Lesson on Mixed CONDITIONALS (TERRIFIC Lesson on a very DIFFICULT grammar topic)

Hello, everyone. How are you today? This is Marc. If you were English, you wouldn't have studied the rules I'm going to teach you today. Today, I'm going to talk about mixed conditionals, so stay tuned. So, like I said, in this lesson, we're going to talk about mixed conditionals, and many students have problems with conditional sentences. So, I divided mixed conditionals in six patterns, but I just want to say something that we use mixed conditionals for unreal situations. So, always unreal situations. Remember that to make a conditional sentence, you need the condition, so the if clause, plus the result. So, obviously, it can be interchangeable. It can go first, the result, and second, the condition. So, let's look at the first pattern, then. We need if, the condition clause will be if, plus past perfect. Then, we have would, in the result, plus the base of the verb. So, this would be a present sentence, or part of the sentence. So, let's look at the example I wrote. If she had studied, if she had studied French, she would live now in France. So, this is a present condition here, result. Sorry, a present result. She would live in France now, but she didn't study French. So, she didn't, and now, she lives somewhere else. She doesn't live in France now. So, this is an unreal situation. So, this is the first pattern. Now, let's look at the second pattern. If, plus past perfect. Again, past perfect. Then, the result would be would, plus be, plus a verb with an IN form. This would be a future result. So, let's look at the example, which is easier. If I had accepted the job, if I had accepted the job, I would be moving to Berlin. So, this would be a future result. I would be moving to Berlin, but I didn't accept the job. So, I'm not moving to Berlin. I'm not moving. I'm staying in Rome, for example. Now, this is the second pattern. The third pattern, if, plus past simple, which refers to a present condition, would, plus present perfect, which refers to a past result. Now, let's look at the example. If he were an important person, they would have treated us much better at the ceremony. So, you can see that he isn't an important person. So, now, he's not an important person. So, that's why it's present, a present condition. So, they didn't treat us great last week, referring to a past situation, a past result. Now, let's look at the other three mixed conditionals, other three patterns. So, the fourth one is after if, so the condition part of the sentence, we put the past simple, which refers to a present situation, and then the result would be with would, plus the base of the verb. So, a future result, with a future result. We're talking about So, the example that I gave you was, if he weren't so nosy, nosy means busybody, somebody who minds somebody else's business, we would invite him over. But, he's very nosy and we won't invite him over. We will not invite him over. Okay, so this is the explanation for the fourth pattern. Now, let's look at the fifth pattern. If, plus past continuous, which refers to their future, a future condition. Then, the result would be would, plus present perfect, referring to the past. So, the example I wrote is, if they were coming this week, if they were coming this week, I would have organized, I would have organized, present perfect, have organized a tour in the city. But, they aren't going to come this week. This is the real situation. They aren't coming this week, or they aren't going to come this week. That is why I didn't organize a tour in the city. Okay, so this is the fifth pattern. And, the last one, finally, the sixth pattern is, if, plus past simple, or past continuous, referring to a future condition. And, then we have would, plus be, referring to the present, to a present result. So, if she didn't show up, if she didn't show up at the party, a lot of people would be very disappointed. So, the explanation I wrote is, she is going to show up at the party. Show up means to come to the party. Okay, she's going to come to the party. That's why a lot of people aren't disappointed. Okay, they're happy because she's coming to the party. Now, let's recap. So, we have six mixed conditional patterns. So, the first one is past with the condition and present for the result. Then, we have past for the condition and future for the result. Then, we have present for the condition and past for the result, present for the condition and future for the result. And, we have future for the condition and past for the result, and future for the condition and present for the result. I hope you enjoyed the lesson if you haven't understood please re-watch it okay it's good for you to re-watch the video and I wish you a great day don't forget to share my videos and subscribe to my channel take care bye bye