1. LEVEL 5
SECOND CONDITIONAL

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3. What would you do if you were a member of the opposite gender?
What would you be like?
Would you be respectful to the other gender?
Would you expect to be treated differently?

7. Let’s talk about impossible things….

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

9. Today’s recipe: S.C. cake
Mix ‘If’ with the past.
Add a little comma
Join the mix with a sentence in conditional (would /’d/+ verb)
Now it’s ready to serve! Bon Appetite! 

10. 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)

11. If I had a million dollars, I would travel around the world.

12. Note: Verb ‘to be’ in S.C. is WERE in every person.
If she were taller,
she wouldn’t wear
high-heeled shoes.
Note: Verb ‘to be’ in S.C. is WERE in every person.

13. ‘If I were in your shoes…’
If I were you, I would stay at home.
Give advice.
‘If I were in your shoes…’

14. 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.

15. What would you do…?

16. 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.

17. Choose one alternative…
If you could speak any other language which language would you like to speak?
A)English
B)French
C)Mandarin Chinese
D)Portuguese
E) Italian
F) Another language.

18. Choose an alternative…
Let’s say you were the employee of a company and you k new your boss broke the law? What would you do?
A)Tell the police.
B)Nothing.
C)Blackmail your boss.

19. Choose an alternative…
Your friend wrote something on the wall and you go t blamed for it. What would you do?
A) Tell the teacher.
B) Say nothing and get punished.
C) Fight with your friend later.

20. 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?

21. Now it’s your turn to answer by yourself…
If you could meet any famous person, dead or alive, who would it be? Why?

22. Now it’s your turn to answer by yourself…
If you could change any thing in the world, what would it be?

23. Second Conditional: Put the verb into the correct tense.
If he ______(be) younger, he __________ (travel) more.
We ___________(come) to dinner if we _____(have) time.
If we________(not/be) friends, I _________(be) angry with you.
Mary___________(not/ buy) a house if she__________(not/decide) to stay here.

24. Answers If he were younger, he would travel more.
We would come to dinner if we had time.
If we weren’t / were not friends, I would be angry with you.
Mary would not buy a house if she didn’t decide to stay here.

25. What would you do….
If you were friends with the president.
If you could have any animal as a pet.
If you could have any job.
If you could change something about your self.

26. What would you do….
If you were a famous celebrity.
If you could be a character from any film.
If you were alone on a tropical island.
If you could learn a new skill.

27. What would you do….
If you were a famous celebrity.
If you could be a character from any film.
If you were alone on a tropical island.
If you could learn a new skill.

28. You could get rich very quickly if _________
Monterrey would be much better if ______________
You would give all of your money to charity if ________

29. Your next holiday would be perfect if _______
You would be very angry if ________
You would be very happy if _____________

30. If someone's underwear was showing, would you tell them?
If you could ask God any one question, what would it be?
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be?
If you could choose how you were going to die, what would you choose your death to be?
If you could choose to live on a different planet, which one would you choose?
If you could date a celebrity, who would you choose?
If you could have only one food for the rest of your life (assuming that this strange situation would not affect your health), which food would you choose?
If you were given three wishes, what would you wish for?

31. If you could live anywhere, where would you live?
If you could meet any famous person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
If you could go back to any moment in history, where would you go?
 If you didn't have enough money to get the bus home what would you do?
If you got arrested for murder, whom would you call with your telephone call from prison? And why?
If you could have any car you wanted, which car would you choose? Would it be practical or flashy?
If you could solve the problem of hunger in the third world or repair the ozone, which would you do?
If you had to choose, would you give up your sight or your hearing?

32. If you were abducted by aliens, would you tell anybody? Why or why not?
If you were God, how would you transmit or let people know your message?
What if you have to sacrifice yourself for the sake of saving your mother? What would you do?
If you could live perfectly well without sleeping, if you had no need to sleep at all, how would you spend all your nights?
If you lost your bathing suit while you were swimming, what would you do?
If you were an English teacher, what would you do to improve your students' English?
If you were the leader of your country, what would you change?
What if your cell phone fell in the toilet, what would you do?
If one song were to describe your life, what song would it be?
If you could be a super hero, which super hero would you be?
If you could be another man or woman for a day, who would you choose?
If electricity weren't invented yet, how would your life be different?
If you were a hotdog and you were starving, would you eat yourself?
If you could know every language in the world, but you would never be able to use your native language again, would you?

33. If you could have a party and invite anyone (dead or alive), which people would you invite?
If electricity weren't invented yet, how would your life be different?
If you were given a choice to live as long as you want, how long would you like to live?
If you could relive any moment in your life which moment would it be and why?
If you had to lose an arm or a leg, which would you choose. Why?
If you were a hotdog and you were starving, would you eat yourself?
If you could be famous, but poor forever would you do it?
If you could be a character from a movie, who would you be and why ?
If you could only see three people for the rest of your life who would it be?
If you were a color, what color would you be and why?
If you were a fruit, what fruit would you be and why?
If you had a time machine and you could be transported to any time, the past or the future. What time would you choose?
If you had to spend 100 days on a desert island, what five things would you take with you and why?

36. Complete these sentences with the help of a partner.