Mixed Verb Tenses in English: Conditionals and IF clauses

How many verb tenses can you count in the following sentences? “If you practice every day, you will improve. But you also need to know that if you didn’t develop good study habits in the past, you might have trouble in the future.“ There are several verb tenses in this excerpt, and they are all mixed together. But complex sentences like these are what make English a very rich and interesting language. In this challenging lesson, we will look at conditional sentences that mix tenses and even use the verb “will“ in the “if“ clause. Make sure to do the quiz at to practice and perfect your understanding of mixed tenses. TRANSCRIPT Hi again. Welcome to . I’m Adam. Today’s lesson is a little bit tricky. It’s grammar, it’s conditionals, but we’re going to look at “Mixed Conditionals“. Now, before I get into the different types of ways that you can mix tenses and the conditionals, I want to do a very quick review of the co
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