In the final week of the course, you'll about more types of conditionals and how to writes sentences that mix various conditionals. You'll also learn how to omit "if" from some conditional sentences. This seems like some of the most challenging grammar in English, but you will find that it's not that difficult. Have fun learning it!
You may remember this grammar from a previous lesson.
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because it imagines a situation that is happening in the present.
and in the result clause we find would in the base verb.
In today's lesson, we will learn to imagine a situation in the past.
If I had woken up earlier, I wouldn't have been late to work.
This is the past unreal conditional.
First, let's think about this sentence which describes the present time.
You are taking this course.
These actions are in the present time.
we must use different grammar.
Here are two actions that happened in the past.
If we imagine an alternate situation we can say it like this.
Notice the different verbs we use.
that means you must use had and the past participle.
In the result clause use would have, and the past participle of the verb.
Here's the true information about what happened in the past.
I didn't wake up early, I was late.
To make an unreal conditional about the past, follow these steps.
First, change the negative verb to the affirmative.
Next, change the past verb in the if clause to the past perfect tense.
For the result clause change the verb from the affirmative to the negative.
Then use would have, and the past participle of this verb.
If I had woken up early, I would not have been late to work.
And as a result, I didn't go to Spain.
But let's imagine a different scenario about this past event.
What if I hadn't forgotten my suitcase?
Remember the steps that you should follow to make the past unreal conditional.
If I hadn't forgotten my suitcase, I would have gone to Spain.
You might also remember that I didn't bring my passport.
And as a result, I couldn't go to Iceland.
But let's imagine a different scenario.
Can you fill in the correct verbs?
the possibility of a result, or my ability to do something.
If you said If I had brought my passport, I could have gone to Iceland.
remember that if you have simple present tense, this is a real conditional.
this is an unreal conditional about the present tense.
the past participle, this is an unreal conditional about the past.