Past Unreal Conditional
We use if + past perfect , would have + past
participle for unreal situations in the past.
If we had played well, we would have won the game.
I Write sentences about what happened
when Sam Brown went for an interview. Use past unreal conditional.
Example: Sam had a date. He got home late. If Sam hadn’t had a date, he wouldn’t have
got home late.
1. Sam got home late. He didn’t iron his new
suit.______________________________________________
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2. Sam didn’t iron his new suit. It wasn’t ready in the
morning.__________________________________
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3. Sam’s new suit wasn’t ready in the morning. He borrowed his elder brother’s old
suit._____________
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4. Sam borrowed his brother’s old suit. He didn’t look
II fashionable.______________________________
The people in the doctor’s waiting room have all had accidents. Read what
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happened.
Then make sentences with IF, like this.
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5.
Sam didn’t
fashionable.
get leg.
the
Example:
Nicklook
fell off
his bike. He
He didn’t
broke his
job.___________________________________________
If he hadn’t fallen of his bike, he wouldn’t have broken his leg.
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1.
__Jack fell down the tree. He hurt his
elbow.____________________________________________________
6. Sam didn’t get the job. He was really sad and
unhappy._______________________________________
2. Tom slipped on a wet floor. He twisted his
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ankle._______________________________________________
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3. Mrs. Smith made a cake. She burnt her hand on the
stove._______________________________________
4. Jane didn’t fasten her seat belt. She broke her
nose.____________________________________________
5. Alan ran into a tree. He bumped his
IIIhead._____________________________________________________
These are some newspaper headlines. Write sentences with the words provided and
if.
6. Mr. Grin didn’t pay attention. He shut the door on his finger.
Example:
Mark Brave saved dog from fire
(not hear its barking / not find it)
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If____
Mark Brave hadn’t heard the dog’s barking, he wouldn’t have saved it.
1. Tim Snow caught thief
(not enter the shop / not catch the thief)
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2. Lucy Clark found lost girl (not go running / not find the girl)
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3. Adam Fry saved old man from falling (not walk along the street / not see the man on
the ladder)
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4. Ann Kind saved cat from tree (not find a ladder / not be able to save it)
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