2ND CONDITIONAL

THE TIME TRAVELERS W IFE

I. WORK W ITH A FRIEND. W RITE DOW N YOUR ANSW ERS TO THE QUESTIONS:

1. W OULD YOU LIKE TO TIME TRAVEL? W HY (NOT)?

I ______________________ BECAUSE __________________________________________.
2. W HAT W OULD THE CONSEQUENCES OF TIME TRAVEL BE?
IF PEOPLE COULD TIME TRAVEL, _________________________________________________.
3. W OULD YOU CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR PAST?
IF I COULD CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT MY PAST, I _____________________________________ .
4. W HAT ABOUT HISTORY? W OULD YOU CHANGE ANYTHING? W HAT W OULD YOU DO TO CHANGE IT?
IF I COULD CHANGE ANYTHING IN HISTORY, I _________________________________________.
II. WATCH THE 1ST SEGMENT AND TALK TO A FRIEND ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW .

1. W HAT HAPPENED IN THE SEGMENT?

2. W HY DID HE DECIDE TO GO BACK IN TIME TO TALK TO HIMSELF AS A CHILD?
3. W HAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
III. WATCH THE 2ND SEGMENT NOW . THEN ANSW ER THE QUESTIONS. W RITE DOWN YOUR
ANSW ERS AND USE THE 2ND CONDITIONAL.

1. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, W OULD YOU CHOOSE THE PERSON YOU W ANTED TO MARRY AND
MAKE HER LOVE YOU? W HY (NOT)?
IF I ______________________, I ____________________________________________
2. W OULD YOU DO W HAT HE DID IF YOU W ERE THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE MOVIE? W HY (NOT)?
IF I ______________________, I ____________________________________________
3. W OULD LIFE BE BETTER OR W ORSE IF PEOPLE COULD TRAVEL IN TIME? WHY?
IF PEOPLE __________________, ____________________________________________
IV. RANK THE PERIODS THAT, IF YOU COULD TIME TRAVEL, YOU W OULD VISIT FIRST, SECOND, OR
NEVER. JUSTIFY YOUR ANSW ER.

1. PREHISTORIC
AGE
5. THE 60'S

2. JESUS CHRIST

3. 1800'S

ERA

6. 20 YEARS IN
THE FUTURE

4. A FEW YEARS
AGO

7. 100 YEARS IN
THE FUTURE.

8. 500 YEARS IN
THE FUTURE.

V. CHOOSE A TIME PERIOD. PREPARE A SPEECH TO SHARE W ITH THE REST OF THE CLASS.
FOLLOW THE MODEL BELOW. MAKE SURE YOU USE THE 2ND CONDITIONAL.

IF I COULD TIME TRAVEL ACROSS , FIRST I ______________________________ BECAUSE

____________. SECOND, I _____________________ BEACAUSE ____________, AND FINALLY
I _____________________ BECAUSE _____________. HOW EVER, I _____________ (NEVER)
BECAUSE_______________.