Laura Valentina Bermúdez

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE CONDITIONAL 2

1. Read the article. What does the writer say we should do if we want to be brilliant thinkers? Tick all
the correct answers.

 study problems from a single

 perspective look at problems from new directions.
 use traditional methods.
 consider a number of different perspectives.
 take time to study a problem.

2. Complete the article with sentences a--e.

a. You could study a satellite photo or a map.

b. Competition in our business is not about price wars and money-off coupons.
c. In this way, she was able to maximize revenue from the performances. d. They took an entirely
different view and transformed society.
 e. How can we take a different view of a situation?

Vocabulary: Choose the best word or phrase in italics to replace the words in bold.
C
1. The wood was a group of trees growing in a random way.
(planned / unplanned)
2. The solution isn't always obvious.
(hard to find / clear)
3. He broke the window deliberately.
D (accidentally / because he wanted to)
4. She transformed the company. B
 (moved / changed)
5. She created a thriving club.
(successful / popular)

Vocabulary: Look at these adjectives from the text and notice how they are formed from
nouns.
A E
How do you form adjectives from the following nouns? Use a dictionary.
 Practice - Practical
 Success - Successive
 Competition - Competitive
 Accident - Accidental
 Innovation – Innovative
 Care - Careful
 Reason - Reasonable
 Fashion – Fashionable

Study the examples and complete the rules below.

• What would you do if you had to study a river valley?

• If you went up in a spaceship, you would see the world differently.

• lt would be easier if we discussed the problem together.

• People would suggest more new ideas if they weren't a fraid of criticism.

• Most people could be more creative if they practiced a few exercises.

• If we had more money; we could invest in research.

1. In conditional 2, the verb following if is in the present continuous tense.

2. The verb in the other half of the sentence is formed with would or , plus the infinitive.

3. What is the difference in meaning between these sentences?

If you take a boat, you'll see more. I If you took a boa t, you'd see more.

1. Choose the correct form of the verbs in italics.

• If I think of any new ideas, I ’ll / l'd phone you

• If we had more time, we can / could do more careful research .

• People would be more creative if they weren't / wouldn't be so stressed.

• If we have / had a more exciting product, we'd sell more.

• People will buy the product if we make / made it more exciting.

• Will/ Would companies be more innovative if they encouraged more discussion?

• If we don't / didn't take risks sometimes, we would never make any progress.

• What would we do if the venture failed / would fa il?

2. Write a sentence about each person' s wish using the second conditional.
 Marta has young children at school but also works full-time. She has to work fixed hours from
9am to 5pm. She'd like to work flextime so she can meet her children from school.
“If I worked from home, I could spend more time with my children”.

 Don travels a lot in his work. He has a young family, but he doesn't see them very often. He
would like to travel less and spend more time with his family.
 “If I traveled less, I could have more quality time with my family”.

 Trudy has to travel for an hour by train every day to get to work. It is tiring and expensive. She
would like to work from home for part of the week, to save time and costs.
“If I worked from home for part of the week, it could save time and costs”.

 Felipe has a tough boss who expects him to work very long hours. He feels very stressed. He'd
like to have a more sympathetic boss.
“If I had a more understanding boss, I wouldn't have to work long hours and I wouldn't stress so
much”