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Question
Ashok bad a terrible day yesterday. Look at the chain of events that happened to him.
Now he is lying in bed thinking of what might have happened if ..............
- Use the type of sentence you used in the last exercise to write down his thoughts. Start like this: "If the alarm had gone off, I wouldn't have got up late. Ifl hadn't ______________
- Underline the pairs of verbs in each of the sentences you have written
above.
Solution
- “If the alarm had gone off. I wouldn’t have got up late. If I hadn’t got up late, I wouldn’t have been causht in a traffic jam. If I hadn’t been causht in a traffic jam, I wouldn’t have reached office late. If I hadn’t reached office late, I wouldn’t have been scolded by my boss. If I hadn’t been scolded by my boss, I wouldn’t have shouted at my boss. If I hadn’t shouted at my boss, I wouldn’t have lost my job. If I hadn’t lost my job, I wouldn’t have been Ivins in bed thinking of what might have happened if …….”,
- gone off / got up
- caught/reached
- scolded/shouted
- lost/lying
- got up/caught
- reached/scolded
- shouted/lost
- thinking /happened
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