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Second conditional

I can talk about an imaginary situation and its comcgucnccs.

1    2.20 Listen and complete the text with the words in the

box. Why is vegetable oit better than petrol?

had used wouldn’t produce would earn

Match the halves of the sentences. Complete them with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Ifwe .

Darryl Hannah is a Hollywood star who cares about the environment. Her car is very unusual because it doesn't use petrol - it uses vegetable oil, which produces very little C0₂.

‘If all our cars ^{1 2}_it, we

¹_so much C0₂. Ifs also

renewable - we can grow it. If morę

people ^{3 4 5}_cars like minę, the

world^ farmers *_morę money.’

We _

The world . Ifwe_

_(not produce) so much CO_;,

. (give) a lot of money to charity _(save) millions of Ih/es

, (be) a safer place

if scientists

they_

we . if I _

ifwe .

(not pollute) our rivers,

_(be able to) stop diseases like AIDS.

(be) fuli of fish.

_ (reduce) global warming. . (be) very rich.

_(stop) the arms trade.

k Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

If we ¹_(recyde) morę plastic bottles, we ¹_

We use the second conditional to describe an imaginary situation or event, and its result.

! We use the past tense in the //clause, and would/wouldn’t + verb in the main dause.

Ifall our cars used vegetable oil, we wouldn't produce so much COj.

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imaginary situation/event    result

I In the //dause, we can use were instead of was as the past tense of be. singular.

Ifthe wealher were nicer, l’d go out.

(not have to) produce so much plastic.

If we ³_ less oil.

If we •

. (produce) less plastic, we

. (burn) less oil, there ⁶

.(burn)

. (not be) so

many 'greenhouse gases' in the atmosphere.

If we ‘

2 Study the information in the Leara this! box. Complete the text with would and verbs from the box below. You will have to use some of the verbs morę than once.

be consume earn own speak not be not have

If there ⁷_(not be) so many greenhouse gases in the

atmosphere, we ⁸_(be able to) reduce global warming.

. (reduce) global warming, the Earth's dimate

. (not change) so fast

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There are 6.3 billion people in the world. Numbers as big as this are difficult to understand. However, if the world were a yillage of 100 people, ...

• 61    Asian and 12    European.

22    Chinese and 9    English.

•    20    less than $1 a day.

•    24    any electricity in their home.

20    80% of the energy.

B7    able to read.

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5    Work in pairs. What would you do in these

situations? Make notes. Ask and answer the guestions.

What would you do if you found 500zl in the Street? -

Where would you live if you could live anywhere in the world?

If Danka found 500zl in the Street, she'd ...

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Unit 8 • What if... ?

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   If you found 500zl in the Street...

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   If you could live anywhere in the world ...

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   If you saw someone attacking an old man in the Street...

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   If you didn't have to go to school ...

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   If you could choose any job you wanted ...

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   Ifyou borrowed a friend's MP3 player and accidentally broke it.

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   Ifyou saw someone in your dass cheating in an exam ...

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6 KltlMHIffrt Tell the dass about your partner.