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Unreal Past Sentence Completion

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Past tenses for theoretical situations practice through three fun games, all based on typical Unreal Past sentences to complete.

By: Alex Case
Level: All Levels
Theme: Time
Study Area: Past Tenses
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Lesson Plan Content:


Unreal Past sentence completion games

 

Unreal Past sentence completion guessing game

Complete at least half the sentences below with something that you really think. Read out just the part that you wrote (not the part printed there already), and see if your partner can guess which sentence you put that into.

Useful phrases for playing the sentence completion guessing game

“No, that isn’t possible (grammatically) because… Please try again.”

“No, it can’t be that because…. Any other ideas?”

“That would have to be… to be grammatically correct, and my sentence was…”

“No, that doesn’t make (much) sense because… Have another go.”

“No, that isn’t true (for me) because… Which other sentence could it be, do you think?”

“That’s possible, but…”

“That’s grammatically correct, but…”

“That’s close, but…”/ “Good guess, but…”

“That is also true, but it isn’t the sentence I’ve written. Can you think of another?”

“Yes, that is exactly what I’ve written. It’s your turn.”

 

Unreal Past sentence completion bluffing game

Complete at least half of the sentences below with a mix of true and false information. Read out one sentence and see if your partner can guess if it is true or not (perhaps after follow-up questions).  

 

Unreal Past sentence completion things in common

Work together to find and complete the sentences below with things you have in common.

 

Unreal Past collocations presentation

First of all without looking at the examples, write typical words to go in each gap below. They both have several answers.

  • If only he _____________________________________________________....
  • I _________________________________________________________ wish…

Check with the example sentences below.

 

Sentences to complete

I wish I ______________________________________________________________.

 

I hope I ___________________________________________________________.

 

I really want my _______________________________________________________.

 

I really really wish people ________________________________________________.

 

I wish I didn’t ________________________________________________________.

 

If I was ______________________________________________________________.

 

I would _______________________________________________________________.

 

I wouldn’t _____________________________________________________________.

 

I won’t _______________________________________________________________.

 

If only the world wasn’t __________________________________________________.

 

If only my neighbour wouldn’t _____________________________________________.

 

I hope I won’t _________________________________________________________.

 

I wish I had ___________________________________________________________.

 

I wish I hadn’t __________________________________________________________.

 

I do wish my parents hadn’t ______________________________________________.

 

If I hadn’t _____________________________________________________________.

 

If my teachers had _____________________________________________________.

 

I would have __________________________________________________________.

 

I wouldn’t have ________________________________________________________.

 

If only someone had _____________________________________________________.

 

I’d rather my boss ______________________________________________________.

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