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Pasado irreal y condicionales invertidos

Nombre:Fecha:

Usa formas de pasado para la irrealidad en el presente o el futuro, y omite if invirtiendo should, were y had.

Elige la forma correcta

Elige la opción que completa correctamente cada oración.

It's high time the council ___ the road before someone is injured.
- a) repaired
- b) repairs
- c) will repair
- d) repairing
I'd rather you ___ the windows closed while the paint dries.
- a) to keep
- b) will keep
- c) kept
- d) keeping
At the meeting she spoke as if she ___ the project herself, although it was her predecessor's.
- a) leads
- b) has led
- c) would lead
- d) had led
___ for the generosity of a few donors, the museum would have closed.
- a) But
- b) Besides
- c) Unless
- d) Despite
___ it not been for the early warning, many more people would have been affected.
- a) Have
- b) Were
- c) Had
- d) Should
___ you require further information, please contact the office.
- a) Would
- b) Should
- c) Had
- d) Were
Suppose you ___ the chance to live anywhere, where would you choose?
- a) are given
- b) were given
- c) would be given
- d) have given
Were Nadia ___ see the final report, she would be astonished.
- a) to
- b) for
- c) so
- d) about

Escribe la palabra o palabras que faltan.

It's about time we ___ (start) thinking about a long-term solution.
I'd rather you ___ told anyone about the results before the announcement; it's too late now.
The lecturer spoke as though the audience ___ already read the paper, which few had.
___ it not for his constant encouragement, I would have given up long ago.
___ the budget been approved earlier, the bridge would be finished by now.
Were the company ___ (close) its factory, hundreds of workers would lose their jobs.
But ___ the quick thinking of the pilot, the flight would have ended badly.
Supposing you ___ (win) a large prize tomorrow, what would you do with it?

a) repairedIt's high time va seguido de un verbo en pasado simple que se refiere al presente: repaired.
c) keptWould rather + un sujeto distinto lleva el pasado simple para deseos sobre el presente o el futuro.
d) had ledAs if con un hecho pasado que no ocurrió lleva el pasado perfecto.
a) ButBut for + sustantivo significa «if it had not been for».
c) HadHad it not been for sustituye a if it had not been for.
b) ShouldShould you require es un sustituto formal de if you require.
b) were givenSuppose + pasado simple introduce una situación irreal, que concuerda con would choose.
a) toWere + sujeto + to + infinitivo es la forma invertida de if + sujeto + were to.

startedDespués de it's about time, usa el pasado simple.
hadn't / had notPara lamentar una acción pasada, usa would rather + pasado perfecto: hadn't told.
hadAs though + pasado perfecto expresa una situación pasada irreal.
wereWere it not for significa «if it were not for». Su apoyo continúa en el presente, así que puede combinarse con un resultado pasado (un condicional mixto); para una condición puramente pasada, usa Had it not been for.
hadHad + sujeto + participio pasado sustituye a if the budget had been approved.
to closeWere + sujeto + to + infinitivo sustituye a if the company were to close.
forBut for + sustantivo significa «if it had not been for».
won / were to winSupposing lleva el pasado simple, o were to + infinitivo, para un futuro hipotético.