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Practice with 2nd Conditional
In today's Grammar - Online! lesson we continue our unit on Conditional Sentences
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Click here for our prior lesson in 1st conditional. Click here for our prior lesson in 2nd conditional. Click here for our lesson in 3rd Conditional.
Practice Your Skills
This
excerpt from a student's essay contains errors with 3rd
conditional. First read the paragraph so you understand
what the writer is saying. Then edit for correctness.
(1) In Hong Kong, all students are required to take
and pass an examination before they can enter serior high
school. (2) Such was the case when I was a student
there. (3) I studied hard to pass that exam
but I didn't really push myself in school. (4)
And so, even though I had studied hard for the exam, I still
didn't pass it. (5) The rules stated that I
wasn't allowed to remain in my junior high. (6)
Consequently, I had to find a school that would allow me
to take the classes again so that I could retake the exam.
(7) The problem now was that almost no school would
accept me.
(8) Though I eventually found two or three schools
that accepted me and I went on to pass the examination,
I felt very sad at that time. (9) I blamed myself
for not having studied harder in school. (10)
Sometimes now I think to myself that if I dropped out of
school, I would probably become a salesperson.
Next...3rd Conditional Sentences: Paragraph Practice
Please continue with our next lesson, "3rd Conditional Sentences: Paragraph Practice."
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