Second Conditional If Clause: Fun, interactive & humorous ESL video to engage your students!

Teach learners about second conditionals (conditional sentences) using this creative & engaging animated ESL video for intermediate level classrooms. If you love our videos, please support us at Patreon: WEBSITE: For more creative, engaging and interactive animated grammar teaching videos, please visit our website. For the “No Music” version of this video, please click here: Title of English / ESL Video: Second Conditionals Target English Grammar: 2nd Conditionals: – Conditional sentences / conditional clauses – If clause result clause / clauses of result – Also known as: – condition clause consequence clause – subordinate clause main clause / other clause – dependent clause independent clause. Student Proficiency Level: Intermediate level grammar Suggested Courses: General English Instructions: – Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first. – Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer. For example, after elicitations and concept checking questions (CCQs). Summary of English Grammar: Second Conditionals – Conditional Sentences Approximate chronological order: Rules and Explanations: – Elicitation of target language. Function: – To talk about hypothetical or imaginary situations in the present or future and their consequences. Specific Uses: – Elicitation of target language. – To express desires: If I were rich, I’d buy a big house. – In 2nd conditionals, we use were after any pronoun in the if clause. – Using was in informal language is still perfectly fine. – To give advice: If I were you, I’d buy a new phone. – For short we can just say the result clause: I’d buy a new phone. Could: – could = would be able to – Example: If I spoke Greek, I could ask Sophia out. If only…: – We use If only… to say that we want things to be different. – It has a similar meaning to I wish…, but with a stronger emotion. – Example 1: If only I were rich, I’d buy a big house! – Example 2: If only I spoke Greek, I’d ask Sophia out! – We often say this without the result clause. – Example 1: If only I were rich! – Example 2: If only I spoke Greek! – We don’t use If only… for giving advice. We only use it to express desires. Concept Checking Questions (CCQs) Form: – If clause, result clause – If/Unless past simple, would verb (base form) – If I ate everything, I’d get fat. – If I were you, I’d buy a new phone. Switching Clause Positions: – Result clause if clause – I’d get fat if I ate everything. – I’d buy a new phone if I were you. Summary of Functions and Uses: – To talk about hypothetical or imaginary situations in the present or the future and their consequences. – To express desires. – To give advice.