Use the third conditional is used for events in the past which did not in fact happen
If I had lived in the 1920's, I would have worn a flapper dress
(but she didn't live in the 1920's, so she couldn't wear a flapper dress)
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Third Conditional
I wish…., if only….
Use the third conditional is used for events in the past which did not in fact happen
If I had lived in the 1920's, I would have worn a flapper dress
(but she didn't live in the 1920's, so she couldn't wear a flapper dress)
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Video
Make the Third conditional with two clauses
If + past perfect
wouldhave + past participle
If I had livedin the 1920's, I would have worna flapper dress
Slide 3 - Slide
Think of something that could have happened in the past and create a sentence in the 3rd conditional if I...…….. , I would….
Slide 4 - Open question
The clause that begins with if
It can come first or second in the sentence. When it comes first, we use a comma after it.
If I had livedthen, I would have said everything is just 'swell'.
I would have danced all the time if I had been young then
past perfect
Slide 5 - Slide
shorten these sentences: If I had lived then, I would have said 'everything is just 'swell'. I would have danced all the time if I had been young then
Slide 6 - Open question
Regrets: I wish……..If only
I wish/if only I had heard those songs when they were new
(= It's a pity that I didn't hear those songs then)
After wish, we sometimes use were instead of was.
I wish I was/ were taller
Slide 7 - Slide
Write down a sentence using the 3rd conditional with I wish expressing a regret in the past Now write a sentence using if only…..what's the difference?
Slide 8 - Open question
I wish I had my own room
He wishes he had got up earlier.
I wish I was good at dancing
I wish my cousins didn't live so far away
I wish I could say sorry
I have / don't have my own room.
the man got up late
the man got up early
I'm bad at dancing
I'm good at dancing
My cousins live far away
My cousins live near
I can't say sorry
I can say sorry
Slide 9 - Drag question
Slide 10 - Slide
2. Ifwe had known what was happening ,we would have called the police.
3. If you had listened to the instructions , you would have known what to do.
If the children had eaten more breakfast , they wouldn’t have been hungry.
You wouldn’t have missed me ifyou had waited a bit longer.
6. We would have gone swimming ifit had been a sunny day.
7. Ifwe had lost the match , I would have been so upset.
8. I would have gone to the party ifI hadn’t been ill.