Let's talk about impossible things

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When we want to express impossible
or unlikely situations, we use
SECOND CONDITIONAL.

3. Today’s recipe: S.C. cake

Mix ‘If’ with the past.
Add a little comma
Join the mix with a
sentence in conditional
(would /’d/+ verb)
Now it’s ready to
serve! Bon Appetite!

4. What’s the difference between…

Second Conditional (S.C)
If I had enough money, I
would buy an expensive car.
(It’s just a dream, not very
real. )
First Conditional (F.C)
If I have enough money, I
will buy some shoes.
(It’s much more possible
than the last situation)

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Note:Verb ‘to be’ in S.C. is WERE in
every person.

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9. ABBA – MONEY MONEY

In my dreams I have a plan if I ____ me a
wealthy man, I __________ have to work
at all, I’d fool around and have a
ball... Money, money, money must be
funny in the rich man's world.

10. SIMON AND GARFUNKEL – EL CÓNDOR PASA

I_______ rather be a
sparrow than a snail. Yes
I _______
If I _______, I
surely_______.

11. BEYONCE

If I ______a boy
Even just for a day
I______ roll outta bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted then go.

12. THE BEACH BOYS

__________it be nice if we _____older
then we ________ _____to wait so long.
And ________it be nice to live together
in the kind of world where we belong.

13. JOAN OSBOURNE- ONE OF US

____ God _____a name, what _______it be?
And ________you call it to his face,
If you ______faced with Him in all His glory?
What _______you ask if you had just one
question?

14. MADONNA- HOLIDAY

___ we ______ a holiday. _____ some
time to celebrate. Just one day out of life
It _______ ___, it _______ ___ so
nice.

15. BARENAKED LADIES

If I ____ a million dollars. If I
____ a million dollars,
well, I____ buy you a
house I_______ buy you a
house.
And ___ I _____ a million
dollars
If I ____ a million dollars,
I______ ____you furniture
for your house.
Maybe a nice chesterfield or
an ottoman.

16. THE BEATLES – WITH THE LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

What ________ you think
if I ______out of tune,
_______you
_________and walk out
on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll
sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out
of key.
Oh I get by with a little
help from my friends.

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18. Choose an alternative…

If a classmate asked you for the
answer to a question during an
exam while the teacher wasn’t
looking, what would you do?
A)You would give him/her the
answer.
B) You would tell him/her a wrong
answer to give that person a
lesson.
C) You wouldn’t answer. It is not
correct to give an answer during a
test.

19. Choose one alternative…

If you could speak any other language
which language would you like to speak?
A)English
B)French
C)Mandarin Chinese
D)Portuguese
E) Italian
F) Another language.

20. Choose an alternative…

Let’s say you were the employee of a company
and you knew your boss broke the law? What
would you do?
A)Tell the police.
B)Nothing.
C)Blackmail your boss.

21. Choose an alternative…

Your friend wrote something on
the wall and you got blamed for
it. What would you do?
A) Tell the teacher.
B) Say nothing and get punished.
C) Fight with your friend later.

22. Now it’s your turn to answer by yourself…

If you could only listen to one song for the
rest of your life, which song would it be?

23. Now it’s your turn to answer by yourself…

If you could meet any famous person,
dead or alive, who would it be? Why?

24. Now it’s your turn to answer by yourself…

If you could change any thing in the world,
what would it be?

25. Exercise 3: Underline the correct conditional

1. If I would play/played the lottery, I would
have/had a chance to hit the jackpot.
2. If I would hit/hit the jackpot, I would
be/were rich.
3. If I would be/were rich, my life would
change/changed completely.
4. I would buy/bought a lonely island, if I would
find/found a nice one.

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5. If I would own/owned a lonely island, I
would build/built a huge house by the beach.
6. I would invite/invited all my friends if I
would have/had a house by the beach.
7. I would pick/picked my friends up in my
yatch if they would want/wanted to spend
their holidays on my island.

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8. We would have/had great parties if my friends
would come/came to my island.
9. If we would like/liked to go shopping in a big
city, we would charter/chartered a helicopter.
10. But if my friends’ holidays would be/were over,
I would feel/felt very lonely on my lonely island.

28. Match the sentences in the first column with those ones in second column.

29. Complete these ideas

I always talk to my best friend if…
If you have a terrible pain, …

30. My mom always says…

If you eat too much candy,
You will have bad dreams
If you don’t finish your dinner,
I will pay you ten dollars
If you practice the piano every
day,

31. Complete these ideas

I’d teach Math to my brother if…
If I saw a thief stealing a wallet, I…

32. Second Conditional: Put the verb into the correct tense.

a)
If he ______(be) younger, he __________ (travel) more.
a)
We ___________(come) to dinner if we _____(have) time.
b)
If we________(not/be) friends, I _________(be) angry with
you.
a)
Mary___________(not/ buy) a house if
she__________(not/decide) to stay here.

33. Answers

a)
If he were younger, he would travel more.
a)
We would come to dinner if we had time.
b)
If we weren’t / were not friends, I would be
angry with you.
a)
Mary would not buy a house if she didn’t decide
to stay here.