Intermediate Two, Unit 5: Dreams and Ambitions

Discussing possibilities

Learning Objective

To talk about possibilities using the Second

Conditional.
 Focus on the words in orange.

A: I don't really like lentils much.

B: What would you like to eat then?
A: If I had money, I would go to Central restaurant.
Let’s start

B: Oh, I would go to Rosa Náutica if I had money.

A: Yeah, that would be so nice.

Do they have money to go to Central restaurant or

Rosa Náutica? How do you know?
 Complete using the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

Present Unreal Conditional – 2nd Conditional

had (have) time, we ___
1. If we ___ would
___visit
(visit) you. We use the Second Conditional to talk about events
would
2. They ___ buy(buy) the game if they ___
___ traveled
(travel) to that are unlikely or hypothetical.
Let’s Speak: Activity 1

the US. Be
3. If she ___ have
didn't___ (have) homework, she ___ would___
go (go) to If + S + be + C , S + would(n't) + V + C.
the party. If I were tall, I would play basketball.
4. They would
____ ___ cooked
be (be) happy if I ___ (cook) lasagna. If I weren't tall, I wouldn’t play basketball.
5. If westudied
___ (study) more, we ____ would ___
pass (pass) the Other Verbs
course. If + S + S. Past + V + C , S + would(n't) + V + C.
If I had money, I would go there.
6. She ____ ___ play
wouldn't was (be)
(not play) volleyball if she ___ If I didn't have money, I wouldn't go there.
short.
 Complete the ideas. Use the Second Conditional.
1. If you studied more, you would…
2. I would be upset if….
Let’s Speak: Activity 1
3. If she were here, ...
4. They would play more if...
5. If we were younger, ...
Present Unreal Conditional – 2nd Conditional
We use the Second Conditional to talk about events
that are unlikely or hypothetical.
Be
If + S + be + C , S + would(n't) + V + C.
If I were tall, I would play basketball.
If I weren't tall, I wouldn’t play basketball.
Other Verbs
If + S + S. Past + V + C , S + would(n't) + V + C.
If I had money, I would go there.
If I didn't have money, I wouldn't go there.
Feedback
Let’s Speak: Activity 1
 Create questions using the answer.
Object Relative Clauses
I would play games if I didn’t have a job.
A: Would... ? A: Would you play games if you didn't have a job?
a B: Yes, she would sleep all night if she had time. B: Yes, I would play games if I didn’t have a job.
No, I wouldn't play games if I didn’t have a job.
Let’s Speak: Activity 2

A: Would... ? She would drive if she had car.

b B: No, I wouldn’t eat pizza if we went there. A: What would she do if she had a car?
B: She would drive.
A: What... ?
d B: He would go to the doctor if he had money.

A: What... ?
c B: They would pass the course if they studied.
 Create a short story using the Second Conditional.
Person A: start with a sentence using the
Let’s Speak: Activity 2
Second Conditional. Then, Person B will take
the last part of your idea and start another
idea, which you will continue.
Person B: listen to Person A and take the last
idea he/she says and make a sentence with
it using the Second Conditional.
Example
A: If I had money, I would buy a big house.
B: If I bought a big house, a person would rob it.
A: If a person robbed it, I would kill that person.
B: If I killed that person, the police would send me to prison.
A: If the police sent me to prison, I would escape.
B: …
A: ...
Feedback
Let’s Speak: Activity 2
 Select what is true for you.
1. Now I can talk about the present and future using the Second
Conditional.
a. I can do it.
b. I am in progress.
Let’s think!

c. I need more practice.

2. Now I can ask questions using the Second Conditional.

a. I can do it.
b. I am in progress.
c. I need more practice.