1 and 2 Conditionals

You might also like

You are on page 1of 1
37° ittao. A Compare thew examples «and Itt (1) Sue has lost her watch. She thinks it may beat Ann's house ‘Su: [think Het my watch a your house. Have you se? as 186 DUET Rave a Took When 1 et Nome. 1 fg eli you In this example, Ann fels there areal possibilty that she wil find the watch. So she says (2) Ann cays TF fund a walle in he eer, Ve take tthe patie. “This is different ype of sination. Here, Ann is nor thinking about 2 real possibly: she is imagining the situation and doesnt expec to find a walle inthe street. So she says: I found... Pd (= I would). (not fnd. TL.) ‘© ‘What would you do if you won a million pounds? (ove don’ elly expect this to happen) ‘dont relly want to goto thi party, but probably mite B —Wedo not normally use would inthe ifpare ofthe sentence: very inghened if somebody porated. But iis posible w say “i, woul” when you ask somebody wo do someting: '# (frome formal leer) would be grotell if you would send me your brochure as ro0n at ewcle ‘© ‘Shall Lelose the door?” “Yes, please. i you would” G Inthe other part of the sentence (not the par) we use would (')/ woulda ‘Ifyou rook more exercise, you'd (= you would) probably fel heater. 2 Would jou sia fused your plow? 12 Tmt ied enough to goto he yet Woulde'®cleep (FL wene to bed now). (Could and micht are also possible 1 Ifyou took more exercise, you might feel healthier. (= is posible that you would fel healthier} # it stopped raining, we could go out. ‘we would be able t0 go out) {© What would you do if you were biten by a snake? (not when you were bite’) Forif and when sec aleo Unit 23C. 74 Witeew + COED tnasinown EOE wouts - ESE 1 1a mA EXERCISES Pat the verb int the correc form 1 They would be rather offended if Ato 2 Weyoutonk mene eversie, yrs mould fal hatter (el) 3 IFT was cffeed the jo. Tthink | 44 Tm sure Amy will lend you the money. a ve very surprised if she 5 Its0ld my ca 6 Alor of people would be ovr of work if ee fstory (refuse) 7 What would happen if? 8 Liz gave me this ing. She (not! come) 10 Would Tim mind ft 11 scubaay You ask a fiend questions. Use What would you do 1 (Maybe one day your fiend will win alot of money.) What mould you doit you won lor et mona 2. (Your sony ea ls never been sole but peshaps ome day it wil be) 4 Amar the questva the vy Wh (orhape oe doy (There has never been a fire in the usding 1: Na. aeive/100 early) Hime caught the 10.50 tenn ed are tn ea. 1 Is Ken going ro take the amination? No. (fai) Whe 1x: Why don't we aay ata hotel? & No. oot tov nual nnatey) 1 2 Illy going to apply forthe ob? 1 No. (not/ get it) IE . 2 Lee's tell them the uth 1: No, (not! believe us) if 28 Why don’t we mite ill to the party? Use your ou ideas to complete these sentences. 1 2 4 5 6 Ifyou took more exercise, 0 eel beter, Pd teel very angry it is didnt go 0 work tomorrow, ‘Would you goto the party if you bought some new dltbes, Would vou mind if - tose them. (nets) much money fori. pout) hae red button’ (pee) ‘ery per Tor Che) 9. Mark and Carol ar expecting us. They would be disappointed if we bis bicycle without asking hime (borrow) ice with pay Tbe vet Highuc.(walk) you explained the situation 0 her. (endetand) vo cl wl ace Wer spas} 37 18

You might also like