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If Vicki had won the lottery, she would have retired.
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Past unreal conditionals have two clauses ( a clause is a groups of words that have a subject + verb) The if clause The result clause (main clause) (if clause) If Amy had received treatment, (result clause) she might not have died.
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How many clauses are found in a past unreal conditional statement? What is a clause? What do we call the clauses in a part unreal conditional statement?
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If Clause (unreal condition) If + subject + past perfect, Result Clause (what would have happened) subject + would (not) have + past participle. could (not) have might (not) have (unreal condition) (what would have happened) If he hadn’t used laugh therapy, Norman would not have recovered.
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Had + past participle of verb Regular past participle verb + ed ex.had talked Irregular past participle examples Gohad gone Behad been Havehad had Takehad taken
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How do we form the if clause? How do we form the past perfect for regular verbs? How do we form the past perfect for irregular verbs? What three ways can we form the result clause?
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Result Clause (what would have happened) Subject + would (not) have + past participle. could (not) have might (not) have If Clause (unreal condition) If + subject + past perfect (what would have happened) (unreal condition) Norman would not have recovered if he hadn’t used laugh therapy.
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What does the if clause tell us? What does the result clause tell us? Identify the if clause and the result clause in this sentence. I might have passed the quiz if I had studied.
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Talk about past unreal, untrue, or imagined conditions and their results. Both parts of the sentence describe events that are the opposite of what happened. Conditional statement: Norman would not have recovered if He hadn’t used laugh therapy. What really happened? He recovered. He used laugh therapy.
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Why do we use the past unreal conditional? What do both parts of the sentence describe?
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Use would have in the result clause to mean regret If Amy had received treatment, she wouldn’t have died.
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What does would have describe in the result clause?
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Use could have in the result clause to mean possibility If her parents had believed in medicine, Amy could have lived.
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What does could have describe in the result clause?
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Use might have in the result clause to mean uncertainty about the result If Norman hadn’t used laugh therapy, he might have died.
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What does might have describe in the result clause?
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