Write second conditional sentences

If you / speak to your boss, I’m sure he / understand.

If you spoke to your boss, I’m sure he would understand.

1. It / be better for me if we / meet tomorrow.

2. She / not treat him like that if she really / love him.

3. If I / can live anywhere in the world, I / live in New Zealand.

4. The kitchen / look bigger if we / paint it white.

5. I / not buy that house if I / be you.

6. He / be more attractive if he / wear nicer clothes.

7. If we / not have children, we / travel more.

8. What / you do in this situation if you / be me?

6. Correct any mistakes in the highlighted phrases. Tick (√) the correct sentences.

If she gets the job, she’d have to move to France.

If she got the job

1. I’d help you this weekend if I could, but I can’t.

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2. They wouldn’t sell their house, even if someone offers them a million euros.

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3. If he doesn’t like the job so much, he wouldn’t work so hard, but he loves it.

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4. I’d save a bit more money if I were you.

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5. If I could choose my job, I’ll be a journalist.

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6. If I didn’t have small children, I’d travel more, but they’re too young at the moment.

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7. We’d go to the cinema more often, if we’d have the time.

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7. * Amanda is a secretary. She’s grumbling about her new job and her boss. Match each sentence in the first box with one in the second. Rewrite the sentences using if + the simple past tense + would/could.

If my boss didn’t play golf, he wouldn’t be out of the office so much.

My boss plays golf. 1. He doesn’t tell me where he is. 2. The pay isn’t good. 3. He gives me so much work. 4. His writing is so awful.   5. He doesn’t listen to me. 6. The offices are such a lot way from here. 7. There aren’t any cafes nearby.

I can’t afford a nicer flat. I can’t contact him. I can’t read it. I have to tell him everything twice. I have to stay late. I have to take sandwiches. I spend so much time n the bus. He’s out of the office so much.