57.- Conditional permission. C1. Profesor.

1: Say that John has hypothetical permission to do the report – the client would be fine with that.

2: Ask if John had hypothetical permission in the past to do the report.

3: Ask if Lucy has hypothetical permission to go to the meeting.

4: Say that you had hypothetical permission in the past to go to the meeting instead of Lucy.

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Answers

1: John could do the report – the client would be fine with that.

2: Could John have done the report?

3: Could Lucy go to the meeting?

4: I could have gone to the meeting instead of Lucy.