Task 6 - Read the sentences about what actually happened. Then write sentences about how things might have been different. Use the third conditional - SHS Friends Global 11 page 98

1. Nội dung câu hỏi

1 We turned left and we got lost.

If we hadn't turned left, we wouldn't have got lost.

2 I didn't go by train because the ticket was so expensive.

3 I didn't meet you at the airport because I didn't know when you were arriving.

4 We stopped at the service station because we were nearly out of petrol.

5 I wasn't late for the meeting because I took a taxi.

6 I bought the tickets on the train because there wasn't a ticket office at the station.

2. Phương pháp giải

Cấu trúc câu điều kiện loại 3: If + S + had + V3/ed, S + would / could + have V3/ed.

3. Lời giải chi tiết

2 I didn't go by train because the ticket was so expensive.

(Tôi không đi tàu hỏa vì vé quá đắt.)

Đáp án: If the ticket hadn't been so expensive, I would have gone by train.

(Nếu vé không quá đắt, tôi đã đi bằng tàu hỏa.)

3 I didn't meet you at the airport because I didn't know when you were arriving.

(Tôi không gặp bạn ở sân bay vì tôi không biết khi nào bạn đến.)

Đáp án: If I had known when you were arriving, I would have met you at the airport.

(Nếu tôi biết khi bạn đến, tôi sẽ gặp bạn ở sân bay.)

4 We stopped at the service station because we were nearly out of petrol.

(Chúng tôi dừng lại ở trạm dịch vụ vì chúng tôi gần hết xăng.)

Đáp án: If we hadn't been nearly out of petrol, we wouldn't have stopped at the service station.

(Nếu chúng tôi không gần hết xăng, chúng tôi sẽ không dừng lại ở trạm dịch vụ.)

5 I wasn't late for the meeting because I took a taxi.

(Tôi không bị trễ cuộc họp vì tôi đã đi taxi.)

Đáp án: If I hadn't taken a taxi, I would have been late for the meeting.

(Nếu tôi không đi taxi, tôi sẽ bị trễ cuộc họp.)

6 I bought the tickets on the train because there wasn't a ticket office at the station.

(Tôi đã mua vé trên tàu vì không có phòng vé ở nhà ga.)

Đáp án: If there had been a ticket office at the station, I wouldn't have bought the tickets on the train.

(Nếu có một phòng bán vé ở nhà ga, tôi sẽ không mua vé trên tàu.)