Lesson 55 - Exercise 3

Probable?	Conditional	Example	Tense
Certain	Zero Conditional	If you live, you also die.	All Tenses
Probable	1st Conditional	If we have a party, we will have a drink.	Future
Not Probable	2nd Conditional	If I won $10,000,000, I would invest it.	Future
NOT Possible	2nd Conditional	If I hadn't broken my back, I would help you.	Present
NOT Possible See the Video!	3rd Conditional	If Carlos had known the consequences, he would not have gotten a divorce.	Past

Watch the video again. Type in the missing words.

1 - Carlos
Interviewer: What's the biggest mistake you think you ever made?
Carlos: Uhm, gettin' divorced.
Interviewer: You got... That was a bad thing to do?
Carlos: Yeah, yeah, that was a bad thing to do.
Interviewer: And why was that was a bad thing to do, do you think?
Carlos: Uhm,because I believe I'm, I'm paying for it right now.
Interviewer: Ah hah! OK. So if you had it to do over again, you gotten that divorce?
Carlos: No, I wouldn't have. I'd have, I'd have tried harder.
Interviewer: Tried harder?
Carlos: Yeah, I would have tried harder.
Interviewer: And so the next time you get married, do you think you're going to try harder?
Carlos: Gonna hold on.
Interviewer: You're going to ?
Carlos: I'm gonna hold on.
Interviewer: Okay.

Review of Superlatives:
good - better (comparative) - best (superlative)
bad - worse (comparative) - worst (superlative)

2 - Sid
Interviewer: Okay, so what's the decision you ever made?
Sid: Wow, the worst decision I ever made... well, probably like decisions, in like prior relationships, things like that.
Interviewer: With women?
Sid: Yeah, with women, yeah.
Interviewer: Okay, that's a very typical answer.
Sid: Yeah.

3 - Steve
Steve: Uh, the worst decision? Uh, not marrying a girl 6 years ago that I should have married.
Interviewer: Oh! Is there any from that bad decision?
Steve: What do you do? You just... Life goes on.
Interviewer: Life goes on.
Steve: Life goes on.
Interviewer: Life goes on.