Vocabulary & Grammar Flashcards
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If the organization _____ more resources into staff training, employee retention would improve.
Answer: invested
The second conditional uses 'if + past simple' to describe a hypothetical present or future situation.
All written submissions _____ by email before midnight on the closing date.
Answer: must be sent
The passive 'must be sent' is required because the subject (submissions) receives the action rather than performing it.
The professor announced that the final examination _____ postponed by one week.
Answer: would be
In reported speech, 'will be' backshifts to 'would be' when the reporting verb 'announced' is in the past.
If the engineers _____ the design flaw earlier, the product recall could have been avoided.
Answer: had recognized
The third conditional requires 'if + past perfect' to discuss a condition that was not met in the past.
The revised guidelines _____ at the next board meeting scheduled for October.
Answer: will be discussed
The future passive 'will be discussed' is needed because the guidelines are the subject receiving the action.
The supervisor asked why the quarterly report _____ submitted on time.
Answer: hadn't been
'Hadn't been submitted' is the past perfect passive required by backshifting in reported speech with a past reporting verb.
If she _____ the application one week earlier, she might have secured the scholarship.
Answer: had submitted
The third conditional requires the past perfect ('had submitted') in the 'if' clause to express an unreal past action.