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You are withdrawing cash at an ATM. The machine gives out an extra £20
in error.

Would you: a) keep the extra money and tell no one?

b) contact the bank and offer to return the money?
Reasons:

You are driving late at night down a small road. You run over a dog. There are
no witnesses.

Would you: a) get out of the car and look for a number on the collar to call?
b) drive on quickly, without stopping?
Reasons:

You need to set up an Internet service in your new house. You discover that you can connect to
your neighbour's Internet for free, without a password.

Would you: a) get your own Internet service?

b) just use your neighbour's service without asking?
c) offer to share your neighbour's connection and pay half the cost?
Reasons:

You are driving out of a hotel car park. You accidentally scrape another parked car. Nobody
notices except you.

Would you: a) drive away without saying anything?

b) put a note under a windscreen wiper with your contact details?
Reasons:

An elderly aunt gives you a very ugly painting for your house.

Would you: a) say you don't like it, and give it back.
b) say you like it, but never display it.
c) say you like it, but only display it when she visits.
Reasons:

You want to watch a new film that has not yet been released in your country.

Would you: a) wait for it to be released?

b) search for a copy online, and watch it on your computer?
Reasons:

You are late for work because you overslept.

Would you: a) say you overslept?

b) blame the traffic / trains?
c) make a different excuse?
Reasons:

You are in a music store and you see someone putting a CD into his jacket pocket.

Would you a) tell him to put it back?

b) tell a shop assistant?
c) pretend you hadn't noticed?
Reasons:

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Target Structure: The Second Conditional

Vocabulary: General
Level: Intermediate +
Time: 45 minutes +
Preparation: None

Suggested Teaching Method:

This lighthearted quiz will give your students the opportunity to practise speaking, using the second conditional
(if + would for unlikely scenarios).

The quiz can be conducted in pairs. There is a space after each question for notes on the reasons for a particular
answer choice. This way, the quiz can be used for conversation, rather than being a simple question and answer
format.

Place students in pairs. Give out one worksheet to each student. You may need to pre-teach some vocabulary. You could alternatively
have students scan the quiz, looking for vocabulary / expressions they are unfamiliar with.

Possible language to pre-teach: run over / scrape a car / oversleep / blame / pretend.

Students should work through the quiz in pairs. You can make the quiz more communicative by having students interview each other,
and make notes on the answers. Demonstrate the first question with a confident student. Answer the question, and have the student
ask you 'Why would you [keep the money]?'

Monitor the conversations, and make notes on errors you hear. When the exercise draws to a close, write on the board some of the
errors you heard, and encourage correction.

Scoring the Answers

Depending on the type of class you have, you might like to assign 'an honesty score' to the answers. Answers demonstrating honesty
score more highly. Point out that the scoring system should not be taken too seriously.

Scoring

1) a - 1 point 5) a - 2 points
b - 2 points b - 1 point
c - 1 point
2) a - 2 point
b - 1 point 6) a - 2 points
b - 1 point
3) a - 2 points
b - 1 point 7) a - 2 points
c - 1 point b - 1 point
c - 1 point
4) a - 1 point
b - 2 points 8) a - 2 points
b - 2 points
c - 1 point

Updated 8/15/2013

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