12.2 Hypothetical conditionals

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

Today

Discuss the hypothetical conditional

Do exercises in the lesson up

Do exercises from the book

But first:

• Your test about Unit 11 (writing assignment) has been published on teams 
• Deadline is this Friday at 17:00
• Failing to turn in your assignment on time will give you the grade: 1,0
• Plagiarism (turning someone else's work) will give you the grade 1,0 AND you will lose your right to resit

Conditionals

if- zinnen

Second conditional - Unlikely to happen

Second conditional

An impossible or imaginary situation

If + past simple, would + infinitive

If it rained, it wouldn't be so bad to stay inside. 

(It is sunny now, so imaginary situation) 

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

5. 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

SUMMARY

Formation and use of the conditionals

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 conditionals

We use the second conditionals to talk about hypothetical or unlikely situations, unreal or improbable actions now or in the future

Exercise 1

Put the sentences in the second conditional

Type the whole sentence

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

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

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

Now

Do exercises 6A + B, 7, 8A on page 121 of your book

We will check it together

I feel I understand how to use the second conditional

I completely understand

I understand, but sometimes I have difficulty using it correclty

I don't understand yet, I need to practice more

Homework:

Language bank page 150-151

Exercise 12.2 A + B