Unitit 9 Focus on Grammar

THE SECONDCONDITIONALthe unreal conditional Instructor: Mrs.. Lien Huong Vũ Thị Kim Trúc Proficiency: Pre-Intermediate... If you had wings, you could fly in the sky.a wing a wing... • Us

THE SECONDCONDITIONAL

(the unreal conditional)

Instructor: Mrs Lien Huong

Vũ Thị Kim Trúc

Proficiency: Pre-Intermediate

If you had wings, you could fly in the sky.

a wing

a wing

• Uses:to express things or actions that are

unreal ( not true or not possible) in the

present or in the future

• Ex:

1 She wouldn’t be fat if she didn’t eat a lot of

sugar.

2 If we had a map, we could easily find their

house.

3 If I won the lottery, I might give all the money

to charity.

4 If you were a flower, what would you be?

• If you had wings , you could fly in the sky.

Form:

• If S + V(2/-ed) , S + could/would/might+ V( bare-inf)

• Or S + could/would/ might + V (bare-inf) if S + V(2/-ed)

If- Clause Main Clause

• I would buy a new car if I had a lot of money.

If Peter had a garden, he could grow roses.

Peter

Note: If + I/he/she/it/they/we + WERE, S +

could/would/might + V ( bare-inf)

Ex: “If they were to enter our market, we'd have big

problems

a Peter/be/ a better architect / I/study/ to be a fashion designer

b I / be/the store owner / I /hire/him to design my new house

=> a If Peter were a better architect, I would study to be a fashion designer

=> b I might hire him to design my new house if I were the store owner

Exercise 3:

1 didn’t go

2 would feel

3 would take

4 refused

5 wouldn’t get

6 closed down

7 pressed

8 would be

9 did not come

10 borrowed

11 walked

12 would understand