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1 SPEAKING Read the fact file about Castle Howard, a stately home in the north of England. Would you like to live in a house like this? Why? / Why not?
- Built around 1700, it has 145 rooms.
- It is the private home of the Howard family, who have lived there for over 300 years.
- It has been open to the public since 1952.
2 🎧2.09 Read and listen to the dialogue. What two outdoor and indoor changes do the speakers mention?
Alfie This is an amazing place. I wish I lived here.
Macy Me too. If only I were a member of the Howard family!
Alfie But if it were my house, I wouldn't allow people to visit.
Macy That's mean! You'd get bored on your own.
Alfie Oh, I'd let my friends visit, of course. But not the public.
Macy If you had a party, you could invite hundreds of people!
Alfie I know. The parties would be better if I made a few changes, though.
Macy What kinds of changes?
Alfie Well, if those trees weren't there, there'd be room for a swimming pool!
Macy You could make some changes inside as well. I mean, look at this corridor.
Alfie The Antique Passage, you mean?
Macy Yes. If you took away all the statues, you could build a great bowling alley there!
3 Read the Learn this! box and complete it. Underline all the examples of the second conditional in the dialogue.
LEARN THIS! The second conditional
We use the second conditional to talk about an imaginary situation or event and its result.
We use the 1________ tense for the situation or event and 2________ infinitive without to for the result.
4 Complete these second conditional sentences using the verbs in brackets.
1 If I ________(live) in a mansion, I________ (have) parties every week.
2 If you ________(visit) me, you ________(sleep) in a huge bedroom.
3 We weather________ (can) go on long bike rides if the (be) good.
4 If the weather________ (not be) good, we________ (watch) movies in the Great Hall.
→ Grammar Builder 4.2 page 121
5 Read the Learn this! box and complete it. Underline one example of I wish... and one example of If only... in the dialogue.
LEARN THIS! I wish..., If only...
a We use I wish ... and If only... with the past simple to say that we want a situation to be different from how it really is.
I wish I 1________ a brother. (But I haven't got one.)
If only you 2________ nearer. (But you live far away.)
b We use I wish... and If only... with would(n't) + infinitive without to to say that we want somebody to behave differently.
I wish you 3________ borrow my clothes! It's annoying!
If only she 4________homework! spend more time on her
6 Complete the first line of each mini-dialogue with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple or would / could + infinitive without to. Complete the other lines with the second conditional.
A I wish my dad 1________(come) home.
B Why?
A Because he 2________(give) us a lift into town if he 3________ (be) here.
A If only you 4________ (live) near the town centre.
B Why?
A Because if your house 5________(be) near the centre, we 6________ (get) the same bus to school.
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7 SPEAKING In pairs, talk about what you would do if you
1 owned Castle Howard.
2 had a swimming pool in your garden.
3 gave a party for hundreds of people.
4 had to allow the public into your home.
If I owned Castle Howard, I would
