Business second conditional sentence completion game
Business Result Unit 14
Fill in at least half of the sentences below with true information.
If I had my boss’s job, _____________________________________________________.
If there were fewer meetings, ________________________________________________.
If I could work from home, __________________________________________________.
If I could retire today, ______________________________________________________.
If the retirement age was 78, ________________________________________________.
If our office contained a gym, ________________________________________________.
If there were fewer managers, _______________________________________________.
If I could take a career break, _______________________________________________.
It my company was more diverse, ____________________________________________.
If 50% of the managers were women, _________________________________________.
If the company gave us shares instead of a bonus, _______________________________.
If we did more corporate entertaining, _________________________________________.
If our entertainment budget was bigger, ________________________________________.
If my company took more risks, _____________________________________________.
If I could work more flexible hours, ___________________________________________.
If I was self-employed, _____________________________________________________.
Choose one of the sentences above and read out just the part you have written. See if your partner can guess which sentence you wrote it in, then take turns doing the same.
| Useful phrases for playing the game No, that’s not possible, because I said… Try again. That’s possible, but not true for me. Try again. That’s also true for me, but not the sentence I wrote. Try again. Yes, that’s right (because…) It’s your turn. |
When your teacher stops you, ask about any sentences you are not sure about, working together to complete them as a class.
Do the same with these sentences:
_______________________________________________________, I would be happier.
________________________________________________, I would be more productive.
_______________________________________________________, I would be healthier.
_________________________________________________, my boss would be happier.
________________________________________________, I’d set up my own business.
___________________________________________________________, I’d quit my job.
______________________________________________, the stockmarket would go up.
_________________________________________, shares in my company would go up.
_______________________________________________________, sales would go up.
_________________________________________, my company would be more diverse.
_________________________________________, my carbon footprint would be smaller.
________________________________, my company’s carbon footprint would be smaller.
___________________________________________, my office would be more attractive.
_____________________________________, my company would have a better image.
_____________________________________, my company’s market share would go up.
___________________________________________________, I would get a promotion.
______________________________________________, I would happily relocate there.
____________________________________________, I would reluctantly relocate there.
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I love this exercise, but it has 4 mistakes: you’ve used “was” instead of “were” (subjunctive)
Thanks for the feedback, but I’m afraid you are wrong. No decent modern grammar book defines “If I was…” as a mistake.
I’m afraid Teresa isn’t wrong. Although It’s not grammatically incorrect to use ‘If I was …’, it is however, more conventional to use ‘if I were …’ in conditionals.
So, she is wrong, because she said there were mistakes and there are none. However, when you are all adapting the worksheet for your own classes (as I hope no one would ever just print out a worksheet and use it as is), you could of course change some (as I would) or all to “If I were…”