The third conditional

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If you could have any superpower, what would it be? This sentence is called...

1. second conditional
2. third conditional
3. first conditional

Today's aim

to revise the structure and use of the third conditional 

Programme:

      1.  NICE TO MEET YOU! (11:10-11:15)

      2. THIRD CONDITIONAL
(11:15-11:25)

      3. EXERCISES  (11:25-11:35)

      4. EXTRA EXPLANATION & EXERCISES 

 

 

These sentences are called....

1. If I had studied harder, I would have passed my exam

2. If I had the money, I would travel around the world

3. If you heat water, it boils

4. If I go to the shops, I’ll get some bread

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. 

Let see if you still remember 

To do: Drag the type and drop it to the correct sentence

If I had the money, I would travel around the world

If I go to the shops, I’ll get some bread

If I had studied harder, I would have passed my exam

If you heat water, it boils

Zero conditional

first conditional

second conditional

third conditional

You have learned 3 types of condtionals. Zero conditional: general truth. First conditional: to describe what is possible/likely in the present or future. Second conditional;talk about sth that is very unlikely to happen in the fure. Third cond: to describe sth in the past that could have happend but it didn’t, or that should haven’t happend but did. These types of conditionals are fantastic and they talk about events in their own time frame: Present, future, and past.

If I had studied harder, I would have passed my exam

Discuss in pairs (2 min)

1) When do we use the third conditional?

2) Could you give an example?

so yup to express regret. Have you ever wished that a situation from the past had been different? Maybe you wished that you'd behave differently or wished that you'd said yes to something that you didn't?

Of course, you have! This is part of being human, isn't it? We all go through it. So I know that you are going to love today's lesson.

Use 

• to talk about imagined situations in the past, things that didn't happen. We imagine how things could have been different in the past. If something had been different, something else would have happened.
• to expres regret

or to describe sth in the past that could have happened but didn't or that shouldn't have happened but did

If I had studied harder, I would have passed my exam

 Discuss the following questions in pairs:

Did I study harder?

Did I pass my exam?

Is this situation real or are we imagining? 

Are we talking about the present or past?

If I had studied harder, I would have passed my exam

Did I study harder? No

Did I pass my exam? No

Is this situation real or are we imagining? imagining 

Are we talking about the present or past? Past

Reality: I didn't study harder, so I didn't pass my exam.

I was really late for school yesterday. When I got to the station, it turned out the trains were cancelled. If I had known the trains were cancelled, I would have taken a bus.

My last sentence is describing an imaginary situation. In reality, I was late for work because I didn’t know the trains were cancelled, and I didn’t take a bus.  I use the third conditional to imagine a different past situation when I say: If I had known the trains were cancelled, I would have taken a bus.

How to form the third conditional? 

"If I had studied harder, I would have passed my exam"
the 3rd conditional form is .....

1. if + past perfect, would have + past participle
2. if + past simple, would + verb
3. if + present simple , will + verb
4. If + present , present simple

Form 

1. If I had known it was your birthday, I would have bought you a present.

      if + past perfect,                          would have +   past participle

2.  If I had studied harder, I would have passed my exam

Important 

Spoken English

  

I had = I’d, I had not = I hadn’t. We also use a short form of would and would not: I would = I'd, he would = he'd, I would not = I wouldn’t.

The third conditional is sometimes confusing because I’d can mean both I had and I would –  Remember that I’d in the if part is I had, and I’d in the main part is I would.

In the third conditional, we usually use a short form of had and had not when we speak: I had = I’d, I had not = I hadn’t. We also use a short form of would and would not: I would = I'd, he would = he'd, I would not = I wouldn’t, etc.

Now let’s practise what you learned in the lesson! 

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.

E.g If you ______ (lock) the door, your dog ______ (not run) away.

You write: had locked, would not have run

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets:
If I _____ (wake up) on time, I _____(not miss) the bus.

To do: activity 1 & 2

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Activity 1 

Example:

If I _______ (wake up) on time, I _______ (not miss) the bus.

If I had woken up on time, I wouldn’t have missed the bus

Done? Compare your answers 

Activity 2

Work in pairs. Take turns asking and answering the questions:

Instruction:

• Write down your answer on the worksheet
• activity 1 individual & activity 2 in pairs 
• help? dictionary, classmates, and teacher. 

Let's check your answers 

1. I wouldn’t have got sick if I had worn warm clothes.

2. If Jackie had studied, she would have passed the test.

3. If he had locked the door, his dog wouldn’t have run away.

4. He would have bought a better phone if he had had more money.

5. If Danesh hadn’t taken his umbrella, he would have got wet.

6. Alba wouldn’t have met her boyfriend if she hadn’t gone to the party.

7. If her mother had taught her how to sew, she would have been able to fix her clothes.

3rd conditional is used ...( 2 possible answers)

1. to describe a general truth
2. to talk about imagined situations in the past, things that didn't happen.
3. to express regret
4. to talk about something that is very unlikely to happen in the future

Complete this sentece:
If I had known it was your birthday.....

Have a great day!

Extra Explanation & Exercises 

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