Lesson 3: If you could choose any job

Second Conditional

نستخدم هذا النوع من الجمل الشرطية للتحدث عن عدم احتمالية أو استحالة حصول شيء بالمستقبل.

.If I had enough money, I would buy a car

.If Jack were you, he could quit his job

.If she had money, she would study in the USA

.I wouldn’t leave the country if I were you

B. Write sentences in the second conditional using the verbs in brackets.

1. 1. If I had (have) lots of money, I would buy (buy) a racehorse.
2. 2. I wouldn’t have (not have) to spend so long on my homework if I had (have) a computer of my own.
3. 3. Where would you choose (you choose) to live if you could live (can) anywhere in the world?
4. 4. I would learn (learn) to parachute if my friend said (say) she would do it with me.
5. 5. If I were you (be) you, I wouldn’t ask (not ask) his advice about anything.
6. 6. She would look (look) much nicer if she wore (wear) contact lenses instead of glasses.
7. 7. He would be (be) more attractive if he shaved (shave) his beard off.
8. 8. I wouldn’t marry (not marry) him even if he was/were (be) the last man on earth!

C. Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

1. If I had my own car, I wouldn’t need a driver.
2. If my father won a million pounds, If my father won a million pounds, we would be very rich.
3. If I had one wish, If I had one wish, I would want to fly.
4. if I had three wishes, I would wish for money, happiness and long life.

Put the verb into the correct form.

1. If I (have) lots of money, I would buy a race horse.
If I had lots of money, I would buy a race horse.

2. If I (play) tennis, I would join the tennis club.
If I played tennis, I would join the tennis club.

3. What would you buy first if you ….. (win) a million pounds.
What would you buy first if you won a million pounds?

4. He (be) more attractive if he shaved his beard off.
He would be more attractive if he shaved his beard off.

5. If I won a million pounds, ………………
If I won a million pounds, I would donate most of it to poor people.

6. If I were you, I (study) hard. (2016 ي
If I were you, I would study hard.

7. If I were a king, ……………
If I were a king, I would be rich.

8. If I played tennis, I (join) the tennis club.
If I played tennis, I would join the tennis club.

9. She would look much nicer if she (wear) contact lenses instead of glasses.
She would look much nicer if she wore contact lenses instead of glasses.

10. What would you like to change if you (can) change one thing about your appearance?
What would you like to change if you could change one thing about your appearance?

11. If I (have) my own car, I’d take my friends on picnics every weekend.
If I had my own car, I’d take my friends on picnics every weekend.

12. I would learn to parachute if my friend (say) she would do it with me.
I would learn to parachute if my friend said she should do it with me.

13. If you (find) a snake in your bed, what would you do?
If you found a snake in your bed, what would you do?

14. I (not/marry) him even if he was the last man on earth!
I wouldn’t marry him even if he was the last man on earth!