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□ Exercise 27. Looking at grammar. (Chart 20-5) C o m p l e t e e a c h s e n t e n c e w i t h t h e c o rr e c t f o r m o f t h e v e r b i n p a r e n t h e s e s . M a k e u n t r u e o r c o n t r a r y - t o -f a c t s t a t e m e n t s . 1. I t ’ s s n o w i n g . W e c a n ’ t g o t o t h e p a r k . I f i t (s n o w) _____ w e r e n ’ t s n o wi n g _ , w e c o u l d g o t o t h e p a r k . 2. I t w a s n ’ t s n o w i n g . W e w e n t t o t h e p a r k . I f i t (s n o w) had b ee n s n o wi n g ______________________ , w e w o u l d n ’ t h a v e g o n e t o t h e p a r k . 3. E l e n a j u s t g o t o u t o f t h e s h o w e r . S h e ’ s d r y i n g h e r h a i r w i t h a h a i r d r y e r , s o s h e c a n ’ t h e a r t h e p h o n e r i n g . I f E l e n a (d r y) _____________________________ h e r h a i r , s h e c o u l d h e a r t h e p h o n e r i n g . 4. E l e n a w a s w a i t i n g f o r a p h o n e c a ll f r o m T o m , b u t a s i t h a pp e n e d , s h e w a s d r y i n g h e r h a i r w h e n h e c a ll e d a n d c o u l d n ’ t h e a r t h e p h o n e r i n g . I f E l e n a (d r y) ______________________________ h e r h a i r w h e n T o m c a ll e d , s h e c o u l d h a v e h e a r d t h e p h o n e r i n g . 5. M a x i s a t a p a r t y a t h i s f r i e n d ’ s a p a r t m e n t , b u t h e ’ s n o t h a v i n g a n y f u n . H e w a n t s t o l e a v e . M a x w o u l d n ’ t w a n t t o l e a v e e a r l y i f h e (hav e ) _____________________________ f u n . 6. M r s . C h a n g w a s t a l k i n g o n h e r c e ll p h o n e w h il e s h e w a s d r i v i n g a n d w a s n ’ t p a y i n g e n o u g h a tt e n t i o n t o t r a ff i c. W h e n t h e c a r i n f r o n t o f h e r s t o pp e d , s h e c r a s h e d i n t o i t . I f M r s . C h a n g ( t al k ) _____________________________ o n h e r c e ll p h o n e , s h e p r o b a b l y w o u l d n ’ t h a v e g o tt e n i n t o a n a cc i d e n t . □ Exercise 28. Warm-up. (Chart 20-6) C h oo s e t h e c o rr e c t t i m e w o r d s . 1. I f I h a d d o n e m y h o m e w o r k ( n o w / e a r li e r ), I w o u l d k n o w t h e a n s w e r s ( n o w / e a r li e r ). 2. A n i t a w o u l d n ’ t b e s i c k ( n o w / e a r li e r ) i f s h e h a d f o ll o w e d t h e d o c t o r ’ s o r d e r s ( n o w / e a r li e r ). 2 0 - 6 Using “Mixed Time” in Conditional Sentences Frequently the time in the /'/-clause and the time in the result clause are different: one clause may be in the present and the other in the past. Notice that past and present times are mixed in these sentences. (a) True: I did not eat breakfast several hours ago, so I am hungry now. (b) Conditional: If I had eaten breakfast several hours ago, I would not be hungry now. (past) (present) (c) True: He is not a good student. He did not study for the test yesterday. (d) Conditional: If he were a good student, he would have studied for the test yesterday. (present) (past) 428 CHAPTER 20