Third Conditional Battleships: Would Have, Could Have, Should Have
Students build sentences about unreal past situations and regrets. They combine an if-clause or hindsight starter with a modal perfect verb phrase and a time or place expression.
A free Battleships Game for Adults at CEFR B2 level. Topic: if type 3.
Grammar focus: would have could have should have
Grid rows
- If I had left earlier, I
- If she had prepared properly, she
- If we had checked the forecast, we
- If my brother had saved money, he
- Looking back, the manager
- In hindsight, they
Grid columns
- last summer
- yesterday morning
- last weekend
- at the meeting
- at the airport
- in December
Vocabulary
- visit
- grandparents
- catch
- train
- miss
- concert
- arrive
- on time
- check in
- calmly
- avoid
- holiday traffic
- pass
- driving test
- presentation
- win
- tournament
- answer
- question
- lose
- boarding pass
- finish
- thesis
- go camping
- get soaked
- reschedule
- picnic
- suggest
- date
- wait
- snowstorm
- travel
- pay
- rent
- buy
- tickets
- sign
- lease
- borrow
- cash
Printable worksheet
This Battleships Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Play Battleships on paper · Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.
- Build the sentence · Use the words to write a full sentence.
Part 1: Play Battleships on paper
Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.