrella."

IF + past perfect //COMMA// would (could, might) + have + past participle

As for your sentences:

1. had not missed (third conditional => imagining an alternative scenario in the past)
2. robbed (second conditional => hypothetical future imagining an unlikely situation in the future)
3. listens (first conditional => realistic future imagining a likely future)
4. would have never met (third conditional => imagining an alternative scenario in the past).
5. would be (second conditional => hypothetical future imagining an unlikely situation in the future)
6. had not become (second conditional => hypothetical future imagining an unlikely situation in the future)