[Unit 8b] Unreal conditional in the past

Question 1

[Reformulate with a conditional sentence in the past]

I didn’t take the exam because I didn’t know about it.

I…

Answer 1

I would’ve taken the exam if I’d known about it.

Question 2

[Reformulate with a conditional sentence in the past]
They went to the same university so they met and fell in love.

If..

Answer 2

If they hadn’t gone to the same university, they wouldn’t have met and fallen in love.

Question 3

[Reformulate with a conditional sentence in the past]
It was raining so we took the metro.

If..

Answer 3

If it hadn’t been raining, we wouldn’t have taken the metro.

Question 4

[Reformulate with a conditional sentence in the past]

We didn’t buy the picture because it was so expensive.

We…

Answer 4

We would have bought the picture if it hadn’t been so expensive.

Question 5

Well, I think if _ (I, find - если бы я нашёл в 2012 году) it in the street, I _ (post) the letter.

Answer 5

Well, I think if I’d found it in the street, I would have posted the letter.

Question 6

Obviously the person should _ (be - in the past) more careful, but it wasn’t addressed to me, so it would have been quite wrong to open it.

критика: ему стоило (в прошлом)

Answer 6

Obviously the person should have been more careful, but it wasn’t addressed to me, so it would have been quite wrong to open it.

Question 7

Obviously the person should have been more careful, but it wasn’t addressed to me, so it would _ (be - in the past) quite wrong to open it.

было бы (про прошлое)

Answer 7

Obviously the person should have been more careful, but it wasn’t addressed to me, so it would have been quite wrong to open it.