I'm sayin' shoulda woulda coulda, yeah (Do you love me like you used to, baby) I know I shoulda, yeah. I know I woulda, yeah (All the things I coulda[r]
(1)
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
MAKE SENTENCES (III CONDITIONAL) FOLLOWING THE PROMPTS AND MATCH WITH THE RIGHT PICTURE
1 If/I/not/lose/wallet/not/borrow/money/friend I/ not/hit/tree/not/drive/dangerously/fast If/I/know/you/go/cinema/call/you
4 If/he/pay/phone bill/the phone company/not/cut/it/of If/father/be/there/stop/argument/mother/child
6 Birthday cake/not/burn/I/turn of/cooker/earlier If/I/born/1950s/see/The Beatles/concert
8 If/you/wear/ false beard/nobody/recognize/you If/be/sunny/be/sitting/sun/park
We use the third conditional to talk about imaginary alternatives to the past It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past We can only imagine what we could have done if things had been diferent
IF CLAUSE: Past Perfect MAIN CLAUSE: would + have+ past participle If I hadn’t eaten so much, he wouldn’t have been sick
(=He ate a lot and therefore he was sick)
MAIN CLAUSE IF CLAUSE
I wouldn’t have drunk that cocktail if I had known it had whisky in it (= I drank that cocktail because I didn’t know it had whisky in it)
The modal verbs MAY, MIGHT and COULD can be used instead of WOULD In written English the inversion of subject and auxiliary can replace the usual IF construction It’s not very common in conversation.
Had he eaten less food, he wouldn’t have been sick
Were I rich, I would have a zoo of my own
Had he travelled more, his novels would have been richer in characters
CONDITIONALS TYPE III
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REWRITE THE INFORMATION ABOUT JACK’S DISASTROUS DAY, USING THE III CONDITIONAL
Jack’s alarm clock didn’t work so he woke up late
If Jack’s clock had worked, he wouldn’t have woken up late
He woke up late so he didn’t have time for any breakfast Because he didn’t have any breakfast, he felt hungry As he felt hungry, he went to the baker’s
Because he went to the baker’s to buy a cake, he missed the bus
Because he missed the bus, he was late for school
As he was late for school, his teacher told him of His parents got angry with him because his teacher told him of
As his parents were angry with him, he was not allowed to go out on Saturday
He missed a fabulous party because he couldn’t meet his
friends on Saturday
LISTENING PRACTICE:
Useful songs for III conditional
* I would have loved you all night long Keith Whitley * Shoulda Woulda Coulda
Brian Mcknight
CORRECT THE MISTAKES
1 She had met him when she was younger, she would have married him
2 If my parents had met, I wouldn’t have been
born
3 If she wouldn’t have died then, he might
have written more
4 I’d never have hit any of them unless I hadn’t
been hit first
5 Had the ceiling fallen on them, would it have
killed them
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FINISH THE SENTENCES THE WAY YOU WISH
1 If he had patented his invention,
………
2 They would have drowned if
………
3 I would have studied several languages at
school if ………
4 I’m sure that if she had recognized me,
………
5 I would have made a good football player if
………
(2)
TASK 1
1 If I hadn’t lost my wallet, I wouldn’t have had to borrow money from one of my friends
2 I wouldn’t have hit a tree if I hadn’t driven so dangerously fast If I had known that you wanted to go to the cinema, I had called you If he had paid the phone bill, the telephone company wouldn’t have cut it of
5 If father had been there, he would have stopped the argument between mother and child
6 The birthday cake wouldn’t have got burnt if I had turned of the cooker earlier
7 If I had been born in the 1950s, I would have seen some concerts by the Beatles
8 If you had worn a false beard, nobody would have recognized you If it had been sunny, we would have been sitting in the sun in the park
TASK 2
1 If he had woken up earlier, he would have had time for breakfast If he had had time for breakfast, he wouldn’t have felt hungry If he hadn’t felt hungry, he wouldn’t have been to the baker’s
4 If he hadn’t bought a cake at the baker’s, he wouldn’t have missed the bus
5 He wouldn’t have been late at school if he hadn’t missed the bus If he hadn’t been late, his teacher wouldn’t have told him of
