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Conditional sentences with mixed time frames are those sentences in which the second conditional uses the simple pastin the if clause and would have and a verb in past participle in the result clause for example:

If I weren´t a teacher, I would have been rejected.

I´m a teacher. I was not rejected.

This example shows how a situation in the present affects another situation in the past.

The second contitional normally uses simple pastand would plus a verb, but this does not occur in mixed time frames.

The third conditional in mixed time frame uses past perfect in the if clause and would plus base form of the verb in the result clause to show how a situation from the past affects another situation in the present for example:

If I hadn´t eaten so much, my jeans would fit now.

I ate a lot. My jeans don´t fit now.

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