Talk about dream jobs

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Talk about dream jobs

Discuss careers and hypothetical work situations
using the second conditional.

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● How important is your career to you?

● What else is important to you in life?

● Do you want to run your own company or

do you prefer working for someone else?

● Do you think going to university gives you

better career chances?

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Quiz

1. If I changed jobs tomorrow, I 2. If I got a new manager and we

would: didn’t get along, I would:

a. stick to the same job€ a. ask to join another team

b. change to an artistic job b. ask to speak with them
c. change to a job with numbers c. leave the company
d. other d. other

4. If I experienced discrimination
3. If I won the lottery, I would: at work, I would:

a. keep quiet – I don’t want

a. continue working to lose my job
b. switch to volunteering b. speak to the person
c. work part-time discriminating against me
d. other c. speak to my manager
d. other

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The second conditional

We use the second conditional when talking about impossible or very unlikely situations.
To form it, we take If + past simple [+ comma] + would + infinitive:

If I spoke French, I would work in Paris.

If I was *was/were you, I would volunteer for Extinction Rebellion.

The If part of the sentence can also be in the second part:

I would work in Paris if I spoke French.

I would volunteer for Extinction Rebellion if I *was/were you.

If we change would to could or would be able to then the result is possible:

If I spoke French, I could / would be able to work in Paris.

*Both was and were are grammatically correct. However, were is more commonly used.

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Choose the correct option

Valerie: What would / did you do if your company closed / would close?

Tashi: Good question! My work is my life so if that happened I would be / was

quite stressed.

Valerie: Mmm, I can see that would be / was a problem. My job isn’t my life, but I ‘ll / ‘d
still be stressed about money.

Tashi: If they gave / would give me some redundancy pay I ‘ll / ‘d feel better as I
could take some time to make plans.

Valerie: That’s / would be great!

Tashi: What did / would you do if your company offered / would offer you
a job in Spain?

Valerie: Hmm. It would be difficult now that I have a family but If they offered /
would offer me a promotion and pay raise, I ‘d / ‘ll probably go!

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Read the texts and practise

WaterAid Age UK Mind

WaterAid works to help
people in 28 developing
countries have access to
clean water, toilets and good
hygiene. We also work with
governments to change laws
and make lasting changes.
With families living further
apart from each other these
days, older people can find
themselves without family or
friends in their
neighbourhood to talk to and
support them.
Every year, one in four of us
will experience a mental
health problem. We believe
no one should have to face
the problem alone. We’re
there to listen and give
advice.

Why not join us at Join our befriending service We’re looking for volunteers
Glastonbury festival as a to help stop older people in our shops to support our
volunteer next year? feeling lonely. work.

Which charity would you like to volunteer for and why?

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● What would you do if you were accidentally paid

an extra 200€ next paycheck?

● What would you do if your boss asked you out

on a date?

● What would you do if you overslept on the first

day of a new job?

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