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Focus on the second conditional at this stage.
4–6 Students can do these exercises in pairs. They can either 
work together to fi nd the answers, or they can work on their 
own and then compare answers.
Focus on … the second conditional
1 After checking the answer, ask students which type of 
conditional corresponds with the other two uses (a = fi rst 
conditional; c = past conditional). Ask students to give 
examples of these two verb forms. For example: (a) If I go to 
Málaga, I’ll try and visit all the places on the map
; (c) If I had 
lived in Málaga in the 1880s, perhaps I would have known 
Picasso
.
2–3 Elicit or explain that students could also begin the sentence 
with If I went back and visited. If you say If I were to go back, 
it sounds very, very unlikely that you will go back.
Encourage them to talk about places that are very special to 
them.
Class bonus
Invite students to say a sentence each to the class. 
More activities
1 Students can prepare a short presentation to give to the 
class about a famous person who lived and worked in 
their town/city (or one nearby). Students can do this in 
small groups – you will need to make sure that each 
group chooses a different town/city.
2 Students can research the life and work of a famous 
person from the town/city where they are studying. They 
can then write some questions (three per student, say) 
about the person they have studied. In a future lesson, 
you can set up a general knowledge quiz in which 
students ask their questions. The winner is the student 
with the greatest number of correct answers.
Real Reading 4 by Liz Driscoll
 Teacher’s 
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