The second conditional

Use if with the past simple and would with a base verb for an imagined or unlikely present or future situation.

Lessons

10 available items
  1. 1

    The second conditional

    Use if with the past simple and would with a base verb for an imagined or unlikely present or future situation.

  2. 2

    Choosing where to live · Describing a hypothetical situation

    Describing a hypothetical situation in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  3. 3

    Choosing where to live · Connecting a hypothetical condition to a result

    Connecting a hypothetical condition to a result in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  4. 4

    Improving a service · Suggesting a change with would

    Suggesting a change with would in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  5. 5

    Improving a service · Explaining the benefit of a suggestion

    Explaining the benefit of a suggestion in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  6. 6

    Advice for a friend · Using If I were you

    Using If I were you in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  7. 7

    Advice for a friend · Giving advice without a direct command

    Giving advice without a direct command in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  8. 8

    More time for learning · Expressing a currently unreal wish

    Expressing a currently unreal wish in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  9. 9

    More time for learning · Comparing reality with a hypothetical situation

    Comparing reality with a hypothetical situation in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  10. 10

    Handling an imagined situation · Asking a hypothetical question

    Asking a hypothetical question in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Reading

5 available items
  1. 1

    Choosing where to live

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  2. 2

    Improving a service

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  3. 3

    Advice for a friend

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  4. 4

    More time for learning

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  5. 5

    Handling an imagined situation

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

Writing

2 available items
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    Adapt the situation using new details · Choosing where to live

    A 50–90 word writing task with a model and self-review.

  2. 2

    Summarise the situation and add a suitable response · Handling an imagined situation

    A 59–99 word writing task with a model and self-review.