2nd Conditional Upper Intermediate

Lead In Song: Hoobastank If I were you

PUT THE LINES IN ORDER
To rain on my parade
Instead of all that's right
You look for all that's wrong
Unless it's to complain
You seem to find the dark
Does it feel good to you
You never say a word
It's driving me insane
When everything is bright

CORRECT THE WRONG WORD
If I were Spanish
Holding the bicycle right in my hands
The last thing I'd do
Is thank the Buddha for all that I have
If I was you

FILL IN THE GAPS
Look what's _____________you now
More than you ever dreamed
Have you ___________________
Just how hard it used to be
So what's it ___________take
For you to realize
That it __________could go away
In one blink of an ___________
It happens __________the time

REPEATED LYRICS : DON’T WRITE ANYTHING
If I were ________________
Holding___________________
The ___________________
Is __________________
Tell______________
If ______________
If________________
If______________________
If____________________
So _____________________
For ______________
It all ________________
In ____________________
It __________________

PUT THE LINES IN ORDER

Live the life that I wanted to
Holding the world right in my hands
Tell the ones I love
If I were you
The first thing I'd do
Take a breath and enjoy the view
Is thank the stars above

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Write this sentence on the board

If I were you the first thing I'd do is thank the stars...

Elicit construction
2nd conditional

Elicit full form of the contraction I'd
Elicit form of 2nd conditional
If + past simple, would + infinitive
Students complete the following questionnaire in pairs

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Questionnaire:

What would you do if you saw a rich man drop 100 euros on the street?

1) I would give the money to him
2) I would keep the money
3) I would give the money to a poor person

What would you do if your best friend’s boy/girlfriend was cheating on them?

1) I would tell them
2) I would say nothing
3) I would talk to the person who was doing the cheating

What would you choose if you were forced to choose between being deaf or blind?

1) Deaf
2) Blind
3) Both

What would you do if your mother got a tattoo on her arm and a piercing in her mouth?

1) I would think it was cool
2) I would think she was too old but I wouldn’t say anything
3) I would leave home and never speak to her again


What would you do if you could be sent to prison for speaking Catalan?

1) I would speak it anyway and go to prison
2) I would only speak it in secret
3) I would start speaking Spanish all the time

If you had to share a prison cell with one of the following people, who would you choose:

1) Aznar
2) Osama Bin Laden
3) The presenters of Salsa Rosa

What would you do if your doctor told you that you only had one week to live?

1) I would hold up a bank and enjoy the money
2) I would get scared and stay in bed
3) I would spend my last week with my friends and family

What would you do if you saw your neighbour standing in the street naked?

1) I would call the police
2) I would go out and ask him if he was ok
3) I would laugh

PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE HALVES ON THE BOARD
Students have to write the other half of the sentence


If I was a member of the opposite sex………
If I won the lottery……………
If I had to choose between going to France or to China ……
If I was with a friend in a shop and she started stealing .........

I would sell my favourite possession if........
I would leave Barcelona if...........
I would be angry with my best friend if................
I would give money to a stranger if ...........