[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-de54-76b5-96b1-8a88d752a4da":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-019b93a4-f831-7564-898b-bd3291f2af79":129},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":128},"01a0e1ab-de54-76b5-96b1-8a88d752a4da","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019b93a4-f831-7564-898b-bd3291f2af79","Second Conditional: Sort the Clause Forms","Tap each tile, then tap its column. Place every tile before checking your answers.","Second conditional: sort verb forms","Practise second conditional verb forms through sorting tasks on imagined conditions, negative results, continuous actions, questions and polite advice.",5,"word_sort",[13,36,59,82,105],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a0e1ab-de54-780d-96b1-8a88d7e888e9","These clauses describe imagined situations. Sort them by whether they belong after if or express the result.",0,"An unreal condition uses a past form after if. Its imagined result uses would, could or might followed by a base verb. The past form describes an imagined present or future, not a past event.",[],{"items":20,"categories":35},[21,24,26,28,31,33],{"text":22,"category":23},"the kitchen had more space","Unreal condition",{"text":25,"category":23},"our neighbours played less music",{"text":27,"category":23},"this chair were softer",{"text":29,"category":30},"we would cook together","Imagined result",{"text":32,"category":30},"I could rest here",{"text":34,"category":30},"we might eat outside",[23,30],{"id":37,"sentenceTemplate":38,"displayOrder":39,"explanation":40,"blanks":41,"payload":42},"01a0e1ab-de54-7875-96b1-8a88d804a8e8","Look at the negative verb forms. Separate conditions built with did not from results built with a modal and not.",1,"A negative unreal condition uses did not followed by a base verb. A negative imagined result uses would not, could not or might not followed by a base verb. Either part of a second conditional can be negative.",[],{"items":43,"categories":58},[44,47,49,51,54,56],{"text":45,"category":46},"I did not share a room","Negative condition",{"text":48,"category":46},"the dog did not bark",{"text":50,"category":46},"we did not need the oven",{"text":52,"category":53},"I would not wake early","Negative result",{"text":55,"category":53},"we could not make a cake",{"text":57,"category":53},"she might not join us",[53,46],{"id":60,"sentenceTemplate":61,"displayOrder":62,"explanation":63,"blanks":64,"payload":65},"01a0e1ab-de54-78b5-96b1-8a88d88cf580","Sort these second conditional clauses by whether the verb presents an action in progress or uses a simple form.",2,"A continuous form uses be followed by an -ing verb: past continuous in the condition, or would be + -ing in the result. A simple form does not present the action as being in progress.",[],{"items":66,"categories":81},[67,70,72,74,77,79],{"text":68,"category":69},"if we were baking bread","Action in progress",{"text":71,"category":69},"if she were feeding the cat",{"text":73,"category":69},"they would be watching the match",{"text":75,"category":76},"if we baked our own bread","Simple form",{"text":78,"category":76},"she would feed the cat",{"text":80,"category":76},"they might watch the match",[69,76],{"id":83,"sentenceTemplate":84,"displayOrder":85,"explanation":86,"blanks":87,"payload":88},"01a0e1ab-de54-78ed-96b1-8a88d8c3bfab","Each opening continues with if meals were free? Sort the openings by whether their verb form is correct.",3,"In a second conditional question, the modal comes before the subject and the main verb stays in its base form. A question word can come before the modal. Do not add -s, -ed or -ing to the main verb after the modal.",[],{"items":89,"categories":104},[90,93,95,97,100,102],{"text":91,"category":92},"Would you eat here","Correct verb form",{"text":94,"category":92},"What would you order",{"text":96,"category":92},"Could we invite everyone",{"text":98,"category":99},"Would you ate here","Needs a base verb",{"text":101,"category":99},"What would she orders",{"text":103,"category":99},"Could we inviting everyone",[92,99],{"id":106,"sentenceTemplate":107,"displayOrder":108,"explanation":109,"blanks":110,"payload":111},"01a0e1ab-de54-7921-96b1-8a88d98fe3b3","These clauses describe unreal situations. Sort the forms of be into standard written forms and informal spoken alternatives.",4,"Were is standard with every subject in unreal conditions, including the advice phrase If I were you and the hypothetical pattern were to + base verb. Was is also common in informal speech with I, he, she and it; it is not automatically an error.",[],{"items":112,"categories":127},[113,116,118,120,123,125],{"text":114,"category":115},"if I were you","Standard written form",{"text":117,"category":115},"if she were the owner",{"text":119,"category":115},"if he were to sell the flat",{"text":121,"category":122},"if I was taller","Informal spoken alternative",{"text":124,"category":122},"if she was rich",{"text":126,"category":122},"if it was less expensive",[115,122],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_93ca884f-1845-4a9f-8c1b-e98d350e1d3d_hero.webp?v=1790492532",{"title":130,"slug":131,"language":132,"level":133},"Second Conditional","second-conditional","en","B1"]