June in the UK! Sunshine, flowers and lots of exams!

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Lots of you are busy practising for your exams this month.  Only practice makes perfect your speaking, listening, reading and writing. So just remember,  if you practise you will pass. I don't want to hear you say "If I had practised I would have passed." (Although grammatically it is a  well-constructed 3rd conditional sentence it would mean you didn't pass because you hadn't studied so that is why I don't want to hear it!)

The three conditional sentences:

If you bring me flowers I will be happy ( You could bring me flowers and I think you will.....)

If you brought me flowers I would be happy ( You could bring me flowers but I am not sure you will.....)

If you had brought me flowers I would have been happy. ( You didn't bring me flowers so I was unhappy)


Present + future

Past + conditional

Past perfect + conditional perfect


Practise or Practice?

Practise ( verb) some of your own. Remember practice ( noun) makes perfect!

Good luck with the exams! 


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