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Unreal Conditionals
Unreal Conditionals
Unreal Conditionals
Coral Reefs
If you enjoy scuba diving or snorkeling, the
Caribbean and the South Pacific Seas are
wonderful places to visit. If you visit these
places, you will find beautiful coral reefs full of
a variety of ocean life. Coral is a living creature
that can be hard or soft. Coral reefs are formed
by small creatures called coral polyps. When
the coral polyps take calcium from seawater,
they can turn the calcium into limestone
shelters. A coral reef is formed if several
colonies of coral polyps work together to create
a large home.
Real conditions talk about real situations, such as
facts and regularly occurring events.
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Climate change is a major reason
for the deterioration of coral reefs. If
the ocean temperatures were not
steadily rising, the coral reefs
would be healthier. When water is
too warm, corals expel the algae
living in their tissues. This causes
the coral to turn completely white.
Corals can sometimes survive
bleaching, but they are weaker and
under more stress.
Progressive verb forms are used in progressive
situations.
Real situation:
The ocean temperatures are rising. Coral reefs are not
healthy.
Conditional Statement:
Implied condition:
If they weren’t working to find a solution
PRACTICE 1 – Ask Your Partner
1. What would happen if there were no coral reefs?
2. What would you do if you had a chance tosave the coral reefs?
3. If you were able to travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
4. Think about a regret or a mistake you’ve made. What could you have done
differently?
PRACTICE 2
Complete the sentence with the verbs in parentheses.
would go
1. If I could travel anywhere in the world, I (go) _________________ to the
Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
would/could have gone
2. I (travel) ________________________ there last year if I had had enough
money.
weren’t
3. Jane would try scuba diving if she (be, not) ____________ afraid of
swimming.
would have tried
4. Had I known how fun diving is, I (try) ______________________ it sooner.
were
5. If the weather (be) _________ nicer, we would go out today.