1. Conditional Sentences ‘If grandma had wheels she’d be a bicycle.’

2. What do these sentences tell us about reality? If you use an English dictionary, your vocabulary will improve more quickly. If you work hard, you’ll succeed. If you used an English dictionary, your vocabulary would improve more quickly. If you worked hard, you would succeed.

3. What about these? If you had used an English dictionary, your vocabulary would have improved more quickly. If you had worked hard, you would have succeeded. If you had told me the truth, I would have forgiven you. If I had seen you, I would have said hello.

4. The 3 rd (unreal) Conditional The land of regrets…

5. Forming the 3 rd conditional If you had used an English dictionary, your vocabulary would have improved more quickly. If you had worked hard, you would have succeeded. If you had told me the truth, I would have forgiven you. If I had seen you, I would have said hello.

6. If-clauseMain clause past perfect tense ‘would have’ + past participle If I had seen you,I would have said hello. If you had told me I would have forgiven the truth,you. The order of the clauses can be reversed:

7. Main clause If-clause ‘would have’ + past participle past perfect tense I would have said hello If I had seen you. I would have forgiven you If you had told me the truth. The comma between the clauses disappears when the main clause is first.

8. Complete these sentences: If I had known you were coming for dinner… If she had known who you were… I would have called you back… I might have done better in the interview… Sales could have been better this year… If I hadn’t been accepted to Keele… He wouldn’t have asked that question… If I hadn’t stayed up so late last night…

9. What have you not done? went to bed early last night? dyed your hair pink? travelled to Africa? joined the army?

10. 4 things you haven’t done (that you wish you had) 4 things you’ve done (that you wish you hadn’t)