SECOND CONDITIONALS (grammar & song)

                                   wishful thinking

Activity 1

  Think about the best way to finish the sentence?

        Check the answer with your teacher.

   

Activity 2

Discuss the following questions with your partner:

      Does he have the money?

      How likely is it for him to get the money?

      Is it a real situation?

      Look at the complete sentence from the previous activity, which part expresses an imaginary
      situation and which one expresses a hypothetical  result?

Activity 3

In groups of 4, try to complete the information below.

We use second conditionals to talk about imaginary situations and their hypothetical consequences.

IF CLAUSE	MAIN CLAUSE
Subject + past simple,	subject + would + _____________

If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.

If she lived here, we _________ see each other every day.

*If we use the verb “TO BE” in  the “if clause: WERE  is used for all subjects.

If she were younger, she would run a marathon.

If I _________ a boy, I would take up a sport to keep fit.

·      would can be contracted to ‘d.

She’d learn more if she studied every day.

We_______ tell you the truth if we knew it.

 

Activity 4

a) Watch this video and put the paragraphs below in the right order:

                                 
                                                             

And I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You will think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world


If I could be king even for a day
I'd take you as my queen I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool wishin' for the day

That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You will think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world
Baby if I could change the world

If I could reach the stars I'd pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart so you could see the truth
That this love inside is everything it seems
But for now I find it's only in my dreams


I could change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You will think my love was really something good
Baby if I could change the world
Baby if I could change the world
Baby if I could change the world

b) Check the answers with your classmates and listen again, if you want to confirm.

c) Write a sentence to explain what you think Eric Clapton would do if he could change the world?

   What type of song is this?

d) Imagine you had the power to change the world. In your group, write a few sentences saying what you would change and how? Here are some ideas:

If I/we could change the world, I/we would make all evil people become good.

If I/we could change the world, I/we would forbid weapons and any kind of violence.

If I/we could change the world, I/we would develop green and  sustainable energy sources.

e) Read your sentences out loud, choose the best one in each group and suggest ways in which they could be implemented.

For example: In order to ban weapons for good, I/we would close down all arm manufacturing factories and abolish the right to bear arms.