Page 18 - American English File Student Book 3B

G second conditional
If I could
V houses
afford it, I’d move
P sentence stress
out tomorrow. I wouldn’t. I like
living with my
parents.
7B Ideal home

GRAMMAR second conditional

a W ork w ith a partner. D escribe the two
photos, and then answ er the questions.
1 W hich o f the two houses would you prefer
to live in? Why?
2 W ho do you live with? D o you get along
well? D o you argue about anything? W hat?

b Read the article. How many o f the people
would like to leave home?

Still living at home?

More and more young people in their
20s all over the world are living with
their parents because it is too expensive
for them to rent or buy a place of their

own. Are you living at home? Are you
happy with it? Post a comment at
#stilllivingathome

c Read the article again. W h o ...?
1 is not happy living at home because of
family conflict
2 thinks his / her parents think o f him / her as
still being a teenager
3 thinks that the advantage o f living at home
is not having to do any work
4 would like to be able to decorate his / her
home in his / her own taste
d Look at the article again, and answ er the
questions.

1 In the highlighted phrases, what tense is the
verb after if?
2 W hat tense is the other verb?
3 D o the phrases refer to a) a situation they
are imagining or b) a situation that will
probably happen soon?
e > - p.145 Grammar Bank 7B. Learn m ore
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