This document presents information about the present unreal conditional in English. It provides examples of sentences using the present unreal conditional structure, which is "if" plus the past tense form of the verb followed by "would" plus the base form of the verb. It also discusses rules for forming the present unreal conditional and provides links to videos that further explain this grammar concept and include exercises to practice forming sentences in the present unreal conditional.

1. REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA
UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR
INSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO DE BARQUISIMETO
LUIS BELTRÁN PRIERTO FIGUEROA
SUBDIRECCIÓN DE EXTENSIÓN
PROGRAMA DE EXTENSIÓN ACADÉMICA
PRESENT UNREAL CONDITIONAL
Author: Luis Castillo – ID. 14.176.098
Tutor: Abilio Mujica
Subject: English course level VII / U / OL
BARQUISIMETO, MARCH 2022

2. PRESENT UNREAL CONDITIONAL
100 Humans: what would you do if you weren't afraid?
https://youtu.be/m7Btde7e7Hs
If I weren’t afraid:
• I would go bungee jumping.
• I would swim to an island and scuba dive.
• I would go skinny dipping.
• I would explore everywhere by myself.
• I would confess to the girl I like.
• I would have started my own company by now.
• I would not study what I am studying now.
• I would study something in the arts instead.
• I would definitely try to be a musician.
• I would love to be a fashion designer.
• I would travel whilst I work.
• I would be a pilot.
• I would really like to do humanitarian work overseas somewhere.
What are you afraid of?
• I am afraid because I could fail.
• I am afraid to do something super cool but have people think it’s
horrible.
• I'm afraid to do the things I want today, no tomorrow.
• I am afraid to enjoy the life in this short time.
• I think the biggest fear that I have is of myself.
• My fear is not fulfilling my purpose here on earth.
• I think everybody is afraid some stage to do these things they
don’t.

3. Level 7 – Class 3
Beyoncé - If I were a boy (https://youtu.be/SHsra2h7rVk)
• How could you link this topic with this song?
I think that due to the gender of the singer and the title of the song, it
completely links with the study's topic because a woman cannot be
a man, which is an imaginary condition and exactly describes the
study's topic that is Present Unreal Conditional.
• What can you say about the accent?
For me, it’s American English accent by the pronunciation in this case
the word “wanted” because most of the time, Americans drop the T
in this word.
• What is peculiar in second conditional sentences?
The connector word “if”.
• What is that separate the first sentence and second sentence in
second conditional?
Depend, if the sentence begins with If clause, it’s separates by the
punctuation mark “comma” but it begins with result clause it’s
separates by “if”-
Everyday Grammar: Present Unreal Conditionals
(https://youtu.be/Zcp3ICYWg3Q)
What rules does it follow?
Present unreal conditional expresses what we would do in a imaginary
situation.
Grammatical rule
If A happened, B would happen
If + Verb (simple past), would + verb (infinitive)
Examples:
• If were a tree, I would be a willow tree.
• If I were an animal, I would be a panda.

4. Present unreal conditional (https://youtu.be/8HPv9x_xYD4)
What structure is to be followed in the Present Unreal Conditional?
Structure
If + Subjunctive form of verb, Would + Verb
Would + Verb If + Subjunctive form of verb
Example:
• If my friend asked me for money, I would lend it to her.
• Tomas would be happier if he got a less stressful job.
Note:
In these types of sentences, we use WERE for all subjects including I,
He and She.
Example:
• If I were a cat, I would not bark.
Third conditional | Unreal conditional in the past
(https://youtu.be/GHc3runur3M)
• What situation or condition is given?
It’s given third conditional that express hypothetical situations in the
past.
Example:
If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a house.
• What rules are highlighted?
o This condition is impossible because it’s in the past and we
cannot change the past.
o We use this conditional to imagine a different past.

5. Structure
o If + subject + past perfect, subject + would have + past participle
o Subject + would have + past participle … If + subject + past
perfect
Example:
➢ If I had seen Jane, I would have invited her to the concert.
➢ I would have invited Jane to the concert If I had seen her.
Note:
We can use also third conditional to express possibility or ability using
modal verbs “might” and “could”.
Exercises on Present Unreal Conditional
#128 - Present Unreal Conditionals - English Grammar
Directions: Choose the correct answer
1) If I had my own company, I would take many vacations.
a. I would take many vacations
b. I would took many vacations
c. I would taking many vacations
2) If I lived in Hawaii, I would go to the beach every day.
a. I would goes to the beach every day
b. I would going to the beach every day
c. I would go to the beach every day
3) If I were the President, I would reduce taxes.
a. I would reducing taxes
b. I would reduce taxes
c. I would reduced taxes

6. 4) If she hated her job, she would quit.
a. she would quit
b. she would quitting
c. she would quits
5) If he were not allergic to dogs, he would adopt two dogs.
a. he would got two dogs
b. he would getting two dogs.
c. he would adopt two dogs
Directions: Choose the correct answer
1) If I had a nice voice, I would sing in the church choir.
a. sings
b. singing
c. sing
2) If I were single, I would live in a downtown high-rise.
a. was
b. were
c. are
3) If I spoke Chinese, I would speak to my grandmother more often.
a. speak
b. speaks
c. speaking
4) If he were taller, he would play basketball.
a. was
b. were
c. is

7. 5) If we had enough money, we would buy a house.
a. buys
b. buying
c. buy

9. Link of the short audio
https://voca.ro/11fbK3GXDgQ2