Jane imagines what she would do if she won the lottery. She would stop working, take time off to relax and find herself again. She would buy a new house and car, preferably a villa in Spain and a Mercedes. She would enroll her daughter in a good private school to give her the best education possible. However, Jane knows these are just dreams and she needs to focus on her current responsibilities of taking care of her daughter and paying bills. While it would be nice to not struggle financially, Jane is thankful for what she does have - a warm home, full cupboards, and her beautiful daughter, who is more important than any amount of money.

1. B1 Basic –Conditionals Type 1,2,3
JANE AND HER BABY ALICE
Complete the text below using the correct conditional forms of the words in italics.
Oh God, yes, I think about it all the time! If ……………… (1. win) the lottery, I ………………
(2. do) so many things, things I simply can’t do now. Life is hard at the moment. I have a young
daughter and it’s difficult bringing her up on my own, especially when I have to work full-time.
Money is tight. It would be so nice to win just a few thousand, let alone million!
I ……………… (3. stop) working for a start and ………… a few months ………… (4. take off),
just to relax and find myself again. My house is small and I need to take the bus everywhere, so if
I suddenly had lots of money, one of the first things I ……………… (5. do) is buy a new house
and car – preferably a villa in Spain, or anywhere else with nice weather, and a Mercedes for a
car! Also, I want my daughter to have the best education possible, so I ……………… (6. enrol)
her in a good private school.
But these are all dreams. I can’t spend too long thinking about such things, because I have to
concentrate on the here and now. If I ……………… (7. spend) too long dreaming about a distant
possibilty, there’s a chance that I ………………… (8. forget) my responsibilities – my daughter,
bills, food, rent, our health. My parents struggled like me. Therefore, I suppose that if
……………………… (9.be born) the daughter of a rich man, maybe I
……………………………… (10. have to) struggle as much as I have. But I’m not complaining –
struggle is good and makes me stronger. I have a beautiful daughter and I have a warm, clean
house and a full cupboard, which is more than a lot of other people have. Of course, it’s Alice I
live for. I wouldn’t change her or anything about her for the world. I love my daughter and if I
…………………………. (11.be given) a choice between millions of pounds or my daughter, I
…………………… (12. throw) the money back in the face of the person who offered it to me,
pick my baby up and give her a thousand kisses.
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Answer Key:
1. If I won the lottery… 2. I’d do so many…. 3.I’d stop working for… 4.…and take a few months off…
5. …things I would do is… 6.…so I’d enrol her… 7.If I spend (spent) too long… 8.…that I’ll (I’d) forget…
9. …if I had been born … 10. …maybe I wouldn’t have had to struggle…. 11. …if I was/were given … 12. …I would throw the money…