Grammar Drills - Third Conditional

Posted on September 1, 2008
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Grammar chants can be a lot of fun to use in classes. They are especially effective to help students learn problematic forms, words, etc. through repetition the right side of the brain engages its ‘musical’ intelligence.

Third Conditional (Past Unreal Conditional)

Teacher/Leader: Yesterday
Class/Group: Yesterday

Teacher/Leader: Yesterday, was such a bad day.
Class/Group: Yesterday, was such a bad day.

Teacher/Leader: I got in trouble …
Class/Group: I got in trouble…

Teacher/Leader: … because I laughed in class
Class/Group: … because I laughed in class

Teacher/Leader: If I hadn’t laughed, …
Class/Group: If I hadn’t laughed, …

Teacher/Leader: If I hadn’t laughed, I would have got …
Class/Group: If I hadn’t laughed, I would have got …

Teacher/Leader: If I hadn’t laughed, I would have got an A on my test!
Class/Group: If I hadn’t laughed, I would have got an A on my test!

Teacher/Leader: I wish I hadn’t laughed!
Class/Group: I wish I hadn’t laughed!

Teacher/Leader: What would he …
Class/Group: What would he …

Teacher/Leader: What would he have done …
Class/Group: What would he have done …

Teacher/Leader: What would he have done if he had had the time?
Class/Group: What would he have done if he had had the time?

Teacher/Leader: He would have gone …
Class/Group: He would have gone …

Teacher/Leader: He would have gone to Mexico …
Class/Group: He would have gone to Mexico …

Teacher/Leader: He would have gone to Mexico … if he had had the time!
Class/Group: He would have gone to Mexico … if he had had the time!

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