HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER – S021E15 - THE LUCKY PENNY

A. Watch the episode and fill in the blanks.

1) If we miss this flight, I _________ never forgive myself. (Type 1,2,3)

2) I’m sure if we ___________ real hard, we can open them. (Type 1,2,3)
3) If I miss this flight, I’ll _________ the chance to interview for my dream job. (Type
1,2,3)
4) If Barney ________ never wanted to run the marathon, you never would have
jumped that turnstile, wouldn’t have had that court date today, and we would
have ________ this flight.
5) Barney never would have run the marathon if Marshall _________ broken his
toe. (Type 1,2,3)
6) If we get through this, I swear I ___________to live my life differently. (Type 1,2,3)
7) If Lily hadn’t dragged me down to the wedding store, we ________ __________
made the first flight. (Type 1,2,3)
8) I would be a fan of your work if you __________ get us two seats on that next flight.
(Type 1,2,3)
9) If I ________ picked up that penny, we __________ have gotten to get hot dogs all
the way across town, and we wouldn’t have ________ that wedding dress store,
Lily wouldn’t _________ wanted to come out there, and I wouldn’t have
___________ to take a nap at your apartment the next day, Marshall wouldn’t
have broken his toe, Barney wouldn’t have run the marathon, I wouldn’t have
_________ that turnstile, gotten arrested and had that court date, and we
________ ________ made our flight. (Type 1,2,3)

B. Now, for the sentences above, underline what type of conditionals they are.

C. Answer the questions about the bold sentences above.

- Do the sentences talk about the past or the present? _________________________

- Do they talk about something real or imaginary? ___________________________

- Did they miss the flights? _______________________

- Can we change the results? ______________________

- How do they feel about it? _______________________

- How is the if clause formed? Which tense is used? _________________________

- How is the main clause formed? Which structure is used? ________________________

D. Look at other examples. Which example(s) expresses regret? Which one(s) expresses
criticism?

-If I hadn’t gone to bed so late last night, I would have woken up on time this morning.

- If you’d completed your degree, you might have found a better job.

- If I had known Beth was in London, I could have visited her.

- If we hadn’t got lost, we might have got there on time.

- If I’d been there, I could have helped you.

- Other than “would have V3”, what other structures can be used?

________________________ and ____________________________

- Which one means: would have been able to: __________________
- Which one means: would have perhaps: ______________________