398 conditionals type 2

Task 1
The following rhyming pairs come from “WIND ON THE HILL ”. Reconstruct
the poem by finding where they fit.
No one can tell me,
Nobody____________,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind__________.
It's flying from somewhere
As fast as it__________,
I couldn't keep up with it,
Not if I___________.

night
knows
can
goes blew

kite
goes
ran
knows
too

But if I stopped holding
The string of my____________,
It would blow with the wind
For a day and a_____________.
And then when I found it,
Wherever it_______________,
I should know that the wind
Had been going there____________.

So then I could tell them
Where the wind_______________...
But where the wind comes from
Nobody_______________.

Task 2:
Use the correct form of the
verbs in brackets to
reconstruct the poem “IF I
WERE KING”.

If I Were King
I often wish I _________(be) a King,
And then I__________(can) do anything.
If only I ___________ (be) King of Spain,
I'd _________(take) my hat off in the rain.
If only I __________(be) King of France,
I __________________(not brush) my hair for aunts.
I think, if I __________(be) King of Greece,
I'd ________(push) things off the mantelpiece.
If I ___________(be) King of Norroway,
I_________(ask) an elephant to stay.
If I __________(be) King of Babylon,
I_____________(leave) my button gloves undone.
If I __________(be) King of Timbuctoo,
I ______________(think) of lovely things to do.
If I __________(be) King of anything,
I ____________(tell) the soldiers, "I______(be) the
King!"

Task 3: A Bit of Grammar
Read both poems again and find the sentences using Conditional Type 2.
Fill in the table to complete the rules.

Main Clause
Subject ________ V1
Subject ________ V1
‘d= _______ or ________
Subject could ________

Examples

IF-Clause
Subject___________

Task 4: The Poet of the Year
Write a poem using Conditional Sentences, then present it to your
mates. Some topics to choose from:
If I were a Teacher
If
If
If
If

I
I
I
I

were
were
were
were

a
a
a
a

teacher
teacher
teacher
teacher

of
of
of
of

Biology, I’d ________________________________
Maths, I wouldn’t ___________________________
English, I could _____________________________
_________________________________________

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☺
☺
☺
☺

If
If
If
If

I
I
I
I

were
were
were
were

a Pilot…..
an Animal……
a Super Star………..
ten years younger…….