regrets

• Call out any words and phrases you think of

Life changing moments
Take a gap year  move house
Have an interview  drop out of university
Worried or nervous about something in the future  settle down
 Start your own business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1M162-k-Gs
https://test-english.com/listening/a2/life-changes-listening-test/
• Have you ever had a life changing moment?
Sometimes a circumstance, an event or a decisión can turn your life in a
different direction.
• https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22162462-cormac-caoimhe-and-s
andra/
3rd conditional (Unreal past conditional) It is used to talk about a situation in the past that did
NOT happen

• We imagin how things would have been different (It is not real, it is not true because we can
´t change the past.)
• We form the third conditionals with
• If+past perfect ,
(the event that didn´t happen)
would/might/could+have +past participle.
(the imaginary result)

If I had won the lottery , I would´ve bought an Audi car.*

Use different modal verbs in the main clause
• Would have (will have Vpp)  to express a desire*
• Might have probability/ certainty: If you had bought a lottery ticket, you might
have won.
• Could have possibility/ ability = If I had studied for the exam, I could have passed.
If I had studied architecture, I could have been a good architect.
What life-changing decisions have you made?
studies place to live job relationships
travel hobby fitness

Talk about the descisions you have made and discuss the questions.

1. How did these decisions affect what happened next?

If I hadn´t …, I wouldn´t have …
2. How did they affect what you´re doing now?
If I hadn´t …, I wouldn´t …
3. Are there any decisions you wish you could change? Why?
If I had …,I would have…
4. What would you do if you had to make the same decisionsas the other students in your
group? If I had to …, I would…
Individual Classwork
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/third-conditional-past-unreal-situations/
Read each situation and write a 3rd conditional statement. Situation 4.
He was talking on the phone while driving
Situation 1 He got pulled over by the police
You had a job interview, but you didn´t prepare for it He got a huge fine
You didn´t get the job, so you regret not preparing more Now he regrests using his pone in the car

Situation 2 Situation 5.
Your friend was in trouble You went on a hike
They needed help You didn´t bring a rain jacket
You had the ability to help It started raining
But he never told you he hwas in trouble You´re upset because you got really wet.

Situation 3. Situation 6
You showed up at a dinner party empty-handed Natalia invited most of her intermediate English class to a
Everybody else brought a dish to the party barbecue
You wish that you had brought something You didn´t go because you didn´t know about it.
But you didn´t know that you were supposed to Now your classmates are talking about the great time they
had there.

Exercise:
https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g8-third-c
onditional-exercise.php
Mixed conditional
They mixed two different types of conditionals in one sentence: second and third conditionals
Common combinations
1. Describe the past consequence of a present situation. (It couldn´t happen b/se we can´t change the past) If + past
perfect, would + verb (main clause)
If I had saved more money, I would buy a bigger apartment.
If I had studied architecture, I would have a diploma now.

2. Describe the present consequence of a past situation. (imagin the present was different)
If I weren´t so busy, I would have helped you with your exercises.
If I spoke French, I would have traveled to France last vacation.

3. Describe the future consequence of a past situation.

If Daniela weren´t coming over this weekend, I would have gone with you to Chinauta.
This type of mixed conditional refers to an unreal present situation and its probable (but unreal) past result. These
sentences express a situation which is contrary to reality both in the past and in the present. 
Homework: do the exercises and take a screenshot once you are finished. Then transcribe 10 3rd conditional
statements in your notebook
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/mixed-conditionals/ Do 1,2 and 3