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The key answer of exercise Grammar 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Language focus 2 for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Which sentences in exercise 3a refer to the past only?
  2. Which refer to the past and the present?
  3. Which verb forms are used in each case?

Answer

a)

sentences 1 and 4

b)

sentences 2 and 3

c)

  • sentences 1 and 4: would have + past participle in the main clause; Past perfect in the if clause
  • sentences 2 and 3: would + infinitive in the main clause; Past perfect in the if clause