Question

5 Underline the grammatical mistakes in the second conditional, If only... and I wish... sentences below. Then write the correct sentences in your notebook. 1 If I win a lot of money, I would travel around Central Asia. 2 If only I have remembered my dictionary. I would use it to write this essay. 3. If I became a famous author, I will give some money to charity. 4 If I were you, I'd bought a diary to write about all your experiences. 5 You would pass the exam if you study more. 6 If I met a film star, I will ask them for their autograph. 7 I wish I've bought an Iranian dictionary with me. 8 If only I'd worked harder, I'd had a better job now.​

Answer 1

f I won a lot of money, I would travel around Central Asia.

If only I had remembered my dictionary, I would use it to write this essay.

If I became a famous author, I would give some money to charity.

If I were you, I'd buy a diary to write about all your experiences.

You would pass the exam if you studied more.

If I met a film star, I would ask them for their autograph.

I wish I had bought an Iranian dictionary with me.

If only I had worked harder, I would have had a better job now.

Answer 2

Here are the correct sentences with the grammatical mistakes in the second conditional, "If only..." and "I wish..." sentences corrected:

1. If I won a lot of money, I would travel around Central Asia.
2. If only I had remembered my dictionary, I would have used it to write this essay.
3. If I became a famous author, I would give some money to charity.
4. If I were you, I would have bought a diary to write about all your experiences.
5. You would pass the exam if you studied more.
6. If I met a film star, I would ask them for their autograph.
7. I wish I had bought an Iranian dictionary with me.
8. If only I had worked harder, I would have had a better job now.

Please note that in the second conditional, we use the past simple tense after "if" and the modal verb "would" in the main clause. In the "If only..." and "I wish..." sentences, we use the past perfect tense to express regrets about the past.