Unitit 9 Focus on Grammar

THE SECONDCONDITIONAL
(the unreal conditional)

Instructor: Mrs. Lien Huong
Vũ Thị Kim Trúc
Proficiency: Pre-Intermediate
If you had wings, you could fly in the sky.
a wing
a wing

Uses:to express things or actions that are unreal (not true or not possible) in the present or in the future
Ex:
She wouldn’t be fat if she didn’t eat a lot of sugar.
If we had a map, we could easily find their house.
If I won the lottery, I might give all the money to charity.
If you were a flower, what would you be?


If you had wings , you could fly in the sky.

Form:
If S + V(2/-ed) , S + could/would/might+ V( bare-inf)
Or S + could/would/ might + V (bare-inf) if S + V(2/-ed)

If- Clause
Main Clause
I would buy a new car if I had a lot of money.
If Peter had a garden, he could grow roses.
Peter
Note: If + I/he/she/it/they/we + WERE, S + could/would/might + V( bare-inf)
Ex: “If they were to enter our market, we`d have big problems.
Peter/be/ a better architect / I/study/ to be a fashion designer.
I / be/the store owner / I /hire/him to design my new house.

=> a. If Peter were a better architect, I would study to be a fashion designer.
=> b. I might hire him to design my new house if I were the store owner.

Exercise 3:
didn’t go
would feel
would take
refused
wouldn’t get
closed down
pressed
would be
did not come
borrowed
walked
would understand