What would you do if you won the lottery?

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What would you do if you won the lottery?
Conditional Grammar, Part 2

• This presentation will provide explanation and
  practice for

unreal conditionals
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SOWhat would YOU do if you won the lottery!?

• Maxine would buy a new house for herself and her
  parents if she won the lottery.

If Paul won the lottery, hed take a trip around
the world.
John and his wife would buy a piano if they
became rich.
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We use unreal conditionals in English to talk
about A situation that is not real, but that we
imagine . . .

• If I had a million dollars . . . I would
• If I lived in Italy . . . I would . . .
• If I got a job as a chef . . . I would . . .
• Are these real situations?
• Do I really have a million dollars?
• Do I really live in Italy?
• Do I really work as a chef?

NO! these are imaginary situations
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How do we make this type of conditional grammar?
Look at these examples

• 1. If my friend asked me for money, I would lend
  it to her.
• 2. Tomas would be happier if he got a less
  stressful job.
• 3. Speaking in English would be easier if you
  practiced more frequently.

simple past
After the IF, use ______________________ tense.
would verb
In the other clause, use __________________.
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Form Meaning

• When you imagine a future happening like this,
  you use a past tense form after IF
• However, the meaning is NOT past.
• Ex. If I moved to a big city, Id sell my car.
• The meaning here is NOT past tense . . .
• I didnt move away and I didnt sell my car.
• Im imagining a future possibility.

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Notice that you can start these sentences with
the If-clause or with the Would-clause

• If Marta moved abroad, she would learn another
  language.
• Marta would learn another language if she moved
  abroad.

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Try these examples
had

• 1. If we ____________ (have) more time and
  money, we ________________ (take) a vacation to
  Hawaii.

would take
2. The world ______________ (be) a better place
if everyone ______________ (help) others.
would be
helped
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More Practice . . .

• 3. If you ____________ (get) more exercise, Im
  sure you ________________ (feel) healthier and
  happier.

got
would feel
4. Celia ______________ (do) better in school if
she _____________ (sleep) more each night.
would do
slept
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Important Note!

• Formal grammar requires that when making these
  kinds of conditional sentences, we use WERE for
  the past tense of be for
• all subjects (including I, he, she).
• Ex. -If I were you, I would buy that house.
• -She would buy a mansion if she were wealthy.

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• You will probably hear many native speakers of
  English use WAS in these cases, and this is often
  accepted in spoken, less formal situations.

And now . . .
more practice!
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• What would YOU do if . . .
• you became rich?
• you found a wallet on the street?
• your house caught on fire?
• your best friend moved far away?
• your child failed a test?
• there were an earthquake in California?
• you saw a famous person on the street?

Share Your Responses with the class . . .
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For additional practice . . .

• Go to the following website address. Write down
  the web address for more practice.
• http//web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/gramma
  r/2cond.htm

If I were you, I'd do this Internet practice!