1. IF VICKI HAD WON THE LOTTERY, SHE WOULD HAVE
RETIRED.
Past Unreal Conditionals
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) If Amy 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.
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.
