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UNREAL Conditionals Unit 6

The document discusses different types of conditional sentences, focusing on second and third conditionals which are used to talk about hypothetical or imaginary situations. Second conditionals refer to an imaginary present or future situation, while third conditionals refer to an imaginary past situation. Examples are provided of how to form sentences in the second and third conditional using different verb tenses and modal verbs.

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UNREAL Conditionals Unit 6

The document discusses different types of conditional sentences, focusing on second and third conditionals which are used to talk about hypothetical or imaginary situations. Second conditionals refer to an imaginary present or future situation, while third conditionals refer to an imaginary past situation. Examples are provided of how to form sentences in the second and third conditional using different verb tenses and modal verbs.

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 Conditional Sentences are also known as

Conditional Clauses or If Clauses.

 They are used to express that the action in


the main clause
 (without if) can only take place if a
certain condition (in the clause with if) is
fulfilled.
 Most linguists consider three types of
Conditional Sentences, but some of them
add one more type: zero conditionals.

 Let´s pay attention to the Second and


Third Conditionals, the so-called UNREAL
CONDITIONALS.
 We use the Second Conditional to talk about a
hypothetical or imaginary situation in the
present or in the future and its consequence.
 COMPARE:
 If I have time, I’ll help you. (1st cond.)
 If I had time, I’d help you. (2nd cond)
 The second example shows an imaginary situation:
I don’t and I won’t have time.
 Second Conditional sentences are formed as
follows:
Would

Could
IF Past Simple INF
Might
 EXAMPLES:
 If I had more money, I would buy a
bigger house.

 If my team won the cup, I would buy


champagne for everybody.

 If I worked in London, I’d take the


tube everyday.

 If I spoke to him directly, I might be


able to convince him.
 THINGS TO CONSIDER:
 With the verb TO BE you can say:
 If I were the president, I’d reduce the taxes.
 OR
 If I was the president, I’d reduce the taxes.

 This happens with the pronouns I, he, she, it


 If she were…
 If he were…
 However when we give advice we say:

 -If I were you, I’d be more careful.


 «If I was you» would be incorrect!

 The main clause and the if-clause can go in either order:


 If I went to New York, I’d go to Brodway.
 OR
 I’d go to Brodway if I went to New York
 We use the Third Conditional to talk
about a hypothetical or imaginary
situation in the past, which didn´t
happen.
 Third Conditional sentences are formed as
follows:

Would have
Past
IF Past Perfect Could have participle

Might have
 Examples:

 If you had studied more, you would have


passed your exams.

 If we hadn’t missed the bus, we wouldn´t have


been late.

 If I had known you needed help, I could have


helped you.
 Make true sentences about yourself:

 I’d be really annoyed if . . .


 I’d retire if . . .
 I´d split up with my boyfriend if…
 I’d have invited you if . . .
 I´d have given you my phone number if…
 If they had folloved my instructions they
wouldn’t have got lost.
 Had they followed my instructions they wouldn’t
have got lost.

 If you should find my wallet, let me know.


 Should you find my wallet, let me know.

 If I wasn’t so angry I would tall to him.


 Were I not so angry I would talk to him.
 Second Conditional

If I was a lawyer and not a teacher, I would be rich.

 Imaginary present situation, with its present result.

 Third Conditional
If I had studied medicine, I would have become a
doctor.

 Imaginary past situation, with its past result.


 A mixed conditional gives a situation and
result - but one is in the past, and the other
is in the present. For example:

 If we had taken the car, we wouldn’t be


late.

We didn’t take the car We are late now (in the present)
(in the past)
 If he didn’t have to work today, he wouldn’t
have been so miserable yesterday.

He does have to work today He was miserable yesterday


(in the present) (in the past)
1. I don't know how to ski, so I didn't go skiing with
Simon last week.
If I ....... how to ski, I ....... skiing with Simon last
week.
2. I forgot to bring my umbrella - that's why I'm so
wet.
If I ....... to bring my umbrella, I ....... so wet now.
3. I'm really worried about tomorrow's exam - that's
why I didn't go to the party last night.
If I ....... worried about tomorrow's exam, I .......
to the party last night.
4. A dog bit me when I was a child, so now I'm really
scared of dogs.
If a dog ....... me when I was a child, I .......
scared of dogs now.
 How would the world be different if the
internet had never been invented?

 How do you think your life would be


different (today) if you had been born in
Africa?

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