Lessons 42–43 · 2 lessons · L. Jurayev, M. Abdullayeva, H. Tuhtarova, S. Khan, L. Tsoy, K. Inogamova, L. Matskevich, R. Ziryanova. Fly High English 9 (English, Grade 9), revised and expanded 2nd edition. “Yangiyo‘l Poligraf Servis”, Tashkent, 2014
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Our manifesto
Textbook: p. 66
GoalA party manifesto: what has been done and plans for the future; past conditional (If we hadn’t ..., nobody would have ...); interviewing a partner.
New words
manifesto · partiya dasturito achieve · erishmoq (bajarmoq)survey · so‘rovnomato organise · tashkil etmoq
Explanation
A manifesto is a document saying what a party believes and plans to do. Structure: name, history, traditional outlook, organisation, things we have done, action plan. Past achievements are told in the Past Simple: We repaired the sports hall. We started a homework club. To show how important a result was we use the past conditional (third conditional): If we hadn’t organised the survey, nobody would have noticed the problem. Form: If + Past Perfect, would have + past participle. It talks about an unreal past situation. For future plans: It’s time to ... We’re going to ... . For an interview we can ask questions in the past tense and write the answers in the third person: She became a councillor when she was thirty.
Worked examples
Our group, the Green Teens, achieved a lot last year. We planted forty trees. If we hadn’t asked for help, the yard would not have become green. Now it’s time to clean the river bank.
Interview report: Mr Karim began working as a teacher in 2005. He says he chose it because he loves children. If he hadn’t met a good teacher, he might not have chosen this job.
Class activity
“If we hadn’t ...”: the teacher states a past event (We cleaned the park); pupils say the result with If we hadn’t ..., ... would have ... .
Practice
1
Complete: If we hadn’t planted trees, the yard ___ (be) bare.
would have been
2
Write the form of the third conditional.
If + Past Perfect, would have + past participle
3
Name three parts of a manifesto.
For example: name, things we have done, action plan
4
Why is the third conditional used for the past and not the present?
It imagines past, finished events that can no longer be changed.