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Read the sentences. Change them to make them true for you.

Example: If I won $1,000,000, I would buy a Ferrari. No, I wouldn't. If

I won $1,000,000, I would spend it on a nice house.

1. If I found a wallet in the street I would give it to the police.

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2. If I could be any animal I would be a donkey.

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3. If I could anywhere on holiday I would go to France.

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4. If I could have any job I would be an astronaut.

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5. If I could play one sport perfectly I would choose tennis.

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6. If I could live in any city I would chose New York.

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7. If I could live to be any age it would 500 years old.

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8. If I could have any pet, I would have a python.

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9. If I could eat anything for dinner tonight it would be lasagne.

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10. If I could choose who my brother or sister was I would choose Barack Obama.

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11. If I could have only one colour of clothes I would have red clothes.

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Activity Instructions
Language Focus: Second conditional
Vocabulary Focus: Unspecific
Level: Kids
Skill: Writing
Time: 20 minutes
Organisation: Students work individually
Stage: Controlled grammar writing practice
Suggested Method:

1. Copy one handout for each individual young learner and distribute them.

2. Focus students' attention on the instructions. Students read the sentences and
write a correction to make the grammar true for them. Refer the learners to the
example and demonstrate with other examples of your own.

3. Monitor the students, and when appropriate provide any necessary individual
language or vocabulary input.

4. Give the learners a warning when their time limit is about to expire and then
insist on pens down and heads up.

5. For feedback, options include the learners writing some/all of the answers on
the board or having them contribute their answers out loud.

6. Draw your learners' attention to any specific mistakes which seem prevalent
through the work and offer language input.

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