Conditional Clause Exercises -
Exercise: Identify the conditional logic in this statement: “If we had not raised interest rates, inflation would be even higher today.” Follow-up: Is this a valid argument? What evidence would support or undermine the hidden premise?
These simulate real discourse. They test not grammar but with the correct tense frame. Strong answers maintain the past counterfactual throughout (“People would have shared information faster, but governments would have censored it…”). conditional clause exercises