虚拟语气教案

Unreal conditional

I. Leading-in:

Happy to see you! I am happy that the end of the world didn’t happen. If the end of world had happened, I would not see you today.

(write down the sentence on the blackboard.)

If the end of world had happened, I would not see you today. And the following the sentences

If you were at home now, you would help your parents.

If you had been in Korea with me last year, you would have attended a wedding ceremony.

Ask students the following questions:

Was it possible for ‘you’ to be at home now? (No, it isn’t.)

Was it possible for ‘you’ to be in Korea last year?

So these things are unreal. When we talk about some condition or situation that is not real or just imaginary, we use special verb forms. These are called unreal conditionals.

II. Presentation:

Today, we’ll learn unreal conditionals. Turn to Page 40.

I) Have students read the first three points on page 40.

While reading, students should find out in what cases the unreal conditionals are used.

Have them pay attention to the tenses used in the examples under the three points.

1.We use unreal conditionals to state an imaginary present condition.

You probably wouldn’t get much sleep if you lived near where a wedding reception was being held.

I could reach the book if I were a bit taller.

If I had the chance, I might want to be a business consultant.

2. We also use unreal conditionals to refer to an imaginary past action.

If you had joined the chat room ten minutes ago, you would have known what we were talking about!

If the man had pointed with his first finger when he was in Brunei, everyone would have thought that he was very rude.

3. We use unreal future conditionals to talk about an imaginary future situation.

If I had time tomorrow, I would certainly help you.

(Read each one, and answer the above question again and again.)

Have students recite the structures and then write them down on one piece of paper.

Tips: (have students pay attention to the three words would/could/might)

Would, could and might are often interchangeable, but with some difference in meaning.

would →intention; plan

could →ability; possibility

might →possibility

Do some exercises:

If he _____ my advice, he wouldn’t have lost his job.

A.followed

B. should follow

C. had followed

D. would follow

c

Translate the following sentence.

1.如果没有虚拟语气，英语就容易多了。

2.万一他不来，你就代替他。

3.如果你听了医生的话，你早就恢复健康了。————————————————————————————————

1. If there were no subjunctive mood, English would be much easier.

2. Should he not come, you would take his place

3. If you had listened to the doctor, you would have already recovered.

III) There are other thins that need to be noted about unreal conditionals.

1. Have students read the 4 points on Page 41.

Point 1. tell them to pay special attention to the tenses. They should learn that different verb forms are used in different tenses.

1)

If he was/were here, he might be able to help us.

2)

If I were to fail my Maths test, I would have to take it again at the end of the term.

If he should come tomorrow, I could talk to him about it.

This printer is of good quality. If it ____ break down within the first year, we would repair it at our expense.

A. would

B. should

C. could

D. might

B

3)

Should you make a mistake, you should not be embarrassed.

Were you to take the train, you would get there much sooner.

Had you told me earlier, I would not have got into trouble.

(Have students read Point 3; have them find out what can be put at the beginning of the sentence. They should learn that only should, were or had can be used in inversion. Have them say the sentences in Point 3 in their normal order and compare the differences between the two types of sentences.)

Normal order:

If you should make a mistake, you should not be embarrassed.

If you were to take the train, you would get there much sooner.

Do the exercise:

1)_____it rain tomorrow, we should have to put off the visit to the Science Museum.