1. Unreal conditionals
武汉二中 于慧颖

2. If you were the only girl in the world
And I were the only boy!
Nothing else would matter in the world today
We could go on loving in the same old way!
A garden of Eden just made for two
With nothing to mar our joy.
I would say such wonderful things to you
There would be such wonderful things to do
If you were the only girl in the world and I were the only boy!

3. If you were the manager of our school canteen, …
1. If--now
If you were the manager of our school canteen, …
school canteen

4. 1. If--now
If there were no homework today, …

5. If--now
If the man kept digging a little, …

6. If--now
“I’ve put on much weight lately.”
If I were you,…

7. 2. If--future If future cars flew… If future cars should fly…
If future cars were to fly…

8. 2. If --future If there ______(be)no wars in the future, …
If there __________ no wars in the future,
If there __________ no wars in the future,…
were
should be
were to be

9. 2. If--future stopped If we _______(stop) polluting the air,
If we should stop polluting the air,
If we were to stop polluting the air,
would
We _________keep the sky forever blue.

10. 3. If --Past wouldn’t have come
If Tom hadn’t gone to the party, he ___________________home late.
If he _______________home late, he _______________________ (oversleep)
hadn’t come
wouldn’t have overslept

11. 3. If--past
If he _____________(oversleep), he ____________________the last bus.
If he______________the last bus, he __________________to work.
If he ____________to work, he _____________________late for wok.
hadn’t overslept
wouldn’t have missed
hadn’t missed
wouldn’t have walked
hadn’t walked
wouldn’t have been

12. 3. If--past
If he ____________late for work, he ___________________fired.
If he______________fired, he _____________________so sad.
If he _____________so sad, he __________________for a walk.
hadn’t been
wouldn’t have been
hadn’t been
wouldn’t have been
hadn’t been
wouldn’t have gone

13. 4.If--mixed
If he hadn’t gone to a party then, he _______________a happy life now.
wouldn’t live
He went to a party then. He lives a happy life now.

14. 4. If--mixed hadn’t eaten all the grain
If the mouse ________________________then, it _____________________now.
wouldn’t be trapped
The mouse ate all the grain then. That’s why it is trapped now.

15. 4. If--mixed
If Jane ________________________________then, she __________________________________now.
hadn’t devoted all her love to chimpanzees
wouldn’t become a specialist in wildlife
Jane devoted all her love to chimpanzees then. That’s why she becomes a specialist in wildlife now.

16. 5.If--hidden
Jane devoted all her love to chimpanzees, otherwise she _____________________a specialist in wildlife now.
Without/ But for Jane’s devotion to chimpanzees, she___________________a specialist in wildlife now.
But for =If it hadn’t been for
wouldn’t become
wouldn’t become

17. 6. If--omitted
If I were the manager of our school canteen, I would improve the taste of food.
__________the manager of our school canteen, I would improve the taste of food.
Were I
If there should be no wars in the future, the world would be a better place.
_________________no wars in the future, the world would be a better place.
Should there be
If he hadn’t gone to the party, he would not have arrived home late.
___________gone to the party, he would not have arrived home late.
Had he not

18. Practise
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3

19. Our first football match
we didn’t win …
Jack didn’t score that goal,
we didn’t have a few more minutes,
we didn’t train harder,
Ben didn’t pass the ball to Joe,
we didn’t have thousands of fans screaming,
I took my eye off the ball,
we stayed up so late the night before,
we took it easy,
we ran out of energy,
we didn’t win…
we weren’t good enough.
We would have won
.we would have won

20. /were to marry/married
Tom: Hi, Peter. Why do you look upset. What’s wrong?
Peter: Jane refused to marry me.
If she ____________ (accept ) me yesterday, I ________________(be) overjoyed.
Tom: Cheer up, Peter! If I ______ (be) you, I ____________(send ) her another bunch of roses right now.
Peter: Oh, yes! That’s a good idea!
Tom: May you succeed!
Peter: Oh, Jane, please marry me!If you ___________ _________________________(marry)me tomorrow, I___________(be) the happiest man in the world.
had accepted
would have been
were
would send
should marry
/were to marry/married
would be

21. But for her hard work, she would have passed the exam.
2. Should it fine tomorrow, they would go to the East Lake.
3. He would be a good sportsman now if he trained regularly.
4. She was very busy yesterday, otherwise she would come to the meeting. ^
not ^ be ^
had ^
have

22. 74
Many species. One planet. One future.

23. If the earth could speak…
water pollution
air pollution
light pollution
climate change
waste pollution
soil pollution
noise pollution
What would she say?