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Unreal Past

Gabriella Lakiné Tóth

Created on December 3, 2020

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Transcript

UNREAL PAST

START

Present or future reference

wish /if only

+ Past Simple

+could + bare inf

+would + bare inf.

would rather+

PAST SIMPLE

as if / as though+

it's (high/about) time+

Author's Name

Author's Name

Author's Name

Author's Name

it's (high/about) time+ PAST SIMPLE

  • to express criticism
  • to complai about something that should have already been done
  • It's time you went to bed.

+info

as if / as though + PAST SIMPLE

  • for untrue situations
  • He speaks as if he were an expert.
  • (He is not.)

+info

IN THE UNREAL PAST

IF ONLY is STRONGER than wish.

WE usually USE WERE instead of WAS. Wish + would is not used with the same SUBJECT. I wish she would stop complaining!

+info

WISH /IF ONLY + PAST PERFECT to express regret about something that happened or did not happen in the past

WOULD RATHER/ AS IF/ AS THOUGH + PAST PERFECT

for UNREAL SITUATIONS in the PAST

+HAD + V3

The wishgranter

+video activity

I wish

Listen to the introduction

If Lady Gaga __________ (listen to) the album of Stevie Wonder, she ______________ (become) a singer. She wishes __________________________.

+redmenta activity

Writing task: "I wish those days could come back once more..."

individual work

SB. 98/ A WB: 66/ C, D, E

SB. p. 98./ B

THANKS