Second Conditional

(exercises)
1) Look at the pictures. Use the words below to complete the second conditional sentences.

1 2 3 4 5

2)
1 You are going to read a text about an 85
year-old woman talking about her life.
a. Circle the words you might find in the text.
relax trips dare regret
pastime
earlier car trouble
thermometer
safety climb book dance
cry
b. Make up one sentence for at least 4 words
from the box.
● The car was beautiful.
● He climb the wall alone to get out.
● That book is too big, I can't with that.
● She dances every hour at every day, she
like it too much.
2 Read the text and try to find definitions for
the following words.
Dare: it's a challenge, usually to try courage
Limber up: is the physical preparation to exercise
the body
Perhaps: it's used to give a possibility about
something
Sanely: A sensible and reasonable way
Barefoot: means wearing nothing on the foot
3 Discuss
a. Why do you think the author would dare make
more mistakes next time? Find evidences on the
text.
b. How does the author describe herself?
c. Do you think you would regret so many things if
you were her age? Why /not?
4 I would do it differently if…
What I would do if I were the president of the
country
If I were president, I would reform the congress
and do what is best for the people
What I would do if I could go back in any part of
the history
If I could go back in time I would relive all my
childhood
What I would ask for if I had three wishes
If I had three wishes, I would lose happiness for
my whole family, have a very good job and that
the city of my country improve
What I would do if I could become invisible
If I could become invisible, I would enter the
movies and concerts without paying
What powers I would have if I were a superhero
If I were a superhero, I would like to have the
power to control minds so that people do what I
want
IF I COULD LIVE MY LIFE ALL OVER…
If I had to live my life all over again, I’d dare make
more mistakes next time. I would relax. I would
limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this
trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would
take more chances.
I would take more trips. I would climb more
mountains, swim more rivers. I would eat more ice
cream and fewer beans. I would perhaps have
more actual troubles, but I would have fewer
imaginary ones.
 You see – I’m one of those people who live had to live my life over, I would start barefoot
seriously and sanely hour after hour, day after day. earlier in the spring and stay that way later in
Oh, I have my moments. And if I had to do it over autumn.
again, I’d have more of them. In fact, I’d try to
have nothing else, just moments one after
another, instead of living so many years ahead of
I would go to more dances. I would ride more
each day.
merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.

I’ve been one of those persons who never goes Attributed to Nadine Stair, 85 years old
anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water
bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it
over again, I would travel lighter than I have. If I

Second Conditional 2

1. If he ...............were.......... (BE) a young man, he .........would be able....... (BE ABLE)

to walk faster
2. What .... would you do........ (YOU/DO) if you ........met.... (MEET) someone famous
on the street?
3. I ......wouldn´t get............. (NOT GET) so angry with you if you ..got.. (GET) more
work done
4. If her hair ……were…….. (BE) black, she …would look…… (LOOK) completely
different
5. If the dress ……were…. (BE) cheaper, I ………would buy…. (BUY) it
6. My brother ……would be…… (BE) a great basketball player if he ………were…….
(BE) a foot taller
7. If you …won… (WIN) the lottery, ……would you buy…… (YOU/BUY) a new
house?
8. If he …were…. (BE) asked to drive the car, he …wouldn´t refuse… (NOT REFUSE)
9. She. ….Had…. (HAVE) anorexia if she only …would live…. (LIVE) on walnuts and
water
10.They …would celebrate….. (CELEBRATE) their anniversary in Tibet if they
……could… (CAN) afford it
11.If he ……didn´t waste……. (NOT WASTE) so much time, he ……went… (GO) to
university
12.We ……would learn……… (LEARN) a lot from dolphins if they …talked……
(TALK)
13.If they ……locked…… (LOCK) the door properly, nobody …would break…
(BREAK) into their house
14.If she …climbed….. (CLIMB) that tall tree in the front yard, she ……would fall….
(FALL) down
15.If I ……lived……. (LIVE) in Canada, I …would speak….. (SPEAK) English more
fluently
16.We ……would finish………. (FINISH) the project on time if we ……would
be………. (BE) more organized
17.If you ……don´t live……. (NOT LIVE) so far away, I ……would visit……. (VISIT)
you more often
18.If he ……used....... (USE) a mobile phone in a lesson he ……would be…. (BE)
expelled from school
19.The player ……would score… (SCORE) more goals if the other players ……passed..
(PASS) the ball to him
20. If I ……were… (BE) good at Maths, I ………would help…… (HELP) you with that
difficult problem