English grammar
What would you do if you were me? — I'd… / I wouldn't… (the if is understood)
Ask a friend for advice and give it the way people really do.
From the scene What would you do if you were me? (What would you do in my place?)
In short
Ask for advice with What would you do if you were me? Answer with I'd… or I wouldn't…
Your turn
Which one goes with advice, if-part understood?
Options: honestly? I'd ask for a lower rent · what would you do if you were me? · I wouldn't keep it
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advice, if-part understood → honestly? I'd ask for a lower rent
How it works
To ask for advice, turn the familiar phrase round: What would you do if you were me?
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
And (blank) you risk it with such an old flat?
Options: would · are · did
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And would you risk it with such an old flat?
¿Y te arriesgarías con un piso tan viejo?
Good to know
In replies people usually drop the if-part, because it's understood: I'd ask for a lower rent. I wouldn't keep it.
Good to know
In your position, I'd go for it (= I'd do it).
asking for advice what would you do if you were me?
Nuria
What would you do if you were me?
¿Qué harías tú en mi lugar?
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank)?
Options: Honestly I'd ask for a lower rent · I wouldn't keep it · What would you do if you were me
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Nuria
What would you do if you were me?
¿Qué harías tú en mi lugar?
advice, if-part understood honestly? I'd ask for a lower rent
Your turn
What goes with honestly? I'd ask for a lower rent?
Options: advice, if-part understood · asking for advice · negative advice
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honestly? I'd ask for a lower rent → advice, if-part understood
negative advice I wouldn't keep it
Tomás
Me? I wouldn't keep it. I'd sell it at my stall!
¿Yo? No me lo quedaría. ¡Lo vendería en mi puesto!
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Me? (blank). I'd sell it at my stall!
Options: What would you do if you were me · Honestly I'd ask for a lower rent · I wouldn't keep it
Show answer
Tomás
Me? I wouldn't keep it. I'd sell it at my stall!
¿Yo? No me lo quedaría. ¡Lo vendería en mi puesto!
in your position + I'd in your position, I'd go for it
Your turn
What goes with in your position, I'd go for it?
Options: asking for advice · advice, if-part understood · in your position + I'd
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in your position, I'd go for it → in your position + I'd
Common mistake
Not I or I'm here. Advice: if I were you is understood.
Honestly? I'd ask Ramón for a lower rent.
¿Sinceramente? Yo le pediría a Ramón un alquiler más bajo.
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| asking for advice | what would you do if you were me? |
|---|---|
| advice, if-part understood | honestly? I'd ask for a lower rent |
| negative advice | I wouldn't keep it |
| in your position + I'd | in your position, I'd go for it |
More lines from the story
- TomásHonestly? I'd ask Ramón for a lower rent.¿Sinceramente? Yo le pediría a Ramón un alquiler más bajo.
- NuriaAnd would you risk it with such an old flat?¿Y te arriesgarías con un piso tan viejo?
- NuriaDon Ramón's offering us his mother's flat.Don Ramón nos ofrece el piso de su madre.
- NuriaIt's old, it's full of stuff and there's no lift.Es viejo, está lleno de cosas y no tiene ascensor.