Follow the story of an unlucky couple who just can’t seem to catch a break! Teach third conditionals if clause & mixed conditionals to intermediate level students. If you love our videos, please support us at Patreon: WEBSITE: For more creative, engaging and interactive animated grammar teaching videos, please visit our website. For the “No Music” version of this video, please click here: Title of English / ESL Video: Unlucky in Love Target English Grammar: Third Conditionals: – Mixed Conditionals – Conditional clauses / conditional sentences – If clause + result clause / clauses of result – Also known as: – condition clause + consequence clause – subordinate clause + main clause / other clause – dependent clause + independent clause. Student Proficiency Level: Intermediate level grammar Suggested Courses: General English Instructions: – Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first. – Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer. For example, after elicitations and concept checking questions (CCQs). Summary of English Grammar: Third Conditionals If Clause & Mixed Conditionals Approximate chronological order: Rules and Explanations: Elicitation of example sentence: If I had won the lottery, I would have gone on a shopping spree. Function: – To talk about a hypothetical situation in the past which didn’t happen and its consequence. Specific Uses: – To criticize: If you hadn’t been so careless, you wouldn’t have had that accident. – Using If only… to criticize: (Elicitation from students) If only you hadn’t been so careless. – To express regret: If I’d known it was winter in America right now, I would’ve packed warm clothes. – Using If only… to express regret: If only I’d known it was winter in America right now! Could and Might: – Use could or might instead of would if you are less sure about the consequence. – Example: If I’d finished high school, I might‘ve got into university. Concept Checking Questions (CCQs) Form: Statements: – If clause, + result/consequence clause (main clause/other clause) – If + past perfect, + would + have + past participle – If + I had won the lottery, + I would + have + gone on a shopping spree. Contractions: – If I’d won the lottery, I would’ve gone on a shopping spree. – If I’d won the lottery, I’d have gone on a shopping spree. Switch Clause Positions: – Result clause + condition clause – I would’ve gone on a shopping spree if I’d won the lottery. *Notice that there is no comma when the clause positions are switched. Yes/No Questions: – Elicitation from students. – Condition clause, + would + subject + have + past participle – If you’d won the lottery, + would + you + have + gone on a shopping spree? – Answers: – Yes, I would’ve. (Yes, I would. – is also fine.) – No, I wouldn’t have. (No, I wouldn’t. – is also fine.) – Switch clause positions: Elicitation from students. – Would + subject + have + past participle + condition clause – Would + you + have + gone on a shopping spree + if you’d won the lottery? Open Questions: – Elicitation from students. – Condition clause, + wh-/how + would + subject + have + past participle – If you’d won the lottery, + what + would + you + have + done? – Switch clause positions: Elicitation from students. – Wh-/how + would + subject + have + past participle + condition clause – What + would + you + have + done + if you’d won the lottery? Past Perfect Continuous:- We can also use the past perfect continuous in the condition clause. – Example: If you‘d been watching where you were going, you would’ve seen my car. Present Perfect Continuous: – We can also use the present perfect continuous in the result clause. – Example: If you’d told me that you weren’t coming, I wouldn’t have been standing in the raining waiting for you! Mixed Conditionals: 2nd and 3rd If a hypothetical situation in the past has a present or future consequence: – 3rd conditional (past) + 2nd conditional (present/future) – If you’d packed some warm clothes, we wouldn’t be freezing to death right now. If a hypothetical situation which is always true and could have changed the past: – 2nd conditional (always true) + 3rd conditional (past) – If you weren’t so demanding, we could’ve just stayed at home. Summary of Functions and Uses