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Chapter 4

If I Had Wings Like a Bird

I Would Fly Fast
 Conditional
Sentence
• Normally have two parts.
• Part 1: the result; Part 2: the condition in which the
result depends
• The condition is normally preceded by if.
• Ex.: If I had a million dollars, I’d give most to you.
Result: I’d give the most to you.
Condition: I had a million dollars.
 Conditional Sentence Type 2
• It is used to imagine events in
certain conditions.
• It is ‘unreal conditional’
because it is used for unreal,
impossible or improbable
situations.
• It provides an imaginary result
for a given situation.
• It describes situations in the
present, but it is not real.
Ex.:
If I were a bird, I would fly
around the world.
If my mother were a
teacher, I would ask her to
help me with my homework.
If we had time, we would
visit our friends.
Interpretation
Meaning:
If I were a bird, I would fly I am not a bird, so I will
around the world. not fly around the world.

If my mother were a My teacher is not a teacher,

teacher, I would ask her to so I will not ask her to help
help me with my homework. me with my homework.
Pattern
If clause (past simple), would + verb (base form)
condition
Remember:
•You can also put the result
clause first without using a
comma between the clauses.
•When used in the second
conditional, the verb ‘to be’ is
always conjugated as ‘were’.
result
Examples:
•If he were a smart student, he
would pass the exam.
•I would lower taxes if I were the
President.
•They would buy a new house if
they were rich.