2nd conditional: structures and exercises

The second conditional sentence is formed by two clauses: the “If” and “Main” clauses.

If clause consist of four parts: If + subject + simple past verb + subject

Main clause consists of three parts: subject + would (I’d) + verb

Examples.

In the picture, there is a question “If you could be anywhere in the word, where would you like to be?”, I identify the “If” clause: If + you (subject) + could (simple past verb) + […] you (subject) and the "main" clause in the answer: "I would like to be in Lisbon, Portugal [...]", I (subject) + would + like (verb)

This form is used for talking about unreal experiences, for this reason, we could imagine class mate’s reactions to different stories.  I wrote this unreal class mate's response: “I think she would explain to the person that she isn’t the doorman and refuse the money”. I use the second conditional structure to express the unreal answer: She (subject) + would + explain (verb).

Difficult things about learning English: speak out

Last week, Enrique Romero visit our class and ask us about the difficulties that we have in learning English, my class mates answer that they felt ashamed when they must speak in public. Next class, we listened some advices about public speaking. First, the expert said that when we should use diaphragm muscle and project our voice better. After, we must imagine that we send our voice far away and open our mouth for announce clearly the words. 

I think these advices are useful as method of public English speaking because I followed these tips before when I read aloud Spanish poetry.  I will use my experience to English speak in public.