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Grammar

Second conditional

1 Circle the correct verbs. Then check with the dialogue on page 84.

1 If I were / would be you, I’d to buy / buy a laptop.
2 If I have / had a laptop, I’d watch / watched DVDs in bed!
3 If you’d had / you had a newer one, with wi-fi, you can / could listen to music on it.
These are second conditional sentences. They are used to talk about situations which are
not real and may not be possible.

Possible: If I see something interesting, I will take a photo.
Not real: If I saw a UFO, I would take a photo.

With the second conditional, we use the Past simple in the if part of the sentence. We use
would or could in the other part of the sentence. (We use could to talk about ability.)

We can use If I were you … to give advice to another person.

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

1 If you .......................... (go) to Madrid, you would learn a lot of Spanish.
2 If my sister .......................... (not have) any friends, I would be worried about her.
3 If my parents grounded me, I .......................... (be) really angry with them.
4 If she .......................... (not wear) glasses, she wouldn’t be able to see.
5 If Joe was cheeky in class, the teacher .......................... (give) him a detention.
6 If my parents .......................... (win) the lottery, they would buy a big house.
7 If I .......................... (have) a car, I’d take my friends to the beach.
8 If we sang really well, we .......................... (go) on X Factor.

3 Write advice using the words in the box.

wear ask make study get not stay

1 If I were you, I .......................... cooler clothes.

2 If I were you, I .......................... some new glasses.

3 If I were you, I .......................... new friends.

4 If I were you, I .......................... harder for the test.

5 If I were you, I .......................... the teacher for some help.

6 If I were you, I .......................... out too late.

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