NI (B1) If I had a million dollars...

Dear students and readers of this blog,

I've been away for a while, sorry. But here I am again to share what we have been doing in our Nivel Intermedio class. We are currently working on a new type of subordinate structure: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.

So, as usual, here you will find some extra help.

Types, formation and use of conditional structures (source: http://www.englishclub.com/)

There are several structures in English that are called conditionals.
"Condition" means "situation or circumstance". If a particular condition is true, then a particular result happens.

There are three basic conditionals that we use very often. There are some more conditionals that we do not use so often.

• First Conditional
• Second Conditional
• Third Conditional
• Zero Conditional
• Summary

Practice

Click on the following links for some practice:

• englishclub.com quiz
• First conditional 1, First conditional 2
• Second conditional 1, second conditional 2
• Third conditional 1, third conditional 2
• Conditional sentences with auxiliaries

Here you have a video with a summary of the main conditional structures:




What would you do IF YOU HAD A MILLION DOLLARS?

And now, a classic.

IF..... by Rudyard Kipling

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,'
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Although she's no favourite of mine, here you have a song that's just perfect for the occasion. Enjoy!

IF I WERE A BOY, by Beyoncé