Comment on the following situations with if (expressing regret, etc.).
Model: John ate too much cake, so he was sick.
If John hadn’t eaten too/so much cake, he wouldn’t have been sick.
We came home from our holiday early because we ran out of money.
The house didn’t burn down because the fire brigade came immediately.
The men were wearing protective clothing, so they were all quite safe.
I had an accident because I wasn’t watching the road.
I was sweating because it was so hot.
My father didn’t earn much money, so life wasn’t easy for us.
I didn’t enjoy school, so I didn’t do very well.
Comment on the following situations with if (expressing regret, etc.).
Model: John ate too much cake, so he was sick.
If John hadn’t eaten too/so much cake, he wouldn’t have been sick.
We came home from our holiday early because we ran out of money.
We came home from our holiday early if we had not run out of money.
The house didn’t burn down because the fire brigade came immediately.
The house would have burnt down if the fire brigade had not come immediately.
The men hadn’t been wearing protective clothing, so they were all quite safe.
If the men had been wearing protective clothing, they would have been all quite safe.
I had an accident because I wasn’t watching the road.
I wouldn't have had an accident if I had been watching the road.
I was sweating because it was so hot.
I wouldn't have been sweating if it had not been so hot.
My father didn’t earn much money, so life wasn’t easy for us.
If my father had earned much money, life would have been easy for us.
I didn’t enjoy school, so I didn’t do very well.
If I had enjoyed school, I would have done well.