Review: third conditional / reported speech with passives

Review: third conditional / reported speech with passives

Review

Third conditional

• 'The impossible' conditional

• We regret about the past

Structure

• If + past perfect

• Result: would've / could've + past participle

Examples

• If I had paid more attention in class, I would've passed the semester.

• If he had paid his internet bill, he would've been able to use the internet.

Create third conditional sentences using the following words:

• keep a diary / He forgot his best friend’s birthday

• If he ________________________________________.

• change the oil / His car broke down.

• His car _________________________________ the oil.

Reported speech with passive voice

We use this structure to

• eliminate the responsibility of who said what.

• make it impersonal.

Structure

• It + passive form + that

• Noun + passive + to

Examples

• It was admitted that Jack stole the car.

• Jack was admitted to have stolen the car.

Transform the following sentences:

• Everybody says that he settled the business. 

• It __________________________________________.

• He _________________________________________.

• Their parents thought that the teenagers were dancing at the club.

• It _______________________________________.

• The teenagers ______________________________.

Quiz time!

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Open Ended

Create a third conditional sentence using the following information:

cook his lunch properly / He got food poisoning in the evening.

If he ______________________.

Open Ended

Rewrite this sentence in a reported speech passive form:

A journalist reports that they are leaving Las Vegas tomorrow night.

They ________________.

Open Ended

Create a third conditional sentence using the following words:

do some shopping / She ran out of coffee.

If she ______________________.

Open Ended

Rewrite this sentence in a reported speech passive form:

Experts are suggesting that inflation will remain steady.

The inflation ____________________________.

Have you got any questions?