I10 - 4a - Past and Present Unreal Conditionals

Conditionals; Other Ways to Express Unreality:

Conditionals; Other Ways to Express Unreality Experiences of an International Traveler 9

Tired Traveler:

Tired Traveler If the airport hadn’t lost my luggage, I wouldn’t have arrived late. If I had more money, I would stay at better hotels.

Unreal Conditionals:

Unreal Conditionals Unreal conditionals are sentences that describe situations that are untrue, unlikely, or impossible in the present or the past. In present-time situations, use the simple past in the if clause and would, could, or might plus the base form of the verb in the result clause. If I had enough money, I would visit Paris. She doesn’t have enough money and she won’t visit Paris.

Present Unreal Conditionals:

He didn’t travel with a map, so he got lost. Present Unreal Conditionals Use the simple past in the if clause. If the verb is be , use were for all persons. Use could , might , or would + base form in the result clause. If I were a better planner I wouldn’t travel without a map. Where’s my wallet? If he were more careful, he would notice that his wallet was missing.

Past Unreal Conditionals:

Past Unreal Conditionals Use the past unreal conditional for past unreal, untrue, imagined, or impossible conditions and their unreal results. Use the past perfect in the if clause. Use could , might , or would + have + past participle in the result clause. If I had looked at a map, I wouldn’t have gotten lost. He didn’t look at a map, so he got lost. Where’s my wallet? If he had been more careful, he might have noticed his wallet was missing.

Practice 1:

Practice 1 Look at the chart and complete the conditionals with your own ideas. Unreal If + S simple past, S would/might + base form verb Past Unreal If + S past perfect , S would/might + have + past participle Examples: If I had enough money, … If I have enough money, … If I had had a lot of money,… I would travel to Asia . I will travel to Asia. I would have traveled to Asia. 1. If I visit Europe, … 2 . … , I might not have gotten sick. 3. If we took an airplane,… 4. If we had made reservations, … 5. … , I would learn Russian.

Slide 7:

What would YOU do if . . . you found a wallet on the street? your house caught on fire? your best friend moved far away? there were an earthquake in Lima? Share Your Responses with the class . . .

Slide 8:

What would YOU have done if . . . you had found a wallet on the street last night? your house had caught on fire last night? your best friend moved far away? there had been an earthquake in Lima last night? Share Your Responses with your partner. . .

Gang members:

Gang members

graffiti:

graffiti

Urban sprawl:

Urban sprawl

noise:

noise

Trash pickup:

Trash pickup

transportation:

transportation