6. Correct any mistakes in the highlighted phrases. Tick (√) the correct sentences.

If she gets the job, she’d have to move to France.

If she got the job

1. I’d help you this weekend if I could, but I can’t.

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2. They wouldn’t sell their house, even if someone offers them a million euros.

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3. If he doesn’t like the job so much, he wouldn’t work so hard, but he loves it.

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4. I’d save a bit more money if I were you.

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5. If I could choose my job, I’ll be a journalist.

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6. If I didn’t have small children, I’d travel more, but they’re too young at the moment.

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7. We’d go to the cinema more often, if we’d have the time.

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7. * Amanda is a secretary. She’s grumbling about her new job and her boss. Match each sentence in the first box with one in the second. Rewrite the sentences using if + the simple past tense + would/could.

If my boss didn’t play golf, he wouldn’t be out of the office so much.

My boss plays golf. 1. He doesn’t tell me where he is. 2. The pay isn’t good. 3. He gives me so much work. 4. His writing is so awful. 5. He doesn’t listen to me. 6. The offices are such a lot way from here. 7. There aren’t any cafes nearby.

I can’t afford a nicer flat. I can’t contact him. I can’t read it. I have to tell him everything twice. I have to stay late. I have to take sandwiches. I spend so much time n the bus. He’s out of the office so much.

8. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the first or second conditional.

If I didn’t need the money, I wouldn’t work on Saturday. (not work)

1. I ______ you at the airport if you tell me what time the flight arrives. (meet)

2. If you’re late again, you _____ your job. (lose)

3. If she ______ so selfish, she would have more friends. (not be)

4. _____ you _____ if you won the lottery? (retire)

5. We’ll be very surprised if they ____ this year. (get married)

6. If there were more car parks, there ______ so much traffic. (not be)

7. You’d meet people if you _______ more often. (go out)

8. If I have more time next year, I ______another language but I’m too busy. (learn)

9. First or second conditional?

If you tell her anything, she’ll tell everybody in the office. (tell)

We’d have a dog if we had a garden. (have)

1. It’ll be quicker if we _____ a taxi to the airport. (get)

2. If you stopped smoking, you ____ better. (feel)

3. What would you do if you ______ your job? (lose)

4. If you buy the food, I ______ tonight. (cook)

5. I think he’d be happier if he _____ alone. (not live)

6. I’ll be very surprised if Marina ______ coming here. (not get lost)

7. Where will he live if he ______ the job in Moscow? (get)

8. If she didn’t have to look after her mother, she ______ life more. (enjoy)