Conditionals and wishes

This time it's turn for the conditionals and wishes to make their appearance. Although we've already seen conditionals this year, we studied them together with the other uses of past tenses, so it was somewhat brief.

Now we've got the chance to revise them more thouroughly, and we'll include the expression of wishes. 

So, firstly, I'm bringing you the slides, which contain explanations, examples, activities and even a The Big Bang Theory video portraiting the use of the second conditional. Make sure you don't miss it. It's always fun to see this crazy, geeky gang of scientists!

Conditionals and wishes from Míriam

Also, I prepared some photocopies for you to enhance your practice at your own will: Conditionals and wishes.

Real and unreal uses of past tenses

Grammar time, everyone!

Firstly, you might find useful the slides explaining and showing the grammar reference of unit 3 in our book: Past tenses.

If you didn't come to class, you can do the same practice we did with a movie fragment of 500 Days of Summer  (movie that I strongly recommend!) and a worksheet for using wish / if only. You'll need the activity (there are answers) and the video.

Additionally, you can watch the short movie Tick Tock, which introduces the regrets people may have when they're about to pass away.

But you know the order is kind of weird, so as a curiosity, someone edited the movie so it could be watched chronologically accurate and here it is.

Concerning this, there's an article from The Guardian which covers the topic of regrets of dying people. Take a more detailed look if you want.

And finally, check the new tab above Let's work, where I'll post online resources for you to practice grammar, vocabulary, and more!