Second Conditional exercises
Practise with the song. Listen to Remi and type the missing words, then choose the right form. The answers and explanations are at the bottom.
If + past simple
The condition (not true now)
“If I won the lottery…”
Would + verb
The imagined result
“…I'd quit my job on Monday!”
Step 1
Hear it, then type it
Press play, listen to Remi, and type the missing words.
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Step 2
Choose the right form
The condition after if, or the imagined result? Choose the form that fits.
1.If I the lottery, I'd quit my job on Monday!
2.If I won the lottery, I my job on Monday!
3.If I your boss, you would never work on Fridays!
4.If I had your number, I you out to dinner.
5.If I you, I wouldn't answer the phone.
6.If I were you and your ex called late at night, I the phone.
7.If you a wallet full of cash in the street, what would you do?
8.If I perfect Spanish, I would move to Barcelona!
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Answers
Hear it, then type it
- If I won the lottery, if I had a million pounds,
- If I were your boss, if I ran this company,
- You would never work on Fridays, and the coffee would be free!
- I would ask you out to dinner and look you in the eye!
- If I were you and your ex called late at night,
- I wouldn't answer the phone, I'd just turn off the light!
- If you found a wallet full of cash in the street,
- I would move to Barcelona, and I'd never come back!
- If I were your teacher, if you were in my class,
- I would play this every morning, and you would all pass!
Choose the right form
- If I won the lottery, I'd quit my job on Monday!After if, the past simple (won), even though it isn't true now.
- If I won the lottery, I would quit my job on Monday!The imagined result: would + verb, I'd quit.
- If I were your boss, you would never work on Fridays!After if, were works for every person: If I were your boss.
- If I had your number, I would ask you out to dinner.The result: would + verb, I would ask.
- If I were you, I wouldn't answer the phone.Advice: If I were you… Would never goes after if.
- If I were you and your ex called late at night, I wouldn't answer the phone.The result, in the negative: wouldn't + verb.
- If you found a wallet full of cash in the street, what would you do?The condition after if: the past simple, found.
- If I spoke perfect Spanish, I would move to Barcelona!It isn't true now, so after if: the past simple, spoke.
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