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Hypothesis & condition — 2nd conditional

Judging an advertisement's promise with if and would

  • Sciences expérimentales important
  • Mathématiques important
  • Ingénierie important
  • Gestion et économie important

6 minutes

Le contenu académique est en arabe, comme au BAC et comme dans l’application.

Ce que le programme attend de toi

  • 2nd conditional (if + past simple, would + base verb) for a hypothetical present/future

La méthode

  1. Test: is the condition realistic (1st) or hypothetical (2nd)? choose the tense pair accordingly

Les erreurs fréquentes

  • Using 'would' in the if-clause
  • Mixing 1st and 2nd conditional forms

Extrait du cours

A cream advertisement promises: "Your skin will never age again!" Your friend turns to you, unconvinced.

Le vocabulaire

  • if I were ... , I would ... (لو كنت ... لكنت)

Ce qui n’est pas au programme

  • 1st/3rd conditionals (not the focus of this unit)

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