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In this class, we’ll talk about what you would have happened if you things had been different for you.
FOCUS: Help the students give complete answers using the third conditional (If+past perfect+ would have + past participle).
After the answers are you given, there are follow-up questions and you can always bring/incentive the students to bring other/more relevant ones.
- Did you go to college? ✅ What would you have done if you had decided not to go to college? ❌ What would you have graduated in if you had gone to college?
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- Was going/not going to college ever an option?
- Do you wish you had done it differently or are your happy with your choice about college?
- What would you have started doing if you hadn’t started stuying English?
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- What are some things you still want to study?
- What would you probably have ended up doing if you had gotten a different first job?
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- Do you have a back-up career plan? Is it the same thing you would have done if instead of your first job?
- What would have happened if you had lost the deadline for your last project/task?
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- How do deadlines work in your company? Can you negotiate them with your bosses/clients? Are they flexibe or fixed?
- Would Brazil have won the last World Cup if we had had a better coach? What if we had had different players?
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- In your opinion, should we have hopes for the next World Cup?
- Do you play any instrument? ✅ Do you think you woud have gotten famous if you had chosen to play professionally? ❌ Which instrument would you have learned to play if you had taken classes when little?
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