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In the third conditional we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause. Would is the past tense of will. Please select 2 correct answers Fronted adjectives/adverbs are possible in a structure with as or though. Fun usually goes after is. Inversion is used when a sentence starts with only or hardly or seldom. It should be hardly did I sit down or hardly had I sat down. After a negative remark, we can add another negative remark with 'neither + auxiliary + noun/pronoun.' The present perfect indicates time up to now. 1. He would have drowned if the rescuers ………………………….. in time.
2. Would you mind my ………………………. the window?
3. Take anything you …………………………
4. I knew that she ……………………… support me.
5. ……………………. I ran, I could not catch up with him.
6. The party was great ……………………..
7.Only after her death …………………….. able to appreciate what she did for me.
8. Hardly …………………… I sat down to rest when the doorbell rang.
9. ‘I don’t like oysters.’ ‘……………….. do I.’
10. ……………………….. we heard the gunshots, we rushed upstairs.
11. Where ……………………. all this while?
12. It was the last message I ……………………….. from him.
Answers
1. He would have drowned if the rescuers hadn’t arrived in time.
2. Would you mind my opening the window?
3. Take anything you want.
4. I knew that she would support me.
4. I knew she would arrive before long.
5. Fast though / Fast as I ran, I could not catch up with him.
6. The party was great fun.
7.Only after her death was I able to appreciate what she did for me.
8. Hardly had I sat down to rest when the doorbell rang.
9. ‘I don’t like oysters.’ ‘Neither do I.’
10. As soon as we heard the gunshots, we rushed upstairs.
11. Where have you been all this while?
12. It was the last message I got from him.
