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 _________________ (take) taxis all the time.

I work in an open space office. People often interrupt me.
If I _________________ (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 _________________ (work) so hard.

I can’t share the information with you because it’s confidential.
If the information _________________ (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 _________________ (be) faster.

I have an uncomfortable chair, so I have a backache.
I _________________ (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