Second conditional

2. 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)

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

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.

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.  Let’s say you were the employee of a com
pany and you knew your boss broke the la
w? What would you do?
A)Tell the police.
B)Nothing.
C)Blackmail your boss.
Choose an alternative…

21.  Your friend wrote something
on the wall and you got blam
ed for it. What would you do
?
A) Tell the teacher.
B) Say nothing and get punish
ed.
C) Fight with your friend later.
Choose an alternative…

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.  If you could meet any famous person,
dead or alive, who would it be? Why?
Now it’s your turn to answer by
yourself…

24.  If you could change any thing in the
world, what would it be?
Now it’s your turn to answer by
yourself…

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.

26. 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.

27. 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.