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    This document contains examples of unreal conditional sentences used to discuss hypothetical past situations. 1. The first section provides anecdotes from different people using unreal conditionals, such as "If I'd passed my exam with flying colours, I wouldn't be so down about my result" and "If it hadn't been for my nerves, I might have done better." 2. Readers are then instructed to write their own anecdote using at least two unreal conditionals. 3. Finally, readers are asked to work in small groups and compare their anecdotes.

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    This document contains examples of unreal conditional sentences used to discuss hypothetical past situations. 1. The first section provides anecdotes from different people using unreal conditionals, such as "If I'd passed my exam with flying colours, I wouldn't be so down about my result" and "If it hadn't been for my nerves, I might have done better." 2. Readers are then instructed to write their own anecdote using at least two unreal conditionals. 3. Finally, readers are asked to work in small groups and compare their anecdotes.

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    This document contains examples of unreal conditional sentences used to discuss hypothetical past situations. 1. The first section provides anecdotes from different people using unreal conditionals, such as "If I'd passed my exam with flying colours, I wouldn't be so down about my result" and "If it hadn't been for my nerves, I might have done better." 2. Readers are then instructed to write their own anecdote using at least two unreal conditionals. 3. Finally, readers are asked to work in small groups and compare their anecdotes.

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    5B Language focus 1 Unreal conditionals

    1 Read the anecdotes and choose the correct alternatives. Sometimes both are possible.

    Ravi
    If I’d passed my exam with flying colours, I 1wouldn’t/would be so down about
    my result. You see, I only just scraped a pass. If it hadn’t been for my nerves,
    I 2might/would have done better, to be perfectly honest.

    Jessica
    When I was younger, if I had some free time, 3I’d spend/I’d spent it studying.
    If I 4could/would go back in time, I would put less pressure on myself to
    succeed and try to have more fun.

    Sam
    If it 5had/hadn’t been for a really amazing history teacher, I wouldn’t have fallen
    in love with the subject. She really made it come alive, so much so that I ended
    up becoming a history teacher too. If 6I’d had/I had a top-notch science teacher,
    maybe I’d have a different career today.

    Loretta
    If I was more disciplined with managing my time, I 7am/’d be a better student.
    It would also help if my friends 8were/would be studying law too, so that we
    could compare notes and discuss our classes.

    Carlos
    I can’t help but think that if I’d started getting serious about my English earlier,
    9I’d be/I’d have been more confident now. Maybe if I 10went/had been to an

    English-speaking country to study for a bit, my conversation skills would


    be better.

    2 Write your own anecdote about your study or work success. Use at least two unreal conditionals.

    3 Work in small groups and compare your anecdotes.

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    5B Language focus 2 Unreal conditionals

    ✁
    1 2

    I’d have thoroughly


    I’d take more risks if …  
    enjoyed it if …  

    3 4

    If you were studying I wouldn’t be learning


    here last year, …   English if …  

    5 6
    If I were invited to
    It would make a huge
    participate in a reality
    difference to my life if …  
    TV show, …  

    7 8
    If it weren’t for my
    When I was younger, I’d
    family/friend/
    have loved it if …  
    teacher, …  

    9 10

    I might be more When I was a teenager, if


    productive if …   I had some free time, …  

    11 12

    If I had passed an exam If I could ask anyone in


    with flying colours, …   the world to dinner, …  

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