C1.1 - Unit 5B. Unreal past tenses

Unit 5B Grammar. Unreal past tenses

C1.1 Advanced English Ana Prats - EOI Eivissa

Watch this video paying attention to the lyrics (https://www.letras.com/pearl-jam/30347/)30

Which is the leitmotiv or recurring sentence? Which verb tense comes after the verb "wish"?

The unreal past

The unreal past is used after conditional words and expressions like: if, as if, if only, suppose (-ing), the verb to wish; the expressions I'd rather / It's time...

Past tenses: sometimes used in English to refer to an unreal situation Although the verb tense is in the past, we are actually talking about something that didn't happen

https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/unreal-past/

Grammar Bank (SB, p. 223)

1. WISH + Subject + past simple (wishes) + past perfect (regrets) 2. IF ONLY + S + past simple / perfect (complaints/regrets) + WOULD + infinitive (complaints) 3. WOULD RATHER + S + past tense (different subjects) + infinitive (same subject) 4. IT'S (HIGH) TIME + S + past simple (sth. should be done) + to + infinitive

If only I had more time to practise!

Well, if you can spare some time, you may practise these structures with these self-correcting exercises: https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/unreal-uses-past-tenses/ https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/FCE/fce_grammar/unreal_past_wish_if_only.phphttps://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/wish-exercise-1.htmlhttps://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/wish-exercise-1.html

THANK YOU

anaprats@eoi-eivissa.com