Unit3Understandingeachother●GrammarandUsageStep1:GeneralintroductionThegrammaritemsinthisunitfocusonunrealconditionals
Unrealconditionalsareusedtoexpressaconditionorsituationthatisnotrealorisimaginary
Youshouldpayattentiontotheformsofthepredicateverbsindifferenttenseswhenyouusesentencesinunrealconditionals
Youareexpectedtouseunrealconditionalsandhowtouseunrealconditionalscorrectly
Step2:Explanation1
Readthefollowingsentences
Ifmyhusbandhadn’tbeencaughtintherain,hewouldnothavegotafever
NothingwouldhavehappenedtohimifhehadnotvisitedhisfriendonSaturdayIfIwereyou,IwouldnothavevisitedthefriendonSaturday
Intheabovesentences,whathasbeensaidisunreal
Theverbformslikethesecanalsobecalledthesubjunctive
Canyoufindoutinwhatcasestheunrealconditionalsareused
Andcanyousaythesentencesinanotherway,notusingt