Second conditional 'Be' verb question. Which is correct 'If I were a monkey, I'd eat bananas all day' or 'If I was a monkey, I'd eat bananas all day'. I feel like the second one is correct but all the examples I've found online so far are for 'If I were you...'
I believe it'd technically be 'If I were...', because it's an imaginary sentence that doesn't take place in the past. 'If I was...' is more like 'If I was busy, I wouldn't eat breakfast'. At least that's my understanding of it (also British, so it might be a regional thing too). However I really wouldn't split hairs here either way, and definitely wouldn't consider anyone wrong for using either form!
Yeah, I think you're right. 'If I were a fish...' For some reason my brain doesn't want to accept that this morning. Now it has to be completely imaginary right so If my room was messy, I'd clean it' isn't 2nd conditional right? Even though my room wasn't messy.
Yeah, I think so. Even though it wasn't true that the room was messy, it's still something likely to happen - it just wasn't the case in this situation. This site has some useful easy-to-understand insight: https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/vs/when-is-it-appropriate-to-use-if-i-were-vs-if-i-was.html
Cool that is helpful. Time to edit my worksheet a touch. It would be nice if all the examples weren't first person though. I kinda like avoiding making everything first person based.
I'm pretty sure it works the same way regardless. If his room was messy, he'd clean it. If she were a monkey, she'd eat bananas all day. Same kinda rule, so you can make your examples a bit more varied.
Simple activity for the kids. Ask them if they like the area they live in. After that ask them the following question: "If you were the new Mayor, what would you do?" Let them talk in pairs about it. I'm sure they will come up with great ideas.
2/2 maybe you want to demonstrate before that with the JET. I normally say that "If i were the new Mayor, I would build an amusement park, a huge shopping mall, and whatever I come up with at the moment". After sharing their ideas with different pairs, i ask them to write those ideas down (last 5 min)
Second conditional 'Be' verb question. Which is correct 'If I were a monkey, I'd eat bananas all day' or 'If I was a monkey, I'd eat bananas all day'. I feel like the second one is correct but all the examples I've found online so far are for 'If I were you...'
I believe it'd technically be 'If I were...', because it's an imaginary sentence that doesn't take place in the past. 'If I was...' is more like 'If I was busy, I wouldn't eat breakfast'. At least that's my understanding of it (also British, so it might be a regional thing too). However I really wouldn't split hairs here either way, and definitely wouldn't consider anyone wrong for using either form!
Yeah, I think you're right. 'If I were a fish...' For some reason my brain doesn't want to accept that this morning. Now it has to be completely imaginary right so If my room was messy, I'd clean it' isn't 2nd conditional right? Even though my room wasn't messy.
Yeah, I think so. Even though it wasn't true that the room was messy, it's still something likely to happen - it just wasn't the case in this situation. This site has some useful easy-to-understand insight: https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/vs/when-is-it-appropriate-to-use-if-i-were-vs-if-i-was.html
Cool that is helpful. Time to edit my worksheet a touch. It would be nice if all the examples weren't first person though. I kinda like avoiding making everything first person based.
I'm pretty sure it works the same way regardless. If his room was messy, he'd clean it. If she were a monkey, she'd eat bananas all day. Same kinda rule, so you can make your examples a bit more varied.
Simple activity for the kids. Ask them if they like the area they live in. After that ask them the following question: "If you were the new Mayor, what would you do?" Let them talk in pairs about it. I'm sure they will come up with great ideas.
2/2 maybe you want to demonstrate before that with the JET. I normally say that "If i were the new Mayor, I would build an amusement park, a huge shopping mall, and whatever I come up with at the moment". After sharing their ideas with different pairs, i ask them to write those ideas down (last 5 min)