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IElt Reported speech 12A , p95 SECOND CONDITIONAL QUESTIONS
• We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what another person said. • We often make questions in the

• We usually change the verb forms in reported speech. second conditional with What would
you do ... ?. This phrase can come
verb form in direct speech verb form in reported speech at the beginning or the end of the

Present Simple Past Simple question:
I want to work abroad. He said that he wanted to work abroad. What would you do if you won a
Present Continuous Past Continuous bungee jump?
I'm working in a restaurant. He said he was working in a restaurant. If someone asked you to hold a
snake, what would you do?
'II/will 'd/wou/d
I'll be back next summer. He said that he'd be back next summer. • We can answer What would you
do . . . ? questions with:
can could
I'd (do it).
I can save about £100 a week. He told me he could save about £100 a week.
I think I'd (do it).
am/are/is going to was/were going to I don't think I'd (do it).
I'm going to do voluntary work. He told me that he was going to do voluntary work.
I wouldn't (do it).
We don't usually repeat the if clause
SAY AND TELL
in the answer.
• To introduce reported speech we can use say or tell:
• We can also make yes/no questions
say never has an object: He said (that) ... not /=le said me (that) . . . .
in the second conditional:
tell always has an object: He told me (that) . . . not /=le told (that) . . . .
A If someone asked you to hold a
TIPS• We don't have to use that in reported speech: He said (that) he wanted to snake, would you do it?
work abroad. B Yes, I would./No, I wouldn't./

• We often have to change pronouns and possessive adjectives in reported speech. I might.
"/ don't see my uncle very often."-. /an said that he didn't see his uncle very often.
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"/ don't see my nephew very often." -. Angela said that she didn't see her nephew First conditional or second
very often. conditional?

• We use the first conditional to talk
m Second conditional 128 p97 about possible situations (see

• We use the second conditional to talk about imaginary situations: iij;tl1ft!M!1;1j8•). We use the second
If I won a bungee jump in a competition, I'd do it. (I don't think this will ever conditional to talk about imaginary
happen to me.) situations. Compare these two
If someone asked me to hold a snake, I wouldn't do it. (I don't think anyone will sentences:
ask me to do this.) First conditional

• The second conditional talks about the present or the future. It often talks about If she studies hard, she'll pass the
the opposite of what is true or real: exam. (She's a good student and
I think she might pass the exam =
If I had enough money, I'd buy that jacket. (I haven't got enough money now.)
possible situation.)
If I had some free time, I'd go with you. (I don't have any free time at the moment.)
Second conditional
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
If she studied hard, she'd pass the
if clause main clause exam. (She's not a good student and
(if+ Past Simple) ('d, would or wouldn't+ infinitive) she never studies, so I don't think
If I won a bungee jump in a competition, I'd do it. she will pass the exam = imaginary
If someone asked me to hold a snake, I wouldn't do it. situation.)

TIPS• The if clause can be first or second in the sentence. We only use a comma when
the if clause is first: If I had enough time, I'd help you. I'd help you if I had enough time.
• We can say If I/he/she/it was ... or If I/he/she/it were .. . in the second conditional:
If I was/were younger, I'd come with you.
If she was/were rich, she'd travel around the world .

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