Second conditional

Unreal situations (imagination, wishes)

 Imagine you were (a) Fire them.
the boss of a (b) Fire them and call
company and you
the police.
caught an employee
stealing money? (c) Give them a
What would you do? warning.
 Imagine you were the (a)Tell the boss.
employee of a company (b)Warn them not to
and you saw another
do it again.
employee stealing
money? What would (c) Ask them to share
you do? the money.
 Imagine you were the (a) Not care.
boss of a bank and you (b) Fire the employee.
found out your
(c) Encourage the
employee was doing
drugs. What would you employee to stop it.
do?
 Imagine you were an (a) Pretend not to
employee and you had hear.
purple hair. What
(b) Change your hair
would you do if your
boss told you to colour.
change your hair (c) Quit your job.
colour?
 (a) The ability to speak
Let’s say you could put
5 languages.
a computer chip in
your brain to give you (b) The ability to play 5
a special talent. What musical instruments.
talent would you want? (c) The ability to be

invisible at times
Let’s say you were the
(a) Tell the police.
employee of a company
and you knew your (b) Nothing.
boss broke the law? (c) Blackmail your
What would you do? boss.
 (a) Give them an F on
the test.
If you were a teacher
(b) Give them an F on
and you saw a student
that you liked a lot the question they
cheating. What would cheated on.
you do?
(c) Give them an F for
the whole course.
 Suppose you were a
(a) Tell the teacher.
student taking a test
and you saw another (b) Forget about it.
student cheating. (c) Talk to the student
What would you do? later.
What would you do if this happened to you?

If I went to the North Pole,

What would you do if this happened to you?

If I found an alien spaceship,

What would you do if this happened to you?

If my dog ate my homework,

What would you do if this happened to you?

If I saw a bank robbery,

What would you do if this happened to you?

If I met somebody famous,

What would you do if this happened to you?

If I went back in time,

What would you do if this happened to you?

If I spoke English perfectly,

What would you do if this happened to you?

If I won a lot of money,

What would you do if this happened to you?

If I became president,
Conversation
sample
Gary and Jill are dreaming
about being rich one quiet
Sunday afternoon.
Conversation 1. If Jill was rich what
would she do?
sample 2. What countries would
Jill visit?
Comprehension questions 3. What would Gary do
if he was rich?
4. Would Gary travel?
 1. You
2. Children
Speaking 3.
4.
Money
Traveling
cards 5.
6.
Animals
People
Choose a topic to create a 7. Inventions
conversation in pairs 8. Nature
9. Food
10. School
 You
Speaking 1. What would you do if
cards you could read other
people’s thoughts?
Choose a topic to create a 2. What would you do if
conversation in pairs you had
superpowers?
 Children
Speaking
1. What would you do if
cards you had triplets?
2. What would you do if
Choose a topic to create a your child skipped
conversation in pairs school?
 Money
Speaking
1. What would you do if
cards all the world’s money
dissappeared?
Choose a topic to create a 2. What would you do if
conversation in pairs you were rich?
 Traveling

Speaking 1. What would you do if

time travel was
cards possible?
2. What would you do if
Choose a topic to create a you could travel
conversation in pairs anywhere in the
world?
 Animals
Speaking
1. What would you do if
cards animals could talk?
2. What would you do if
Choose a topic to create a all animals
conversation in pairs disappeared?
 People
Speaking
1. What would you do if
cards everybody forgot
how to speak?
Choose a topic to create a 2. What would you do if
conversation in pairs people never slept?
 Inventions
Speaking 1. What would you do if
cards there were no social
media channels?
Choose a topic to create a 2. What would you do if
conversation in pairs there was no
electricity?
 Nature
Speaking 1. What would you do if
cards it was the Ice Age
again?
Choose a topic to create a 2. What would you do if
conversation in pairs there was no sunlight
anymore?
 Food

Speaking 1. What would you do if

you could eat only
cards one food for the rest
of your life?
Choose a topic to create a 2. What would you do if
conversation in pairs you weren’t allowed
to eat sweets for a
year?
 School

Speaking 1. What would you do if

there were no
cards teachers in the
world?
Choose a topic to create a 2. What would you do if
conversation in pairs school was all-year
round?