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Advanced Levell Past Conditionals Real and Unreal

The document discusses past real conditionals, which describe habits in the past that have since changed. It provides examples of common phrases used with past real conditionals like "if I went out with my friends" and "when I had time off." It also notes that the past tense "used to" can be used to express a repeated past habit or action. Finally, it explains that "if" suggests something happened less frequently in the past, while "when" implies it occurred more regularly.

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Advanced Levell Past Conditionals Real and Unreal

The document discusses past real conditionals, which describe habits in the past that have since changed. It provides examples of common phrases used with past real conditionals like "if I went out with my friends" and "when I had time off." It also notes that the past tense "used to" can be used to express a repeated past habit or action. Finally, it explains that "if" suggests something happened less frequently in the past, while "when" implies it occurred more regularly.

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Advanced Level: Past Conditionals real and unreal

The Past Real Conditional describes what you used to do in particular real-life situations. It
suggests that your habits have changed and you do not usually do these things today.
If I went out with my friends, I usually spent the whole night out. I cant do that anymore.
When I had time off, I always travelled. Now Im too busy.
When he was younger, he walked everywhere. Now he uses his car.
I had more time for my hobbies when I was younger.

Used to with the Past Real Conditional


To express the idea of a habit that happened in the past but stopped the form 'used to' is
used. The following examples have the same meaning as the examples above:
If I went out with my friends, I used to spend the whole night out. I can't do that
anymore.
When I had time off, I used to travel. Now I'm too busy.
When he was younger, he used to walk everywhere. Now he uses his car.
I used to have more time for my hobbies when I was younger.

If/When
Both 'if' and 'when' are used with the Past Real Conditional. 'If' suggests that something
happened less often. 'When' suggests something happened more frequently.
If I had time off, I travelled. I rarely had time off.
When I had time off, I travelled I regularly had time off.

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