We use the second conditional:

• To express imaginary or improbable situations in the present or future and their results.

E.g.: If she played better, she would win the match.

• To give an advice.

E.g.: If I were you, I would study harder.

Conditional clause Main clause

If + Past Simple would + infinitive without to

1. What would happen in these situations? Write your answers and then ask your partner.

• What would you do if your parents gave you a lot of money?

• __________________________________________________________________________

• If you travelled abroad next summer, where would you go?

• __________________________________________________________________________

• If you didn´t study, what would happen?

• __________________________________________________________________________

• If you arrived home drunk, what would your parents do?

• __________________________________________________________________________

• What would you do if you were bored on a Saturday afternoon?

• __________________________________________________________________________

• What would you do if your boyfriends/girlfriend left you?

• __________________________________________________________________________

B) Supply the correct tense of the verb in brackets:

• If he listened more carefully, he ____________ (not make) so many mistakes.

• Do you think we would speak better if we ____________ (go) to England?

• If you explained your problem to the manager, he ____________ (be able) to help you.

• Perhaps he ____________(take) a different view, if you spoke to him yourself.

• I´m sure he would take the job on if they ____________(agree) to pay him a bit more.

• if the house ____________(equip) with a solar panel, we would have cheap energy.

• If he ____________(be) in your shoes, he would have the courage to tell everything.

• If I ____________(be) you, I wouldn't smoke so much.

A parent is speaking to a teenager. Put the verb in the correct form:

• If you ____________(study) harder, you would pass your exams.

• If you ____________(work), you would earn some money.

• If you ____________(not/go) to bed late, you wouldn´t be so tired in the morning.

• If you were more polite, you ____________(have) more friends.

• If you stopped smoking, you ____________(fell) better.

• If you watched less television, you ____________(not/be) so aggressive.

Imagine you are a parent giving advice to a teenager. Use the expression If I were you…..

• You have failed your exams ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• You can´t get up in the morning for school.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• You haven´t got any money for entertainment.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• Your motorbike has broken down and you can´t repair it __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• You can´t study because you are listening to music at the same time. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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