😔 Regrets & Missed Chances
Students read an emotional personal essay in which the writer reflects on three key regrets from their twenties — not going on a study exchange to Japan, losing touch with a close friend who died young, and missing a financial investment opportunity. The third conditional and wish/if only + past perfect are woven naturally throughout the text. A matching game tests if-clause and result pairing, and the writing task has students reflect on their own past decisions.
Lesson Plan
- 3 warm-up questions about decisions and regret
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Third conditional: If + had + pp, would/could/might have + pp
- Wish + past perfect = regret about the past
- If only + past perfect = stronger regret about the past
- No would in the if-clause of the third conditional
- Second conditional = unreal present; Third conditional = unreal past
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