Let’s talk about impossible things….

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

Today’s recipe: S.C. cake

Mix ‘If’ with the past.Add a little commaJoin the mix with a

sentence in conditional (would /’d/+ verb)

Now it’s ready to serve! Bon Appetite!

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)

If I had a million dollars, I would travel around the

world.

If she were taller, she wouldn’t wear high-heeled shoes.

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

If I were you, I would stay at home.

Give advice.‘If I were in your

shoes…’

Let’s sing along with the musical

bus!

ABBA – MONEY MONEY

In my dreams I have a planif I ____ me a wealthy man,I __________ have to work at all, I’d fool around and have a ball...Money, money, moneymust be funnyin the rich man's world.

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL – EL CÓNDOR PASA

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

BEYONCE

If I ______a boyEven just for a dayI______ roll outta bed in the morningAnd throw on what I wanted then go.

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.

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?

MADONNA- HOLIDAY

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

BARENAKED LADIES

If I ____ a million dollars.If I ____ a million dollars,well, I____ buy you a houseI_______ buy you a house.

And ___ I _____ a million dollarsIf I ____ a million dollars, I______ ____you furniture for your house. Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman.

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.

What would you…?

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.

Choose one alternative…If you could speak any other

language which language would you like to speak?

A)EnglishB)FrenchC)Mandarin ChineseD)PortugueseE) ItalianF) Another language.

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.

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 pun-ished.C) Fight with your friend later.

Choose an alternative…

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?

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

Now it’s your turn to answer by yourself…

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

Now it’s your turn to answer by yourself…

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.

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.

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.

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

Complete these ideas

I always talk to my best friend if…

If you have a terrible pain, …

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,

Complete these ideas

I’d teach Math to my brother if…

If I saw a thief stealing a wallet, I…

Second Conditional: Put the verb into the correct tense.

a) If he ______(be) younger, he __________ (travel) more.

b) We ___________(come) to dinner if we _____(have) time.

c) If we________(not/be) friends, I _________(be) angry with you.

d) Mary___________(not/ buy) a house if she__________(not/decide) to stay here.

Answers

a) If he were younger, he would travel more.

b) We would come to dinner if we had time.

c) If we weren’t / were not friends, I would be angry with you.

d) Mary would not buy a house if she didn’t decide to stay here.