Speaking

What would you do if you were president? 

If i was president of the classroom, I´d talk to the teachers to be let out before school for some of us skip breakfast and also to leave us less homework.

Grammar Practice

Fill in the correct question word.

1. What time does he get up? At 8:00.

2. How do you go to school? By car.

3. Which  is your favorite sport? Baseball. 

4. Where do you live? In Mexico City.

5. What do you after work? I go home.

6. When do you eat dinner? At 8 o´clock in the evening. 

7. Why do you like baseball? Because it´s fun.

8. How they go to work? On foot.

9. What does she do after school? She goes home.

10. What time do they go to bed? At 10:00

Second Conditional Would

• Use

Conditional are used to talk about real or unreal. Generally, conditional sentences have the word "if". At the same time, use the auxiliary verb "would" to form the conditional in English.

• Form

Second Conditional 

Is used to express an unreal posibility in the present, as wish or dream, or a future action not is likely.

When we talk about conditional sentences should be noted that consist of two sentences.

1 The 'if-clause' that is the phrase that contains the particle 'if'. This phrase indicates the hypothesis or condition.

2 The 'main clause', ie the main sentence. This phrase indicating the result.

• Affirmative setence

Structure

[If... - Past simple] - [Would - principal verb]

Si ganase la loteria, me compraria una casa.

If i won the lottery, i would buy a house.

Examples: 

1. If the car is cheaper, i would buy it.
2. If i learnt, i would pass the exam.
3. If had a broom, all the things i would sweep.

• Negative sentence

Structure

To make a negative conditional we can use to different structures. The first would be to deny the verbs normally.

Si no ganase la loteria, no compraria una casa

If i didn´t win the lottery, i wouldn´t buy a house.

Examples:

1. If you didn´t have so much work, you wouldn´t be so serious
2. If she didn´t wash the car, she wouldn´t got out.
3. If he didn´t cook the food, he wouldn´t eat.
4. If we didn´t study for the exam, we wouldn´t pass the semester. 
5. If i didn´t arrive early, i wouldn´t buy the tickets.

However, we can also use "unless" followed by the verb in the affirmative, with the same meaning.

Si no ganase la loteria, no me compraria una casa.

Unless i won the lottery, i wouldn´t buy the lottery.

Examples:

1. Unless i bought the food, i wouldn´t eat.
2. Unless she made her homework, she wouldn´t approve her subject.
3. Unless i hear music, i wouldn´t dance.
4. Unless you practice math, you wouldn´t approve the test.
5. Unless we learnt speak english, we wouldn´t understand the teacher.

*Note: Remember "unless" means "less tan" or "if" so that ir indicates a negative meaning.

Simple past

• Use

To express the idea that an action started at specific time in past.

• Form

To form the simple past regular verbs, add the ending "-ed". The form is the same for all persons (i, you, he, she, it, we, they).

• Examples:

want - wanted

learn - learned

walk - walked

Exceptions:

• For verbs that end in an "e", just add -d.

believe - believed

change - chaged

• If the verb ends in a short vowel and consonant (except "y" o "w" , double the final consonant.

commit - commited

stop - stopped

• With verbs that end in a consonant and a "y"  change "y" to an "i".

try - tried 

study - studied

• Affirmative sentences structure

Subject + Verb + ed or irregular verbs

Subject + was or were 

• Examples

1. She was a doctor.
2. I wanted to dance.
3. They keys were in the table.
4. We learned English.

• Negative sentences structure

Subject + did not or didn´t + verb in present + complement

• Examples

1. I didn´t want to dance.
2. She didn´t go to the school.
3. We didn´t learned English.
4. They didn´t buy the book,

To make negative sentences with the verb to be in this tense you have tu use:

Subject + wasn´t or weren´t

• Examples:

1. She wasn´t a doctor.
2. They keys weren´t in the table.
3. We weren´t in 1819.
4. I wasn´t at home yesterday.
5. She wasn´t in Miami last Ausgust.

• Interrogative sentences structure

Was or were + subject + ?

• Examples:

1. Was she a doctor?
2. Was he sad for the broken leg?
3. Was she sick?
4. Were you the boy?
5. Were they behind of me?

Auxiliar verb "to do" (did) + subject + principal verb + ?

1. Did you go to the school yesterday?
2. Did she arrive later?
3. Did he buy the new book?
4. Did they cook cookies last week?
5. Did we go to the park last month?