Lesson 21. Situational Interview. Second Conditional

I take taxis all the time. I don’t have a car of my own.
If I had a car of my own, I (a)   (take) taxis all the time.

I work in an open space office. People often interrupt me.
If I (a)   (work) in an open space office, people would not interrupt me so often.

She works hard because she enjoys her job.
If she didn’t enjoy her job, she (a)   (work) so hard.

I can’t share the information with you because it’s confidential.
If the information (a)   (be) confidential, I’d share it with you.

You don’t do your English homework, so your progress is slower.
If you did your English homework, your progress (a)   (be) faster.

I have an uncomfortable chair, so I have a backache.
I (a)   (have) a backache if I had a more comfortable chair.

A: How did your meeting with the manager go?

B: Not really well. There’s almost no chance of promotion for now. There’s an opportunity in a Chinese office, but that’s not an option. If I ¹accepted / ’d accept the job in China, I ²saw / ’d see my family twice or three times a year at the most.

• accepted

• ’d accept

• saw

• ’d see

Ideally, the candidate would say something like this: “If my team ¹resisted / would resist an idea that I introduced, first, I ²worked / 'd workon understanding the reason behind it.

• resisted

• would resist

• worked

• 'd work

If they ⁶continued / 'd continue being worried about it, I ⁷allowed / 'd allow my team to offer anonymous feedback, so that each employee felt their opinions could be incorporated into the new system.

• continued

• 'd continue

• allowed

• 'd allow

Hopefully, research or training sessions ⁸helped / would help my team accept the idea.

• helped

• would help