7 If his teacher hadn’t told him of, his parents wouldn’t have got angry with him
8 If his parents hadn’t been angry with him, he would have been allowed to go out on Saturday
9 If he had met his friends on Saturday, he wouldn’t have missed a fabulous party
TASK 3
1 Had she met him
2 If my parents hadn’t met If she hadn’t died
4 unless I had been hit first it would have killed them
I WOULD HAVE LOVED YOU ALL NIGHT LONG I know some things look diferent
In the cold gray light of dawn
For some things feel so right at night In the mornin’ feels so wrong
Last night I saw me in your eyes This mornin’ I see I'm gone
If I'd known last night was our last night
I would have loved you all night long If I'd known last night was the last night
No more to look forward to I would have given more of me And taken more of you
Then perhaps instead of lettin' go You'd still be hangin' on
KEY
CORRECT THE MISTAKES
1 She had met him when she was younger, she would have married him
2 If my parents had met, I wouldn’t have been
born
3 If she wouldn’t have died then, he might
have written more
4 I’d never have hit any of them unless I hadn’t
been hit first
5 Had the ceiling fallen on them, would it have
killed them
FINISH THE SENTENCES THE WAY YOU WISH
1 If he had patented his invention,
………
2 They would have drowned if
………
3 I would have studied several languages at
school if ………
4 I’m sure that if she had recognized me,
………
5 I would have made a good football player if
(3)If I'd known last night was our last night
I would have loved you all night long I watch you brush your soft black hair
And the wrinkles from your clothes And as you move around the room I wished you wouldn't go
If I could love you one more time I'd give anythin’ I owned
If I'd known last night was our last night
I would have loved you all night long If I'd known last night was the last night
No more to look forward to I would have given more me And taken more of you
Then perhaps instead of lettin' go You'd still be hangin' on
If I'd known last night was our last night
I would have loved you all night long If I'd known last night was our last night
I would have loved you all night long
SHOULDA COULDA WOULDA Baby, can you put them bags down Just wait hold on for a minute
Gotta say a couple things before you go Even though I know that we're finished I don't want you to leave without knowin'
Just where I'm comin' from, babe I just wanna say I made a big mistake And now I gotta face the fact that I Shoulda been a better man
The kinda man that you needed Woulda been better of
If I done right by you
I coulda done this, I coulda done that But I know I can't go back
'Cause now it's just too late
I'm sayin' shoulda woulda coulda, yeah I can tell by the look on your face You ain't tryin' to hear what I'm sayin' Maybe you done heard all of this before To her this ain't no game that I'm playin'
This may be the last chance I ever have To talk to you before you go
So I gotta say I made I big mistake Girl, you know it's killin' me that I Shoulda been a better man
The kinda man that you needed Woulda been better of
If I done right by you
I coulda done this, I coulda done that But I know I can't go back
(4)I'm sayin' shoulda woulda coulda, yeah I should have done my best to love you, baby
I should have placed no one above you And now it's killin' me more than you know
Letting you, that's why I girl, I know that I
Shoulda been a better man (Coulda been a better man to you, baby) The kinda man that you needed
(Shoulda been there for you every time you needed me)
Woulda been better of (Every time you called me)
If I done right by you (And you know that I coulda done this)
I coulda done this, I coulda done that (Coulda done that, yeah)
But I know I can't go back (You know I can't go back, baby)
'Cause now it's just too late (All I know need to know is, girl, all I need to know is)
I'm sayin' shoulda woulda coulda, yeah (Do you love me like you used to, baby) I know I shoulda, yeah
I know I woulda, yeah (All the things I coulda
done)
I know I coulda been a better man (All the things I shoulda done)
Said I shoulda woulda coulda, yeah (Sayin' shoulda
woulda coulda, yeah)
I know I shoulda, yeah (Yeah)
I know I woulda, yeah (Coulda woulda shoulda)