Grammar focus

August 30

The present conditional

The second conditional (also called conditional type 2) is a structure used for talking about unreal situations in the present or in the future. Listen to a teacher explaining this lesson:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Iq54EHTEA

Then, watch the following video and see how Big Bang Theory characters use the present conditional


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJF9Gb3dGbc


These pages will also explain how the second conditional is formed, and when to use it. 


http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond.htm



http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_2_statements.htm

Write down in comments if you have any doubt, comment or difficulty with the exercises!

16 comments:


  1. 1) If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner.
    2) If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.
    3) If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team.
    4) If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party.
    5) If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school.
    6) If they had enough money, they would buy a new car.
    7) If you did a paper round, you would earn a little extra money.
    8) If Michael got more pocket money, he would ask Doris out for dinner.
    9) If we hurried (to hurry), we would catch (to catch) the bus.
    10) If it rained, Nina would take an umbrella with her.

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  2. Camilo Velasquez

    1) If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner.
    2) If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.
    3) If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team.
    4) If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party.
    5) If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school.
    6) If they had enough money, they would buy a new car.
    7) If you did a paper round, you would earn a little extra money.
    8) If Michael got more pocket money, he would ask Doris out for dinner.
    9) If we hurried, we would catch the bus.
    10) If it rained, Nina would take an umbrella with her.

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  4. 1) If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team.
    2) If it rained, Nina would take an umbrella with her.
    3) If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.
    4) If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school.
    5) If you did a paper round, you would earn a little extra money.
    6) If we hurried, we would catch the bus.
    7) If they had enough money, they would buy a new car.
    8) If Michael got more pocket money, he would ask Doris out for dinner.
    9) If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner.
    10)If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party.

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  7. Jhon Edison Villegas lopera

    1) If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner.
    2) If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.
    3) If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team.
    4) If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party.
    5) If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school.
    6) If they had enough money, they would buy a new car.
    7) If you did a paper round, you would earn a little extra money.
    8) If Michael got more pocket money, he would ask Doris out for dinner.
    9) If we hurried, we would catch the bus.
    10) If it rained, Nina would take an umbrella with her.

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  8. orley felipe londoño perez

    1) If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner.
    2) If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.
    3) If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team.
    4) If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party.
    5) If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school.
    6) If they had enough money, they would buy a new car.
    7) If you did a paper round, you would earn a little extra money.
    8) If Michael got more pocket money, he would ask Doris out for dinner.
    9) If we hurried, we would catch the bus.
    10) If it rained, Nina would take an umbrella with her.

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  9. I think the exercise was good but i was really confused about the times when i done it, because i thonk that i had to figure out what time i had to use according to the context, but the exercise was only in one time, so i would like to know when i use the other times and how i can differentiating between other times.

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  11. 1. If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner
    2. If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.
    3. If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team
    4. If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party
    5. If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school
    6. If they had enough money, they would buy a new car
    7. If you did a paper round, you would earn a little extra money
    8. If Michael got more pocket money, he would ask Doris out for dinner
    9. If we hurried, we would catch the bus
    10. If it rained, Nina would take an umbrella with she
    Excellent exercise teacher ... I like the Big Bang Theory series

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  12. Sergio Ospina

    1) If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner.
    2) If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.
    3) If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team.
    4) If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party.
    5) If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school.
    6) If they had enough money, they would buy a new car.
    7) If you did a paper round, you would earn a little extra money.
    8) If Michael got more pocket money, he would ask Doris out for dinner.
    9) If we hurried, we would catch the bus.
    10) If it rained, Nina would take an umbrella with her.

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  13. Edwin Alexander MedinaSeptember 12, 2012 at 2:38 PM

    1. If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner
    2. If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.
    3. If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team
    4. If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party
    5. If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school
    6. If they had enough money, they would buy a new car
    7. If you did a paper round, you would earn a little extra money
    8. If Michael got more pocket money, he would ask Doris out for dinner
    9. If we hurried, we would catch the bus
    10. If it rained, Nina would take an umbrella with she

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  14. I think that the most difficult part of this conditional is remember the past of some verbs, but the explication and the exercises are very simple and easy to understand. I would like know more about how use the second conditional and in what cases is right use this.

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  15. I think that the second conditional is not difficult to use, is important know the past of the irregulars verbs. The exercises was easy but in the video was difficult for me identify the second conditional in a conversation.

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  16. 1. If I came home earlier, I would prepare dinner.
    2. If we lived in Rome, Francesco would visit us.
    3. If Tim and Tom were older, they would play in our hockey team.
    4. If he was my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party.
    5. If Susan studied harder, she would be better at school.
    6. If they had enough money, they would buy a new car.
    7. If you did a paper round, you would earn a little extra money.
    8. If Michael got more pocket money, he would ask Doris out for dinner.
    9. If we hurried, we would catch the bus.
    10. If it rained, Nina would take an umbrella with her.

    The exercise was in general easy and i enjoy it; but sometimes was hard to identify the second conditional.

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