PAST UNREAL CONDITIONALS WORKSHEET

1. Before the video activity, discuss with a partner how a relationship between parents
and children might be broken.

2. Watch the video and complete the sentences with what happened in real. Use the verbs in the
box.

Thai Life Insurance - Father & Son - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1OmpTPffQc

crash understand have talk tell have leave listen get listen

1. The father didn’t understand his son. √

2. The father didn’t listen to his son’s opinions.
3. He didn’t talk to him in an appropriate way.
4. He didn’t listen to his songs.
5. He didn’t tell him he was sorry.
6. He didn’t have time to tell his son that he loved him.
7. They didn’t have a good relationship. √
8. His son leaft the house
9. The father’s car crashed into the truck.
10. The father got distracted on the highway.

3. Write past unreal conditional sentences based on the facts. Look at the example:

 If the father had understood his son, they would have had a good relationship.

1. If the father had listened to his son´s opinions, they would have had a good
communication.
2. If He had talked to him in an appropriate way, they would have had a less problems
3. If He had listened to his song’s son, they would have been happier.
4. If He had told him sorry, his son would have forgiven
5. If He had had time to tell his son that he loved him, they would have shared more time
together.

4. Think of five things you did/didn’t do or happened/didn’t happen to you in the past.
 I didn´t go

5. Now, think of how things would have been different.

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By Martha A. Cruz
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6. Write your own past unreal conditional sentences.

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7. Share them with a partner.

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By Martha A. Cruz