Unit 04: Science or fiction Date:……………………………

Sequence 01: Discovering Language

If Conditional Type : 2 & 3

 Consider the following examples then deduce the rules:

Conditional Type 2: To express something totally different from real situation now or in the
future (an imaginary situation in the present or future); (it’s also used to give advice).

 If Martians invaded our planet, they would use us as a source of food.

…………………………………....... ..........………………………………….

Rule : …… + ……………………………………… Would / could / might + ………………………………………

Conditional Type 3 : To imagine a different past (unreal past /something impossible in the past).

 If we had known better, things would have been different.

…………………………........... …………………………………...........

Rule : ……… + …………………………………….. ……………… + …………………… + ………………………............

1- If only: To express a desire in the present (something we would like to be different in the
present).

 If only I had flying saucer.

Rule : ............................ + ………………………….

2- If only: To wish that something had been different in the past (something that had or hadn’t
happened in the past)

 If only I had been an astronaut.

Rule : ……………… + ………………………….