Unreal Past A Suggested Answers Rick Shur
Make an unreal present sentence with “if…would have/wouldn't have”
She didn't eat dinner.
She was hungry at the party.
If she had eaten dinner, she wouldn't have been hungry at the party.
She gave her son some money.
He bought drugs.
If she hadn't given her son any money, he wouldn't have bought drugs.
She didn't call me beforehand.
I wasn't ready for her.
If she had called me beforehand, I would have been ready for her.
He shaved too fast.
He cut himself.
If he hadn't shaved too fast, he wouldn't have cut himself.
He went to Atlantic City.
He lost all his money.
If he hadn't gone to Atlantic City, he wouldn't have lost all his money.
He had a headache.
He didn't go to the meeting.
If he hadn't had a headache, he wouldn't have gone to the meeting.
I didn't have a condom.
I didn't have sex with her.
If I had had a condom, I would have had sex with her.
He didn't pay attention to his children.
They didn't take care of him when he got old.
If he had paid attention to his children, they would have taken care of him when he got old.
She didn't practice her song.
She made a lot of mistakes.
If she had practiced her song, she wouldn't have made so many mistakes.
He joined a gang.
He got into trouble with the law.
If he hadn't joined a gang, he wouldn't have gotten into trouble with the law.
I went to the museum on Monday.
I didn't go there with the class on Friday.
If I hadn't gone to the museum on Monday, I would have gone there with the class on Friday.
I didn't love him.
I didn't marry him.
If I had loved him, I would have married him.
She had ten children and a shiftless husband.
She died very young.
If she hadn't had ten children and a shiftless husband, she wouldn't have died so young.
He ate that poison mushroom.
He got sick.
If he hadn't eaten that poison mushroom, he wouldn't have gotten sick.
She wore jeans to her job interview.
She didn't get the job.
If she hadn't worn jeans to her job interview, she might have gotten the job.
He wasn't nice to me.
I didn't lend him any money.
If he had been nice to me, I would have lent him some money.
I didn't study for the test.
I didn't know many of the answers.
If I had studied for the test, I would have known more of the answers.