English for B2 Students/Unit 4

If I had €1,000,000, I would live in Spain

Aim of this lesson: Recognize and use the different conditionals in English and revise means of transport.

Speaking Questions

Talk about these questions with a partner. Try to expand your answers and give reasons rather than short answers.

• Where did you go on your last holiday? How did you travel? Whom did you go with?
• What is your perfect holiday destination?
• Do you prefer beach holidays, city breaks, resorts or adventure holidays?
• Do you pack a lot of things or just the basics like clothes and money?
• What are the 5 most important tourist places in your country?

Grammar Focus - 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals

Conditional sentences are used to talk about possible situations and the result of those situations.

The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt

English for B2 students Grammar • Unit 4 Future Forms
Conditional	Form	Usage	Example
1st conditional	if + present simple, will + infinitive	used to talk about possible situations	If it's sunny tomorrow, I'll go to the seaside.
2nd conditional	if + past simple, would + infinitive	used to talk about hypothetical situations	If I became rich, I would buy an expensive villa in France.
3rd conditional	if + past perfect, would + have + past participle	used to talk about hypothetical situations in the past	If I hadn't gone to Egypt, I wouldn't have seen the pyramids
Conditionals are usually expressed with the if clause first and the future clause second but the order isn't important. Both of these sentences are equally correct: If it rains, I will stay home and I will stay home if it rains. Note that we don't use a comma if the if clause is used second.
Never use a future tense twice in a conditional sentence (like is often done in other languages). This is not correct: If it will rain, I will stay home
Conditionals are frequently contracted and this can make understanding difficult for non-native speakers. We often contract will as I'll, you'll, etc.. We often contract would as I'd, you'd, etc..

Vocabulary - Travel & Transport

Look at the table below. Do you know the correct definitions for these types of transport? Click on the text for the correct answers.

English for B2 students Vocabulary • Unit 4 Travel - Rearrange the Definitions
Transport	Definition
airplane	boat which travels slowly and is like a small city with swimming pools and shops.
coach	a large motor vehicle with beds, cooking and shower facilities.
ferry	vehicle which flies.
cruise ship	a bus which travels from city to city.
caravan	boat which takes passengers and cars from one port to another port.

English for B2 students Vocabulary • Unit 4 Jobs - Correct Answers
Job	Definition
airplane	vehicle which flies.
coach	a bus which travels from city to city.
ferry	boat which takes passengers and cars from one port to another port.
cruise ship	boat which travels slowly and is like a small city with swimming pools and shops.
caravan	a large motor vehicle with beds, cooking and shower facilities.

Speaking with conditional sentences

Work with a partner, if you can, and ask/answer these questions. If you're on your own you should think about these questions and write your answers instead.

• How long would it have taken you to get here if you had walked?
• How will you get to work if it rains tomorrow?
• If you were going to take a vacation, where would you go?
• If you could drive any car you wanted, what would it be?
• If you had gone to London on holiday last year, what would you have done?

Exercises

Try these questions to see if you can use 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals correctly. The answers can be found here.

Complete the following sentences using the correct conditional form:

1. If I were very rich, I _______________ in 5 star hotels (stay).
2. If I _______________ (go out) on Saturday, I will drink red wine.
3. If I hadn't woken up this morning, I _______________ about conditionals (not learn).
4. If I could choose any wife, I _______________ Shakira (choose).
5. I _______________ (buy) a new DVD if I get paid this week.

Grammar Reference

For further information about conditional sentences see Tenses and Forms.

English for B2 students

• Aims • Unit 1 • Unit 2 • Unit 3 • Unit 4 • Unit 5 • Unit 6 • Test 1

• Unit 7 • Unit 8 • Unit 9 • Unit 10 • Unit 11 • Unit 12 • Test 2