🔀Word Order – Mixed Conditionals

🎯B2 Level ESL Exercise - Sentence Building

💡Reorder the words to make correct Mixed Conditional sentences. These combine different time references in the if-clause and main clause.

💭Remember:

Past → Present: If + past perfect, would/wouldn't + base verb (now)
Present → Past: If + past simple, would/wouldn't have + past participle
Use: To show how past actions affect the present, or how present states would have affected the past

1️⃣Exercise 1

Prompt: would / have / I / if / woken / on / gone / earlier / I / to / bed / be / time

✓ Correct answer: If I had gone to bed earlier, I would be on time.

2️⃣Exercise 2

Prompt: known / if / you / better / would / I / have / not / told / I / him / the / truth

✓ Correct answer: If I knew you better, I wouldn't have told him the truth.

3️⃣Exercise 3

Prompt: had / not / he / late / last / missed / the / meeting / been / wouldn't / night

✓ Correct answer: If he hadn't been late last night, he wouldn't miss the meeting today.

4️⃣Exercise 4

Prompt: be / the / job / happier / got / if / would / I / I / have

✓ Correct answer: If I had got the job, I would be happier now.

5️⃣Exercise 5

Prompt: would / done / she / the / if / been / more / careful / she / have / work / better

✓ Correct answer: If she were more careful, she would have done the work better.

6️⃣Exercise 6

Prompt: earlier / I / taken / if / had / medicine / I / feel / would / better / now

✓ Correct answer: If I had taken the medicine earlier, I would feel better now.

7️⃣Exercise 7

Prompt: arrived / if / earlier / the / seen / concert / they / started / would / have

✓ Correct answer: If they had arrived earlier, they would have seen the concert start.

8️⃣Exercise 8

Prompt: passed / more / have / I / studied / would / if / exam / my / the / I / had / last / year

✓ Correct answer: If I had studied more last year, I would have passed my exam.

9️⃣Exercise 9

Prompt: would / helped / you / if / I / been / there / have

✓ Correct answer: If I were there, I would have helped you.

🔟Exercise 10

Prompt: had / she / gone / the / would / there / to / have / accident / if / been

✓ Correct answer: If she hadn't gone there, the accident wouldn't have happened.