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Describe your behavior in hypothetical situations
Learning activity 3.3
Complete the second conditional sentences using the simple past of the verb in
the
“if-clause” and contracted form of would in the “result-clause”.
1. If you stayed (stay) here, we´d play (play) soccer together.
2. If we_______ (have) a car, we_________ (go) to Puebla.
3. If you_________ (do not practice), you _______ (fail) again.
4. If you ______ (have) an airplane, we ________(Fy) to Monterrey.
5. If he _______ (be) a rich man, he _________(buy) a castle.
Contracted forms of would
In spoken English you will nd that
would is often contracted. Look at the example:
Afrmative Form:
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If ²red studied hard,
he would become a good doctor.
Contracted form:
If ²red studied hard,
he´d become a good doctor.
Negative Form:
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he would not
Contracted form: he wouldn’t
Example
Contracted
I would work
I´d work hard
You would make
You´d make your homework
He would like
He´d like to be a musician
She would tell
She´d tell the truth
It would not be
It wouldn’t be a funny day
We would not stay
We wouldn’t
stay at home
They would not consider
They wouldn’t consider a second
opinion
Check your answers in the Answer Key