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A, 2 anold mans thinking about his past life. Write sentences with If + past perfect + would have or
{wouldn't have.
Example: I didn't have any brothers or sisters. Ihad a lonely childhood.
{fd had brothers or sisters, wouldn't have had such a lonely childhood.
1 My parents were poor. didn't have many clothes.
Itmy parents more clothes,
2 I missed a lot of school lessons. I didn't learn a lot.
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3. Lwasn't very clever. I didn’t do very well at school.
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4 [didn’t pass any exams. [never got a well-paid job.
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5 Iwas shy. didn't have many friends,
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6 I worked on a farm. dc’ fightin the war,
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7 [didn’t leave this:
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8 Inever got married. Inever had any children.
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,Leould . more.
more clever, wn . better at school.
friends.
llage. I never got a better job.
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3 Four people are talking about big evens in their lives, Complete thelr storts, using i+ past
perfect continuous + would(n') have and would(n') ox would(n') be + ing.
1 axpy: In arecent storm, lightning struck a tree, fifty metres from where I was standing. IfI (stand)
under the tree, I (be) .. killed. 1 (be)
here now.
2 cARLA: first met my husband Larry on a cross-Channel ferry. was feeling ill and he asked me if he
could help me. If (feel) ll he (speak) .
tome. And we (live) together now.
3 Louise: When I had my accident, { wasn't watching the road, so [hit the car In front. If1 (watch)
the road, 1 (hit) nem . that car
4 apaMt: | applied for a job in Australia. At the interview I was feeling tired and they didn’t offer me
the Job. If (feel... tired, they (offer) me the job,
/ 1(be) In Australia now. (surf) ‘on Bondi Beach,
4 Complete these sentences about yourself. Check your answers with a teacher.
1 It'd been born a boy/girl 2 It'd chosen my own name...
3 It'd been born ten years earlier. 4 Ifa lived in the last century...