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Rewrite the following sentences using the verbs in the brackets in their correct forms: a) If I (be) you, I would not tell a lie. b) She (write) a letter when I saw her. c) By the time we reach the…

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Rewrite the following sentences using the verbs in the brackets in their correct forms: a) If I ______ (be) you, I would not tell a lie. b) She ______ (write) a letter when I saw her. c) By the time we reach the station, the train ______ (leave).

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a) If I were you, I would not tell a lie. (Here, the verb "were" is used instead of "was" because it is a hypothetical situation in the second conditional form.)

b) She was writing a letter when I saw her. (The past continuous tense "was writing" is used because the action was ongoing at the time of another action in the past.)

c) By the time we reach the station, the train will have left. (The future perfect tense "will have left" is used to indicate an action that will be completed before another future action.)

Explanation of verb forms used:

  • a) The second conditional requires the past tense of "to be" (were/was) for all subjects, even "I."
  • b) The past continuous ("was writing") describes an ongoing action interrupted by another past action ("saw").
  • c) The future perfect ("will have left") shows an action completed before a future time ("by the time we reach").

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