Задание

Третий тип условных придаточных предложений / Third-Type Conditional Sentences

Третий тип условных придаточных предложений выражает нереальное (воображаемое) условие, относящееся к прошлому: If you had invested more money in your business, you could have made a bigger profi t in those times; If the fog had not been so thick, the road conditions would have been much better yesterday; If it had not been for the heat, we would have felt very comfortable in Egypt lastsummer.

Примечание: в главном предложении с условным придаточным третьего типа используется конструкция would/could/might have + Past Participle. В условном придаточном предложении третьего типа используется прошедшее перфектное простое время: If he had not lost time, he could have achieved much more at the university when he was a student.

Choose the correct options. Mind authentic collocations

  1. Had my friends not
    [interfered | intervened], the quarrel could have grown into a fight.
  2. If Andrew had
    [broken | beaten] the record, he would have made the headlines.
  3. If it had not been
    [for | because] the mass media support, the landslide victory would have been impossible.
  4. If the visit had not been put
    [on | off], the agreement might have been reached.
  5. If they had not
    [fixed | cheated] the game, there would have been no scandal.
  6. If the goalkeeper had been more attentive, the other team would not have
    [scored | kicked] a goal.
  7. If the operator had been
    [less | more] attentive, there would have been no power failure.
  8. If there had been a tsunami
    [warning | alarm], the population could have been evacuated in time.
  9. If you had
    [agreed | refused] to sign the contract, you would have lost a very reliable partner.
  10. If you had
    [heard | listened]the news, you would have been very much surprised.
  11. If you had been more
    [cooperative | interactive], you would have won more partners over to your side.