Activity 1
Directions: Identify the statements expressed as second conditional. Put a check mark (/)
for affirmative answers. Otherwise, leave it blank.
1. If he wants to go back in Texas, let him go,
2. If you were with me, I would be happy out there,
3. Biff, if you ever need anything, come to me.
4. If I got ten thousand or even seven or eight thousand dollars I could buy a
beautiful ranch.
5. If somebody else took that ball, there would be an uproar.
6. If he doesn't buckle down, he'll flunk math!
7.I had forty dollars a week.. that's all I would need.
8.If old man was alive I would been in charge of New York now.
9.If you get tired hanging around tomorrow, paint the ceiling I put up in the living room.
10. If I had a spot I would slam you right in
(Death of a Salesman)
Answers & Comments
Answer:
Explanation:
second degree conditional - Hypothetical situations: simple past + would/could/might + infinitive
These are unreal or imaginary situations.