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Question 1:
If Ann _____ (to wear) comfortable shoes, she _____ (not to hurt) her feet when hiking. (But she did in reality).
A. wore/wouldn't hurt
B. had worn / wouldn't have hurt
Feedback We use past unreal conditionals to refer to actions which never happened in reality. It can be an unreal result, imagined situation or regret about what really happened in the past. Here: in reality Ann hurt her feet because of uncomfortable shoes. Now she regrets about this.
C. wore / hurt
D. would wear/wouldn't hurt

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Test 3-Expressing Hypothetical Meaning | Upper-Intermediate English