[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-de5c-7548-9408-2351142d5d3c":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-019b93a4-f831-7564-898b-bd3291f2af79":130},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":129},"01a0e1ab-de5c-7548-9408-2351142d5d3c","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019b93a4-f831-7564-898b-bd3291f2af79","Second Conditional: Sort Meanings and Contrasts","Read the sorting rule, then tap each tile and its matching column.","Second conditional: sort meanings and contrasts","Sort conditional sentences and clauses by meaning and form, comparing imagined situations, future plans, contractions and conditions with unless.",6,"word_sort",[13,36,59,82,105],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a0e1ab-de5c-76bc-9408-23511450a347","Sort these sentences by whether they use the first or second conditional structure.",0,"The first conditional uses a present condition with will for a real future possibility. The second uses a past condition with would, could or might for an imagined situation. Either clause can come first.",[],{"items":20,"categories":35},[21,24,26,28,31,33],{"text":22,"category":23},"If it rains, I'll stay in.","First conditional",{"text":25,"category":23},"If you ask, I'll help.",{"text":27,"category":23},"We will eat out if the café is open.",{"text":29,"category":30},"If it snowed, we'd go skiing.","Second conditional",{"text":32,"category":30},"I could drive if I had a car.",{"text":34,"category":30},"If I were rich, I might buy a boat.",[23,30],{"id":37,"sentenceTemplate":38,"displayOrder":39,"explanation":40,"blanks":41,"payload":42},"01a0e1ab-de5c-7730-9408-235114ca1e3a","These clauses belong to imagined situations. Sort them by the time stated, not by the past form of the verb.",1,"A past form in the second conditional does not mean past time. Now and at the moment locate an unreal present condition; tomorrow and next week locate an imagined future condition. Example: If the shop were open this evening, we could buy milk later.",[],{"items":43,"categories":58},[44,47,49,51,54,56],{"text":45,"category":46},"if I were at the pool now","Unreal present",{"text":48,"category":46},"if she were here at the moment",{"text":50,"category":46},"if they were working right now",{"text":52,"category":53},"if we had a test tomorrow","Imagined future",{"text":55,"category":53},"if he visited us next week",{"text":57,"category":53},"if I moved house next month",[53,46],{"id":60,"sentenceTemplate":61,"displayOrder":62,"explanation":63,"blanks":64,"payload":65},"01a0e1ab-de5c-7780-9408-2351157600f3","Sort each clause by the full form of its contracted ’d. Use the verb after the contraction to decide.",2,"Before a base verb, ’d means would; before a past participle in these clauses, it means had. Do not assume every ’d introduces an imagined result. Example: She’d left her umbrella inside means she had left it, whereas she’d lend it means she would lend it.",[],{"items":66,"categories":81},[67,70,72,74,77,79],{"text":68,"category":69},"I’d bring some fruit","Would",{"text":71,"category":69},"she’d choose the soup",{"text":73,"category":69},"he’d leave early",{"text":75,"category":76},"we’d finished our lunch","Had",{"text":78,"category":76},"he’d eaten all the rice",{"text":80,"category":76},"she’d gone home",[69,76],{"id":83,"sentenceTemplate":84,"displayOrder":85,"explanation":86,"blanks":87,"payload":88},"01a0e1ab-de5c-77c8-9408-235116361734","Sort each condition by its meaning: would the rain still be falling, or would it have stopped? Read unless as if not.",3,"Unless means if not, so it reverses the condition that follows it. If can introduce either an affirmative or a negative condition. Read the whole clause: the opening word alone does not tell you whether the rain continues or stops.",[],{"items":89,"categories":104},[90,93,95,97,100,102],{"text":91,"category":92},"unless the rain stopped","Rain continues",{"text":94,"category":92},"if the rain did not stop",{"text":96,"category":92},"if it kept raining",{"text":98,"category":99},"if the rain stopped","Rain stops",{"text":101,"category":99},"unless it kept raining",{"text":103,"category":99},"if it stopped raining",[92,99],{"id":106,"sentenceTemplate":107,"displayOrder":108,"explanation":109,"blanks":110,"payload":111},"01a0e1ab-de5c-7810-9408-235116a159ce","Each result follows If I earned more. Sort by the whole meaning: a chosen action, an ability or available option, or an uncertain action.",4,"A chosen action says what the speaker would do. An ability or available option says what would become possible, without saying the speaker would choose it: could and would be able to can both express this. Might presents an action as uncertain.",[],{"items":112,"categories":128},[113,116,118,121,123,126],{"text":114,"category":115},"I would save half the extra money","Expected choice",{"text":117,"category":115},"I would give more to charity",{"text":119,"category":120},"I would be able to pay the rent","Ability \u002F possibility",{"text":122,"category":120},"I could work fewer hours",{"text":124,"category":125},"I might take a longer holiday","Uncertain possibility",{"text":127,"category":125},"I might join a gym",[115,120,125],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_0576776b-0ac9-4833-a6db-369319f4d812_hero.webp?v=1790492532",{"title":131,"slug":132,"language":133,"level":134},"Second Conditional","second-conditional","en","B1"]