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About This Resource
This C1 resource distinguishes hypothetical language from the narrower category of counterfactual meaning. It examines how tense and modal choices can present situations as open, remote, unlikely, tactically softened, or contrary to assumed reality.
What You’ll Learn
• Distinguish open hypothetical meaning from genuinely counterfactual meaning.
• Interpret past forms used for modal distance rather than past time.
• Compare present, future, and past alternatives according to speaker viewpoint.
• Choose structures that accurately represent how real, remote, or contrary-to-fact a situation is.
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