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Second conditional sentences in The Big Bang Theory

TASK

1. Watch the video and copy the second conditional sentences in it.
2. Identify the tenses in both the main clause and the if-clause.
3. Check against the key below.
4. Then watch it again but this time cover subtitles!

KEY

If that was a movie	I would go see it
Would it be totally weird	if I used your shower?
If you had your own game character	we could hang out (maybe go on a quest)
If I were to ask Leslie Winkle out	it would just be for dinner
If you were a robot (and you didn´t know)	would you want me to tell you?
If I ever did perfect a time machine	I would just go into the past and give to myself
If you just apologized to Gabelhouser	he would give you your job back.
If he were any bigger	he´d have moons orbiting him
If all guys were like me	the human race couldn´t survive
If I could afford the rent	I´d ask you to leave
People who wouldn´t recognize true genius	if it were standing in front of them giving a speech
It would be so much easier	if I were a violent sociopath
If cats could sing	they´d hate that song too

KEY to 3B GRAMMAR Future Perfect and Continuous

KEY to GRAMMAR 3A PASSIVE

Key to ADVERBS worksheet [photocopy]

Vocabulary Builder 4

1. Adverbs which are often confused

1. lately / late
2. At the moment / actually
3. hard /hardly
4. near / nearly
5. specially /especially
6. In the end / at the end

2. Common sentence adverbs

1. basically
2. eventually
3. apparently
4. in fact
5. obviously
6. anyway
7. ideally
8. gradually

3. Adverbs of degree

1. A little: a bit, slightly
2. Quite: fairly, rather
3. Very: extremely, incredibly, really

Grammar adverbs

KEY TO 2B so/such...that

KEY TO 2B Narrative Tenses

GRAMMAR Auxiliary Verbs 1B

KEY to Grammar Bank 1B

Student's Book p.132

a.                    1. isn´t   2. Did    3. didn´t 4. Would             5. does                6. Has   7. won´t 8. Can´t

b.                   1.am             2. Isn´t         3. Is              4. Don´t                       5. Have         6. Haven´t                 7. have          8. don´t        9. do             10. don´t       11. do            12. would

Elder vs Older/Elder vs Eldest

There are four items: Older, Oldest, Elder and Eldest.

The difference between Older and Oldest, and between Elder and Eldest is obviously that the ones that end in -er are comparatives whereas the forms that end in -est are superlatives. The difference between Older and Elder, and between Oldest and Eldest is not so obvious, but Use of English says that the ones starting with an E- are limited to talking about people and, most commonly, about family members. In contrast, the forms starting with an O- are most generally used:

My elder/older sister lives in that building over there. The building is the oldest/eldest in the area.

Also, the E- forms are used as an adjective before the noun whereas the O- forms are not restricted to a prenominal position. This is a very important difference.

My sister is older/elder than me.

Elder can also be used as a noun; it's a historical term to describe the wise old people of a tribe or settlement:
The village elders discussed the problem.

The other choice is that of deciding whether to say my elder sister or my older sister. In theory, that depends on the number of sisters you have and who you are referring to. If you have just the one sister, you'd refer to her as your elder sister. BUT if you have, let's say, two sisters who are older than you, and you talk about your eldest sister, that would be the one that was born first, your elder sister being the one born between her and yourself. 

I've got two sisters who are older than me. My sister Ana is my eldest sister. My sister Cristina is my elder sister. Ana was born, then Cristina, then me.

You see? That's in theory. In practice, they're pretty much interchangeable when talking about family.
And in any case, most native speakers would talk about "my big sister" (meaning older than me) or "my little brother" (meaning younger than me).

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