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fiil.4t:6  Read and listen  to the conversation.  Are there  I wish, lf only, I'd rather
          ever arguments about clothes  in your family?             1 We use lwish  ... or lf only... with the past simpte to
                                                                      say that we reatly want a situation  to be different:
                                                                      I wish it was Soturdoy. lf only I had more money.
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                                                                    2 We use I wish ... or lf only ... with would + base form to
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                                                                      say that we reatly want somebody's  (or  something's)
            I                                                         behaviour to be different:
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          ./ffi                                                       I wish he wouldn't speak so loudly. I wish it would  snow.
         [ff,                                                         We use I'd rather  with a base form to express  a
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           I                                                          We use I'd rather  with the past  simpte to say that  we
                                                                      'Do you want  a cup of tea?' 'l'd rother have a coffee.'
           i                                                          I'd rother you didn't phone me after  10 p.m.
                                                                      really want somebody's  (or something's)  behaviour to
                                                                      be different:

          Mum I wish you'd  throw.those  otd  jeans  out. They're
                 so scruffy.                                      Complete the sentences  with / wish (or lf only)  and I'd rather.
          Sam  I tike them.  lf I had more money, l'd buy some     1 I don't tike tiving in the city.   live in the country,
                  new ones. But I don't.                           2 I hate wet weather.     it woutd stop raining.
          Mum lf you didn't buy so many computer games,:          3 l'tt give you a lift to town  if you want,  but _   you
                 you woutd  have more money.
                                                                     tookthe bus.
          lam     lf only I could leave schoot and get a job.     4 I hate camping.        stay in a hotetthan  in a tent.
          Mum Don't be sitty. Anyway,  l'd ratheryou didn't wear   5          my sister wouldn't  l<eep following  me around.
                 those  ieans  this evening. We're  going to a very  6 I can't afford those trainers.   they were less
                  nice restaurant.
                                                                     expensive!
          Sam     I'd rather stay in and watch TV.
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          Mum     No. lt's your dad's birthday.  We're  alI going out  How many sentences can you make  using this chart?
                 togeth er.
                                                                                       I had a betterjob.
                                                                   lwish               she didn't  have to work.
          Read and complete lhe Learn  this! box, How many         lf onty             get up later.
          examples of the second conditional are in the dialogue?  I'd rather         we took more  hotidays.
                                                                   lf she worked harder,  she'd do better in her exams.
           Second  conditional                                     She'd be less tired if  our teachers  woutdn't  give us so
                                                                                       much  homework.
           We use the second conditionaI  to talk about an
           imaginary situation  or event and its result.          ffi      Workin  pairs.
           We use the  1-     simple for the situation or event
           and  )-      + base form for the resutt.                Student A: Make comments using / wish  ... and the ideas
                                                                   betow  or your own ideas.
                                                                   Student  B: Askwhy.
       ,$ Complete  the sentences  with your own ideas.            Student A: Say how life would  be different.
          1 lf I didn't have to go to schoot, ...                  Swap  roles  hatfway  through the exercise.
          2 I'd leave home  if .,.                                 1 I /  tive /  in the mountains  4 it I be /  my birthday
          3 lf I coutd Iive anywhere  in the wortd,  ...           2 I I  have  / eight brothers  5 I /  can /  draw really we[[
          4 lf I coutd  drive, ...                                   and sisters            6llown/aprivatejet
          5 lf I had €3,000 for a holiday,  ...                    3 l/have/anew             7l  not have to /  go to
          6 lf I found €100 in the street ...
                                                                     smartphon  e              school on Friday
          7 l'd never te[[ anyone if ...
          8 If I fetl out with my best friend,  ...
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          Read the Learn  this! box. Underline an example of each
          expression  in the diatogue  in exercise  1.
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                                                                                             Unit 7  ii  Real relationships
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