Conditionals

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CONDITIONALS/IF-zinnen

De if-zin/conditional

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The Second Conditional

• Als het niet waarschijnlijk is dat iets gaat gebeuren, nu of in de toekomst
• if + past simple, would + werkwoord

• If we got the day off, we would go to London.
• We would all be sad if Daniel left

LET OP: In deze conditonal gebruik je bij 'be' altijd WERE

If I were you I would not help him

Second conditional - Unlikely to happen

1. If you stopped smoking, you ______ a lot better pretty quickly.

1. feel
2. are feeling
3. will feel
4. would feel

2. If I won the Lottery, I ______ my job. I love it too much.

1. would leave
2. will leave
3. wouldn't leave
4. won't leave

3. If my sister .................. (win) a trip to Greece, she ................. (take) me with her.

1. won, would take
2. won’t, would take
3. won, would taken
4. won, would took

4. If Sandra ............... (buy) a helicopter,
her friends ...................... (be) happy.

1. would buy, were
2. bought, wouldn’t be
3. buyed, would been
4. bought, would be

4 We ................... (not change) anything
if we ................. (have) a time machine.

1. wouldn’t change, had
2. would change, had
3. wouldn’t changed, had
4. would change, haved

Exercise 

Put the sentences in the second conditional

Type the whole sentence

18. if he (try) harder, he (reach) his goals.

19. I (buy) these shoes if they (fit).

20. it (surprise / not) me if he (know / not) the answer.