UNIDAD 3 GRAMMAR• The past unreal conditional

 GRAMMAR• The past unreal conditional

Condiciones y resultados pasados irreales o falsos.

 Pasado perfecto en la cláusula if  ------  had o might have + un participio pasado en la cláusula de resultado 



Examples

  • If I had started exercising I wouldn't be so undisciplined.
  • If he hadn't bought the shirts last month, they wouldn't have been so expensive.
  • Would you have done the academic exchange if you had known about the double degree?
  • What would you have done if the food had spoiled?




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