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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
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Would have been

If my teachers had modeled how to incorporate ideas and details into writing, using real writing instead of the drill-and-kill approach, I would have been much more motivated and engaged to try it on my own.

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Please explain the use of "would have been much more motivated..."

When do we use the structure "would have been "?

  

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This is an ordinary third conditional structure: If my teachers had ... I would have .... It is used to imagine something that could have happened in the past but did not.

  • This is an ordinary third conditional structure: If my teachers had ...
  • I would have ....
  • It is used to imagine something that could have happened in the past but did not.
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This is an ordinary third conditional structure:

If my teachers had ... I would have ....

It is used to imagine something that could have happened in the past but did not.

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