Unitit 9 Focus on Grammar

THE SECONDCONDITIONAL
(the unreal conditional)
Instructor: Mrs. Lien Huong
Vũ Thị Kim Trúc

Proficiency: Pre-Intermediate


a wing
a wing

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


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


If- Clause

Main Clause

• 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)


• 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.
a. Peter/be/ a better architect / I/study/ to be a fashion
designer.
b. 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:
1. didn’t go

2. would feel
3. would take
4. refused
5. wouldn’t get
6. closed down
7. pressed
8. would be
9. did not come
10. borrowed
11. walked
12. would understand