In Numbers^x, Conditionals^x, Past simple^x

Hi, I'm not sure everybody here understands what type of exercise you're referring to. I assume you are talking about the new format of the CAE, which will be introduced starting from December 2008, so I'm posting an excerpt from the CAE handbook for teachers about part 5 (key word...

Thank you all for answering my post. The problem I see is NOT the contrast beween rules and exceptions, or between grammar and spoken language, BUT, basically, the lack of unanimity on what is correct and what is wrong. After Marius' and Tam's examples, it was pretty clear that the...

1. You must be pretty dumb if you get a bad mark. This is fine. It’s the first conditional: modal auxiliary verb + if + present simple 2. You must be pretty dumb if you got a bad mark. This would work as the second conditional if you replaced ‘must’ with ‘would’. In such a...

Given that the party is over and that you met the person a couple of days later, then we must use sentence 1, as taiwandave said, with or without inversion. Had I known your telephone number, I would have invited you to the party. OR If I had known your telephone number, I would have invited...