2015-05-29 Structure: past unreals

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 383 (present unreal review)
part A
1 ‘d feel
2 were
3 could
4 found
5 could
6 weren’t
7 ‘d
part B
1 would...do
2 found
3 Would...take
4 knew
5 would become
6 put
7 made (make)
8 would learn (will learn)
part C
1 he could speak
2 he’d study
3 if he spoke
4 might pay
5 if you were
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(the test on Monday will include sentences like p. 376 exercise 3)
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If I studied more, I would get better grades on my tests. (present unreal)
= I don’t study more, so I don’t get good grades. (this is about the present)
= I should study more.
= I wish I studied more.

If I had studied more, I would have gotten a better grade. (past unreal)
= I didn’t study enough, so I didn’t get a good grade. (this is about the past)
= I should have studied more.
= I wish I had studied more.
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p. 384

If the Titanic had had more lifeboats, more people would have been saved.
if + [past perfect]                  , subject + would have + past participle
                                                 could have
                                                 might have

If I had gotten on the first train, my life might have been different.
(But it also might have been exactly the same.)

If you had asked me, I could have helped.
= You didn’t ask me, so I couldn’t help.

I wish you had asked me. = If you had asked me, I would have been happier.
                          (If you had asked me, I would be happier now. - mixed cond.)
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p. 388 - With a partner, decide if the statements are true or false.
2 a F
  b F
3 a T
  b F
4 a F
  b T
5 a F
  b T
6 a T
  b T
7 a F
  b T
8 a F
  b F
9 a F
  b T
10 a T
   b T
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P. 389 exercise 2 - do 2-5 with your partner
1 If I had gone into business with him, I might have become a success.
2 I would have gone into the army if I hadn’t lost the hearing in that ear.
3 We could have gone away if my father hadn’t gotten sick.
4 I wouldn’t have felt so desperate if he had found the money.
5 I wish I had never been born.
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(sentences from p. 376)
1 If I weren’t so busy, I would read bedtime stories to my little girl.
  If I hadn’t been so busy, I would have read bedtime stories to my little girl.
2 My husband would ask for a raise if he were ambitious.
  My husband would have asked for a raise if he had been ambitious.
3 I would play sports if I were in shape.
  I would have played sports if I had been in shape.
4 If I had enough time, I would study for the exam.
  If I had had enough time, I would have studied for the exam.
5 If I weren’t too old, I would go back to school.
  If I hadn’t been too old, I would have gone back to school.
6 I could do my job if my boss explained things properly.
  I could have done my job if my boss had explained things properly.
7 If I were good at math, I would balance my checkbook.
  If I had been good at math, I would have balanced my checkbook.
8 I could stop smoking if I didn’t feel nervous all the time.
  I could have stopped smoking if I hadn’t felt nervous all the time.
9 If I weren’t so tired, I wouldn’t get up so late.
  If I hadn’t been so tired, I wouldn’t have gotten up so late.
  (I was so tired. That’s why I got up so late.
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p. 392 exercise 5
She didn’t plan ahead. We needed the temp. (about the past)
If she had planned ahead, we wouldn’t have needed the temp. (past unreal)

She doesn’t plan ahead. We need the temp. (about the present)
If she planned ahead, we wouldn’t need the temp(present unreal)
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Homework: finish p. 389 exercise 2 (6-10), do p. 392 exercise 5