03/07/13

We use the third conditional to imagine another past.

- If I had done my homework the teacher wouldn't have shouted at me.
(In reality I didn't do my homework and my teacher shouted at me.)

- She would have passes her exam if she had studied more.
(In reality she didn' study enough and so she didn't pass her exam.

Exercise
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html

3rd Conditional

http://www.teach-this.com/Conditionals/Just%20Imagine.pdf

Purpose: practice of:

IF + HAD (N’T) PARTICIPLE, WOULD (N’T) HAVE PARTICIPLE

If+past perfect of have, would have + verb

Daisy and her friend WOULD HAVE CROSSED the street and the taxi WOULD HAVE DRIVEN by.

story:

1. Students write each problem and its corresponding result on the board

EXAMPLE: Her alarm didn't go off – she overslept.

2. Students imagine Sarah had a good morning and use the third conditional:

If her alarm had gone off, she wouldn't have overslept.

Pairs of students make third conditional sentences with the remaining examples.

STORY: 

Sarah had to be at the airport for her flight at 9am, but her alarm didn't go off and she overslept. She got dressed very quickly, threw everything into her suitcase and ran out of the house.

When she got to the airport she realised she had forgotten her passport. So she jumped in a taxi and returned home. She grabbed her passport from the coffee table, got in a taxi and went back to the airport.

One mile from the airport the taxi broke down. She tried to flag down another, but they were all taken and so she ran the rest of the way.

When she arrived at the airport, she saw that she had missed her flight. She had to pay 500 dollars for another ticket for the next flight.

While she was waiting, she went to buy a book. She was so preoccupied with her difficult morning that she walked out of the shop without paying and was arrested by the police.

The police detained her for three hours and she missed her flight again. Sarah went home and decided never to fly again!

Short video on Hawaii:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eefyztmaII

Hawaii Hit by Great Plastic Garbage Patch (26th April, 2010)

A recent discovery shows the world now has two ocean garbage patches. These are huge areas of the ocean which have a huge floating island of trash and litter. The first garbage patch was discovered in the Pacific by ocean researcher Charles Moore in 1997. The new one was found in the Atlantic by a husband and wife team Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen. “We found the Great Atlantic Garbage Patch,” said Ms Cummins. “Our job now is to let people know that plastic ocean pollution is a global problem. Unfortunately, it is not confined to a single patch,” she added. Ms Cummins described her sadness at what humans are doing to the ocean: “It’s shocking to see it firsthand….We’ve managed to leave our footprint really everywhere.”

The BBC has just reported on the damage the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is doing. Tons of plastic is washing up on the beaches of Hawaii. This island chain is world famous for having some of the world’s most beautiful beaches. The very name ‘Hawaii’ conjures up images of paradise islands. No longer. The BBC’s presenter Simon Reeve says Kamilo Beach on the island of Hawaii has been described as “the world’s dirtiest beach”. He went on a tour of the remote beach with a local conservationist. They analysed what was on the beach and found more plastic particles than grains of sand. A Wikipedia search confirms the beach’s new status. The website says, “it is known for its accumulation of plastic marine debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch”.

a)	What do you think of the plastic garbage patches?
b)	What kind of pollution is there in your area?
c)	What damage occurs due to the plastic garbage patches?
d)	What’s your favourite beach and why?
e)	How do you feel when you see a dirty beach?
f)	Do you say something to people who litter beaches?
g)	Do you think pollution will eventually kill the oceans?
h)	How can we educate people better about pollution?
i)	What penalties should people who litter get?
j)	How do you feel when you see litter everywhere?