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- Ability 7A , p55 • Compare these sentences:
A If I have enough money, I'll buy a new laptop.
• These phrases talk about things you can or could do:
This is a real possibility (the person might buy a new
be quite/very/really good at (doing sth): She's very good at
laptop).
encouraging people.
B If I had enough money, I'd buy a new laptop.
be able to (do sth): I was able to give a good performance.
This is an imaginary situation (the person can't buy a
know how (to do sth): He knows how to do some really
new laptop).
amazing tricks.
find sth quite/very/really easy (to do): I found some of the
TIPS• The if clause can be first or second in the sentence:
tricks quite easy to learn.
We'd lose a lot of customers if our website crashed.
manage to (do sth): I managed to do all the tricks without
If our website crashed, we'd lose a lot of customers.
messing them up.
• We can say If I/he/she/it was ... or If I/he/she/it were ... in
• These phrases talk about things you can't or couldn't do:
the second conditional: If I was/were rich, I'd buy a big house.
not have a clue how (to do sth): I didn't have a clue how to
sing opera. • We can use might + infinitive in the main clause of the
find sth impossible (to do): I found it impossible to breathe second conditional to mean 'would perhaps': If they turned off
and sing at the same time. their computers, they might make some new friends.
be useless at (doing sth): I was useless at learning languages
• We can use could + infinitive in the main clause of the
at school.
second conditional to mean 'would be able to': If we didn't
have no idea how (to do sth): I had no idea how to do any
have online meetings, I could travel a bit more.
magic tricks.
be no good at (doing sth): I'm no good at doing card tricks. QUESTIONS
not be able to (do sth): I was disappointed that I wasn't able • We often make questions in the second conditional with
to win. What would you do if . . . ?: What would you do if you lost
TIPS • We use manage to do sth to talk about something you do your laptop?
successfully, but is difficult. • We can also make yes/no questions in the second

• We can also say be brilliant!great!excellent!not bad at doing conditional: If someone asked you to lend them your
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sth and be hopeless/bad/terrible/awful/rubbish at doing sth. computer, would you do it?
• We can also say find something difficult/hard to do. • The short answers to these yes/no questions are: Yes,
I would./No, I wouldn't. We can also say (Yes,) I might.
+ infinitive + infinitive with to + verb+ing
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(not) be able to not have a clue how be quite/very/
can find something impossible/ really good at
could quite easy be useless at - Indirect and direct questions 70 p60
have no idea how be no good at • In more formal situations we often use indirect questions
know how manage
because they sound more polite: Could you tell me what time
TIP• We can also use a noun or a pronoun after be good at, be it starts? sounds more polite than What time does it start?
useless at, etc.: Tim's hopeless at tennis, but Ian's brilliant at it.
indirect question question word main clause
phrase or if/whether (positive verb form)
B Second conditional 78 p56 • •
Could you tell me what time it starts?
• We use the second conditional to talk about imaginary Have you any idea if he's been invited?
situations: If I lost my laptop, I'd probably lose my job! (I don't
Can you tell me when they're arriving?
think this will ever happen to me.)
• • we've booked them a
• The second conditional talks about the present or future. Do you know whether
hotel ro·om?
• We often use the second conditional to talk about the opposite
• We use if or whether in indirect questions when there isn't
of what is true or real: If we didn't have WiFi, this place would
a question word. If and whether are the same: Have you any
be empty. (But we have WiFi, so this is an imaginary situation.)
idea if/whether we asked him to come?
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
• We don't use if or whether with Do you think ... ?: Do you
if clause main clause think we should email everyone again? not Do }'OU think if/
(if+ Past Simple) ('d, would or wouldn't+ infinitive) whether Vi>'O should email m'ery'One again?
If I lost my laptop, I'd probably lose my job! • In indirect questions, the main verb is in the positive form.
If the internet didn't exist, I wouldn't have a business. We say: Can you tell me when they're arriving? not Can }'OU
tell me when are they arri,Ang?
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