Ac.

2 Unit 11
UNREAL CONDITIONALS = AN IMAGINARY
situation. Use = if, unless, only if, even if + Simple past

I, He, She, It, We, You, They, with “be” = WERE

WOULD = possibility probability intention a plan

COULD = ability possibility prediction politeness
If I were a superhero, a-I could fly, or b-I would fly.

UNLESS: (Adv. Clause) If not; Except on the condition

that; Under any other circumstances; but that; could
change the speaker decisions (Negative idea)
S + MODAL + BFV + © UNLES + S + V-past + ©
Independent Dependent
I wouldn´t give back the money unless there WERE an
ID. in the wallet.
Unless there were an ID in the wallet , I wouldn´t give (it
= the wallet) back.
UNREAL COMDITIONAL: IF 2nd Cond. + Simple Past
S Modal BFV C IF S V=Past C
I wouldn´t return the watch if I found one.
If I found a watch , I wouldn´t return it unless it had a
name on it.
Unless it had a name , I wouldn´t return the watch if I
found it/one.
ONLY IF: (Adv. Clause) In the condition that; it has a
result.; an exclusive/strict condition; a condition.
needed to be met for the main clause to be true.
If you saw your best friend´s girl with another, what
would you do?
Only if I knew for sure, I would tell my friend.
I´d tell my friend only if I knew for sure.
EVEN IF: (Adv. Clause) Followed by an unexpected
result; emphasizes that a situation won´t change.
If you see someone mistreating a stray dog, what would
you do?
Even if the person were its owner, I would still stop
him/her from mistreating the animal.
I´d still stop him/her from mistreating the animal even
if the person were its owner.
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Answer each question using UNLESS, ONLY IF or Even
if in your answer. Begin your answer with “if”
1-What superpower would you have if you were a
superhero or heroine? ( only if)
-If I were a super heroine, I would be able to fly only if I
were from the planet Krypton.
2-If you could be a supervillain or villainess, who
would you be? (unless)
-If I could be a supervillain, I´d be Lex Luther unless I
were a superhero.
3-What would you do if your boy/girlfriend kissed
another guy/girl? (only if)
-If my boyfriend kissed another girl, I´d break up with
him only if he had romantic feelings for her.
4-If you found a new cell phone, what would you do
with it? (even if)
- If I found a new cell phone, I´d give it to the police even
if I wanted to keep it.
5-What if you could have any job you wanted, what
would it be? (unless)
-If I could have any job I wanted, I´d work as an Engineer
unless I were a professional athlete.
 6-What would you do if you won a million dollars?
(only if)
-If I won million dollars, I´d be able to buy anything I
wanted only if I weren´t a minor.
7-What would you do if you were President?
(even if)
-If I were President, I´d recover all the stolen money even
if they wanted to kill me.
8-What would you do if you had superpowers?
(unless)
-If I had superpowers, I´d be invisible unless I saw my
boyfriend .
9-What would you do if you were on a desert Island?
(only If)
-If I were on a desert island, I´d look for help only if I
could.
10- What would you do if you saw a car accident?
(even if)
-If I saw a car accident, I´d call emergency quickly even if
I didn´t see injured people.
 11- What would you do if you saw a ghost?
(unless)
-If I saw a ghost, I´d talk to it unless it tried to kill me.
12- If a stranger asked you for money, what would
you do? (only if)
-If a stranger asked me for money, I´d give it to him/her
only if it were for food
13- What would you do if you found one million
dollars? (even if)
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14- What would you do if you saw your girl/
boyfriend with another girl or guy? (unless)
-If I saw my girlfriend with another, I´d end the
relationship unless she gave me a good explanation.
15- What would you do if your friend damaged your
cell phone? (if only)
-
16- What would you do if you found a puppy on the
street? ( even if)
-
17- What would you do if your pet were hit by a car?
(unless)
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18- If you were invited to a party during this

quarantine, would you go? (only if)
-If I were invited to party during this quarantine, I´d
go only if it were on zoom.
19- Would you return something you found if it had
a name on it? (even if)
-

20- If something you found had a name, would you

return it? (unless)
-

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If you found out that your fiancé were cheating on you,
what would you do?
Unless it were life or death, I´d not marry him.
Only if he were the very rich, would I forgive him-.
Even if she were rich, I wouldn´t marry her.
*I´d like to invest…….if I were rich.
*I´d invest if I were president.
*I´d make investments in education if
NO “the” when generalizing only to specify:
Investing in the education of primary school. What?
, and
,but/yet
She had to fix it, or buy me another one.
She asked and answered herself.
* If I found a million $ , I´d like to travel
, I´d travel to Italy
,I´d take a trip
Make
Only if she did it by mistake, will I help her.
made a mistake, made a decision, make a phone call
DO WORK
do homework, do the cleaning, do the dishes, etc.