If for unlikely situations

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If for UNlikely situtations
second conditional

condition =

voorwaarde

At the end of this lesson you can

• explain 'if sentences for unlikely situations'
  
• use 'if sentences for unlikely situations' correctly
  

If sentences

wanneer er aan een bepaalde voorwaarde wordt voldaan, 

is er een bepaald gevolg

bestaat uit 2 delen:

bijzin met voorwaarde (begint met if)

hoofdzin met gevolg

If you had got up earlier...

You wouldn't be late for school.

If sentences for unlikely situations

Bijzin: if + past simple

Hoofdzin: would (not) + hele ww 

vb. If I knew where he lived, I would visit him.

I would eat sushi every day if I lived in Japan.

Wanneer gebruiken we de 'Second Conditional'? 

> Wordt gebruikt als het niet waarschijnlijk is dat iets gaat gebeuren

> Wanneer het om niet alledaagse situaties gaat

>> If zin -  hoofdzin

past simple -  would + heel werkwoord

If I won a lot of money, I would buy a big house in the country.

You would lose weight,

if you ate less candy.

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

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

If I was made President of this company, I ______ quite a few changes.

1. make
2. would make
3. am making
4. will make

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

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

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

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

If I were President of America, ...

If I won the lottery, ...

what conditional have you remembered?

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