THIRD CONDITIONAL (Guided Discovery Handout)

Sentence 1:
If I had stayed home, I wouldn’t have travelled this much.
INDIVIDUAL - Answer the questions below about sentence A.
Part A(Individual)
A) Did I stay home?

B) Did I travel a lot?

C) Is the sentence above talking about the past or the present?

D) Is the sentence above real or unreal?

E) Complete the sentence below with the ______ situation:

. I didn’t _____ home. I _______ a lot.

Part B (Individual)
A) How many parts does sentence 1 have?

B) Which is the condition and which the result?

C) Underline the verb in the condition clause. What tense is it? Circle the correct option:
Past Present Future
D) What kind of tense is it? Circle the correct option:
Simple Continuous Perfect
E) In the result clause the verb ‘would’ is followed by two other verbs: a helping verb
and a main verb. Highlight them. What tense is the helping verb? Circle the correct
option:

Past Present Future

F) What kind of verb is the main verb? Circle the correct option:

Past Continuous Past Participle Present Participle

Part C (In Pairs)

A) What’s the form? Complete the gaps with the information from parts A and B.
If + subject + __________ + complement, subject + _____ + _____ + _____ +
complement
B) Compare now Sentence 1 with Sentence 2 below. Do they have the same
meaning?

Sentence 2:
I wouldn’t have travelled this much if I had stayed home.

C) What’s the difference in punctuation in Sentences 1 and 2?

D) Now complete the gaps with the information recollected in section A-C.
We use _____ conditional to talk about _____ situations in the _____. This type
of conditional is formed by a _______ clause introduced by ‘if’ and a
_______clause. The ‘if’ clause is made of the _____ _____ tense, while the other
clause is made of _____ plus _____ and the _____ _____ verb. Both clauses are
interchangeable, but the _______ remains the same. But when we write the
_______ clause first, the _____ is erased.

Listening
1. INDIVIDUAL - Listen to the speakers talking about how their lives and how
emigrating has changed them. Match the statements 1-9 to the speakers 1-3.
If I hadn’t come here….
1. “I could’ve stayed near my family but I think I would’ve moved” ___
2. “I wouldn’t have become that professional I am today” ___
3. “I guess I would have still been terrified every day when I left my place”
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4. “I wouldn’t have got married” ___
5. “I think I wouldn’t have met all the wonderful people that I’ve met here” ___
6. “Hopefully I would’ve had a nice house and enough money to travel” ___
7. “My daughter wouldn’t have had the opportunity to be outside most days”
___
8. “I would’ve probably done my master’s degree in my hometown” ___
9. “I wouldn’t have got a chance to learn about different cultures and customs”
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2. IN PAIRS - Which speaker’s life do you think has changed the most?
 Practice Worksheet
1) Complete the gaps with third conditional using the verbs in brackets.
2) Underline the conditions in each sentence and highlight the results.
If I ____________________ (not, come) to Ireland, I would ____________________ (stay)
home feeling trapped and bored. I ____________________ (could/try) applying for a
Master’s degree, but I ____________________ (end up) doing something I didn’t really like.
If I ____________________ (not, have) the guts that it takes to go all the way across the
ocean to live in another place, I ____________________ (not, become) the person I am
today. And most probably I ____________________ (not, grow up) if I
____________________ (not, take) the chance. But most importantly, I
____________________ (not, meet) you if I ____________________ (not, come) here.
Think about it! What would your life have been like hadn’t you come here?

Now what about You?

What would your life had been like if you had stayed in your country? Prepare your ideas in
the lines below. Then talk to your partners about them.
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