Some clues to help you

As I could imagine, it would be normal if you have some problems when dealing with 1st and 2nd conditional, and its use. 

It is not always easy to determine what we want to say and which structure we should use. For that reason, I am going to give you some typical examples of WRONG uses of conditionals. 

I wish it can help you! 


- If she gets the job, she'd have to move to France. 
If she got the job, she'd have to move to France. 

- They wouldn't sell their house, even if someone offers them a million euros.
They wouldn't sell their house, even if someone offered them a million euros. 

- If he doesn't like the job so much, he wouldn't work so hard, but he loves it. 
If he didn't like the job so much, he wouldn't work so hard, but he loves it. 

- If I could choose my job, I'll be a journalist. 
If I could choose my job, I would be a journalist. 

- We'd go to the cinema more often, if we'd have the time. 
We'd go to the cinema more often, if we had the time. 


As you can see there are a lot of mistakes you can commit. So, take care and pay attention to the combination of the tenses! 

Good luck! 

Hello again guys! 

I hope that you have enjoyed the video about America, and the class debate too. 

As I have seen that you have very good ideas about what you would change if you were living that period of time, I have decided to ask you to write around 3 sentences (using the 2nd conditional) about what you would do. 

These sentences, and also the previous sentences of the other post, should be done before the third session, because we will be working with them. So for the next class, we will need the 15 sentences using conditionals. Please, try to write them clearly and understandable, it would be easier for your mates!

See you the next day! 

Some exercises

Hello! 

As I mentioned in class, we have to practice Second Conditional, and this is the reason why we are here! 

I propose some interesting topics, very similar to what we were talking about during the lesson, to make you produce real English. 

The activity is the following: 

- Write at least three sentences about what you would do in the following situations, using first and second conditional: 

• You have already won the lottery.
• You are a famous actor or actress. 
• Dinosaurs are part of our society. 
• You have to move to the Jungle to explore it. 

Write your ideas in your notebook for the following day. 

 

Second Conditional

Good Afternoon guys! 

As I told you yesterday, we are going to study the SECOND CONDITIONAL. I am going to give you some explanations and examples about how to use it. 

We use the second conditional to talk about hypothetical and imaginary situations in the present or future and its consequence. For example:

- If I had more money, I'd buy a bigger house (hypothetical/ imaginary situation). 

- If I had your car, I'd drive slower. (I really do not have your car). 

The structure of the second conditional is the following:

If + past simple, would/wouldn't + infinitive.

Do you remember how do we use FIRST CONDITIONAL? Think about what do you remember for the following session. 

Let's start working! ;) 

Welcome guys! 

This is going to be our new forum!

Here you can interchange information with your classmates, some doubts will be resolved, you can post things related with the subject, etc. You will also have to answer some of my posts as part of our lessons. 

I will be posting to include grammar, new vocabulary and some interesting information. 

I hope you will enjoy it!