Mode conditionnel

Question 1

Il a dit qu’il vous téléphonerait dès qu’il aurait écrit ses lettres.

Answer 1

He said he would phone you as soon as he had written his letters.

Question 2

S’il y avait moins de voitures polluantes, on autoriserait les automobilistes à rouler au centre ville.

Answer 2

If they were fewer polluting cars, motorists would be allowed to drive in the city center.

Question 3

Dès le milieu des années 1980 il affirmait qu’on ne ralentirait le réchauffement de la planète lorsque notre mode de vie changerait.

Answer 3

As early as the mid-1980s, he contended that global warming would not be curbed until our lifestyle changed.

Question 4

Nous aimerions que les gouvernements des pays développés décident d’effacer la dette des pays pauvres.

Answer 4

We wish (the) developed countries governments decided to write off the debt of poor countries.
We would like the governments of developed countries to write off the debts of the poorer countries.

Question 5

Si j’avais été moins indiscipliné et mieux informé, j’aurai accru mes connaissances, ne travaillerais pas comme mécanicien et ne gagnerais pas, non plus, un salaire de misère.

Answer 5

If I had been less undisciplined and better informed, I would have improved my knowledge, and I would not be working as a car mechanic. I would not be earning a starvation wage, either.