Students work in pairs and open the corresponding pages below. Students take turns and present their sentences to their partners. Partners listen and change the sentences, using the Second Conditional, keeping a similar meaning.
I can't go because I'm busy.
I could go if I weren't busy.
- You want to buy a car, but you don't have enough money.
- I would buy a car if I had enough money.
- You won't go to the gym because you are lazy.
- I would go to the gym if I weren't lazy.
- You won't fix your car because you don't know how to do it.
- I would fix my car if I knew how to do it.
- You want to take a photo, but you don't have a camera.
- I would take a photo if I had a camera.
- You want to go to a party, but you don't have time.
- I would go to a party if I had time.
- You want to study tonight, but you don't have time.
- I would study tonight if I had time.
- You won't order a hamburger because you are a vegetarian.
- I would order a hamburger if I weren't a vegetarian.
- You want to understand, but you are so tired.
- I would understand if I weren't so tired.
- You won't help the customer because they are so rude.
- I would help the customer if they weren't so rude.
- You will study tonight because this grammar is difficult.
- I wouldn't study tonight if this grammar weren't difficult.
- You want to eat pizza, but it is unhealthy.
- I would eat pizza if it weren't unhealthy.
- You want to go swimming in the ocean, but it's too cold.
- I would go swimming in the ocean if it weren't too cold.
- You won't call your family because it's really late in your country.
- I would call my family if it weren't really late in my country.
- You won't go shopping because you need to save money.
- I would go shopping if I didn't need to save money.
- You want to quit smoking, but it is really hard.
- I would quit smoking if it weren't really hard.