Past Unreal Conditionals

1. Past Unreal Conditionals If Vicki had won the lottery, she would have retired.

2. Past Unreal Conditionals • Past unreal conditionals have two clauses ( a clause is a groups of words that have a subject + verb) • The if clause • The result clause (main clause) • (if clause) IfAmy had received treatment, (result clause) she might not have died.

3. Try It Out! • How many clauses are found in a past unreal conditional statement? • What is a clause? • What do we call the clauses in a part unreal conditional statement?

4. Past Unreal Conditionals If Clause (unreal condition) If + subject + past perfect, Result Clause (what would have happened) subject + would (not) have + past participle. could (not) have might (not) have (unreal condition) (what would have happened) If he hadn’t used laugh therapy, Norman would not have recovered.

5. Past Perfect • Had + past participle of verb • Regular past participle verb + ed • ex.had talked • Irregular past participle examples • Go had gone • Be had been • Have had had • Take had taken

6. Try It Out! • How do we form the if clause? • How do we form the past perfect for regular verbs? • How do we form the past perfect for irregular verbs? • What three ways can we form the result clause?

7. Past Unreal Conditionals Result Clause (what would have happened) Subject + would (not) have + past participle. could (not) have might (not) have If Clause (unreal condition) If + subject + past perfect (what would have happened)(unreal condition) Norman would not have recovered if he hadn’t used laugh therapy.

8. Try It Out! • What does the if clause tell us? • What does the result clause tell us? • Identify the if clause and the result clause in this sentence. • I might have passed the quiz if I had studied.

9. Past Unreal Conditionals • Talk about past unreal, untrue, or imagined conditions and their results. • Both parts of the sentence describe events that are the opposite of what happened. • Conditional statement: Norman would not have recovered if He hadn’t used laugh therapy. • What really happened? He recovered. He used laugh therapy.

10. Try It Out! • Why do we use the past unreal conditional? • What do both parts of the sentence describe?

11. Past Unreal Conditionals • Use would have in the result clause to mean regret • If Amy had received treatment, she wouldn’t have died.

12. Try It Out! • What does would have describe in the result clause?

13. Past Unreal Conditionals • Use could have in the result clause to mean possibility • If her parents had believed in medicine, Amy could have lived.

14. Try It Out! • What does could have describe in the result clause?

15. Past Unreal conditionals • Use might have in the result clause to mean uncertainty about the result • If Norman hadn’t used laugh therapy, he might have died.

16. Try It Out! • What does might have describe in the result clause?