Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 10

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 13 - It's my own fault for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs. Imagine what actually happened in 1-6 below. Then use a third conditional to explain what would have been a better idea.

Answer

  1. I thought it was going to be cold and I wore a really heavy coat. But the sun came out and it got quite hot, so I was boiling. If I’d worn something lighter, I wouldn’t have got so hot.
  2. He was in a hurry because he was late for a meeting, but he went round a bend too fast and the car skidded and came off the road. If he hadn’t been driving so fast, he wouldn’t have crashed  the car. 
  3. I didn’t read the instructions very carefully because I’ve made this recipe before, but I missed out some ingredients and it didn’t taste very nice. If I’d read the instructions more carefully, it would have been a nicer meal.
  4. We didn’t book in advance and the film was really popular, so it sold out. If we’d booked the tickets in advance, we would have got in to see the film.
  5. His parents left him on his own and he fell down the stairs. If his parents hadn’t left him on his own, he wouldn’t have had an accident.
  6. I left my bag hanging on my seat and somebody stole it. My bag wouldn’t have been stolen if I hadn’t left it hanging from the back of my seat.