Work alone. Write two sentences for each situation. 1 What should the people have done? What shouldn’t they have done? 2 What could they have done differently? Talk about your ideas for the situations together. Look at the sentences from the article on p. 106. Answer the questions. 1 Are the situations: A real or imaginary? B about the past or now? 2 Complete the form: if + had + , would + have + b c Grammar Unreal conditionals: past 12 a Situation Result If they had shown proper respect …, If it had been a policeman, they wouldn’t have got dirty looks from everyone around. they would have been in serious trouble. We can also say: They would have been in serious trouble if it had been a policeman. 1 Grammar reference and practice, p. 162 Listen again and complete the sentences: 1 He really shouldn’t . 2 Anyway, the monks could . 3 Maybe his boss could and explained … 4 Couldn’t they ? 5 His boss could to learn from this. 6 But as I said, he should . Read about two different situations. What was the problem in each? b 54 h7n4z6 11 a “I was supposed to be giving this presentation at school, but I couldn’t work out how to connect my computer to the projector, and got so nervous that I totally forgot what I was going to say.” Derek “I got these cheap speakers from the market, but they don’t seem to be compatible with my computer. I wanted to return them, but the stallholder won’t give me a refund.” Ian A B Look at the first two highlighted passages in the article on p. 106. What is the situation and what is the result? Listen to situations 1–6. After each situation, work in pairs to discuss what happened and complete the sentences. 1 If he hadn’t cycled …, he wouldn’t have … 4 She wouldn’t have become … 2 If she’d …, she would’ve … 5 She wouldn’t have … 3 If he hadn’t seen … , he probably wouldn’t … 6 If he’d known …, Example: If he hadn’t cycled into the young woman, he wouldn’t have started going out with her. Compare your sentences with a new partner. Did you have the same ideas? b 13 a 55 9y7yy9 b 108 Language skills Extras Explore 9 Living and working together Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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