Conditionals

First the basics

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IF you are still learning how conditionals work, this is great.

Quiz

If you feel you understand the 2nd Conditional, relax! Have a conversation with these...

NO WAY!

Asking

Would you ever...    ?

Can you imagine yourself   verb + ing...    ?

Can you see yourself verb + ing...    ?

Tell me if you'd ever...

In what situation would you...

How much would I have to pay you to...

Are you the kind of person who could / would...

Responding

Yes why not?

Yes I would.

Of course I would.

Well, I would if... (past tense)

I might I suppose.

I might consider it if... (past tense)

If you paid me $______, I'd do it.

I wouldn't dream if it!

No way!

If you could go back in time, what year would you go to?

If you had a special power, what would you be able to do?

If you could make one change to the world, what would you do?

If you changed your name, what name would you choose?

Would you ever...












get a tattoo on your leg?













shave all the hair off your head?













attempt to climb Mt Everest?













go into politics?














do this job?




What would it be like to do this job every day?


























Come here with $5000





If you won $100,000, what would you spend it on?














fly this?



If it could actually fly safely, where in the world would you fly to?

Practice Third and Mixed Conditionals



Speaking practice

1. If you had been born 100 years earlier, how would your life have been different?
2. If you had been born into a very rich family, how would your childhood have been different?
3. If you had been given a million euros or dollars for your 10th birthday, how would you have spent it?
4. If you had found a thousand euros or dollars in the street this morning, what would you have done?
5. If you had been able to eat whatever you wanted as a child, what would you have eaten?
6. If you had been able to choose your career when you were a child, what would you have chosen?