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Gorilla’s family lived happily in a forest.. One day, a tourist threw a burning cigarette and the forest caught fire..  The forest caught fire, so Gorilla lost her family.. 1.If a tour

Unit 11: NATIONAL PARKS

LESSON: GRAMMAR

IF CLAUSE _TYPE 3

Gorilla’s family

visitors

fire

Gorilla

Gorilla’s family lived happily

in a forest One day, a tourist threw a burning cigarette and the forest caught fire Gorilla did not find her family, so she was lonely and panic.

Using If clause to make Gorilla happy

The sentences below will help you

 A tourist threw a burning

cigarette , so the forest caught fire.

 The forest caught fire, so Gorilla lost her family.

 Gorilla found her family, so she

was happy with them.

1.If a tourist had not thrown a burning cigarette ,

the forest wouldn’t have caught fire.

2.If the forest had not caught fire,

Gorilla could have found her family.

3.If she had found her family,

she would have been happy.

would have /wudæv/

could have /kudæv/

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Continuing Gorilla’s story

Nam is a kind-hearted boy living near the forest After hearing the story of

Gorilla, Nam thought that if …

“I / not be / busy / that day,

I / go / the forest.”

Nam

“If / I / go / the forest,

“If / I / see / Gorilla, I / take / home.”

“If / I / take / home,

he would have gone to the forest

• If he had gone to the forest,

he could have seen Gorilla

• If he had seen Gorilla,

he would have taken her home

she would have lived happily

Questions:

• If Nam hadn’t been

busy, what would he

have done?

• If he had gone to the

forest, what would

he have seen?

• If he had seen

Gorilla, what would

he have done?

• If he had taken her

home, what would

happened?

Answers:

busy, he would have gone to the forest.

forest, he would have seen Gorilla.

he would have taken her home.

home, Gorilla would have lived happily.

JOURNALIST

- Good morning, Nam!

- Do you know about the

forest fire and the

if / meet / that tourist?

- How about Gorilla?

put him / into prison.

if / I / meet / Gorilla.

Work in pairs Make an interview between a journalist and

Nam, a forester, about Gorilla’s story Clues below will help

you.

If my family had visited Cuc Phuong National Park last year, I could have seen the 1,000-year-old trees

Last week, if we had chosen going to Ba Dong Beach, we would have enjoyed swimming

If we had gone to Cuc Phuong National Park, we would have stamped out the fire

If a monkey had used gun, the forest could have caught fire

If Lan had come Hoa Muong Bien Restaurant, she would have had wonderful dishes