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SECOND
INTERMEDIATE
CONDITIONAL
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Imagine these situations happening to you and describe your hypothetical reaction.
Having more money Having a week of work
Having a ticket to y anywhere
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Which tenses do these sentences use?
If I had more money, I would buy a new car.
If I had a ticket to go anywhere, I would y to Hawaii.
If I had a week o work, I would visit my relatives who live abroad.
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Which tenses do these sentences use?
If I had more money, I would buy a new car.
If I had a ticket to go anywhere, I would y to Hawaii.
If I had a week o work, I would visit my relatives who live abroad.
Past simple In nitive
These sentences use the second conditional.
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Match the sentences to their meaning.
1. If I can nd the recipe, I’ll bake that cake.
A possible situation.
2. If I could nd the recipe, I would bake that cake.
3. Matt would listen to music if his earphones worked.
A hypothetical situation.
4. Matt will listen to music if his earphones work.
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Match the sentences to their meaning.
1. If I can nd the recipe, I’ll bake that cake.
A possible situation.
2. If I could nd the recipe, I would bake that cake.
3. Matt would listen to music if his earphones worked.
A hypothetical situation.
4. Matt will listen to music if his earphones work.
The second conditional is used to talk about hypothetical situations in the present or future.
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Put the parts of the sentence in the right order to form the second conditional.
SUBJECT OBJECT OBJECT , WOULD SUBJECT PAST SIMPLE INFINITIVE IF
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Write an example of a sentence with the second conditional:
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Put the parts of the sentence in the right order to form the second conditional.
IF SUBJECT PAST SIMPLE OBJECT , SUBJECT WOULD INFINITIVE OBJECT
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The verb be stays were for every subject in the if clause of the second conditional.
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Practice your pronunciation with the following sentences.
If the tea were less hot, Lea would drink it.
John would come to the party if he got a ride.
Select the correct phonetic transcription of WOULD.
/wɔʊld/ /wʊːld/ /wʊd/
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Practice your pronunciation with the following sentences.
If the tea were less hot, Lea would drink it.
John would come to the party if he got a ride.
Select the correct phonetic transcription of WOULD.
wɔʊld wʊːld wʊd
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Complete the sentences with the second conditional using the verbs in brackets.
1. She _____________ her teeth if she _____________ the toothpaste. (Brush - have)
2. If we _____________ more free time, we _____________ guitar lessons. (Have - take)
3. Our uncles _____________ the pie if they _____________ it. (Love - taste)
4. If it _____________ raining, the race _____________ again. (Stop - start)
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Complete the sentences with the second conditional using the verbs in brackets.
1. She would brush her teeth if she had the toothpaste.
2. If we had more free time, we would take guitar lessons.
3. Our uncles would love the pie if they tasted it.
4. If it stopped raining, the race would start again.
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Create sentences about the imaginary situations below using the second conditional.
Having more money Having a week of work Having a ticket to y anywhere
Create new sentences using the second conditional about anything you want.
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Correct the mistakes in the sentences and justify your answers.
1. I would drink co ee if it was less bitter.
2. You bought those jeans if they had pockets.
3. If Cathy likes rock music, I would take her to the concert.
4. If the shop were closer, we would walked there.
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Correct the mistakes in the sentences and justify your answers.
1. I would drink co ee if it were less bitter.
2. You would buy those jeans if they had pockets.
3. If Cathy liked rock music, I would take her to the concert.
4. If the shop were closer, we would walk there.
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