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Learner uses a conditional to limit a claim rather than to fantasise, which is what the structure is actually for in Task 2.
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Six pairs. Both sentences are correct English; only one belongs in an essay.
Topic: car use. Which belongs in a Task 2 essay?
What a hedge does, what a fantasy does, and even if.
The scheme will succeed if funding is sustained.
It says: I am claiming this, and here is the condition under which it holds.
That is stronger than an unconditional claim, not weaker. You have told your reader exactly what to watch.
Twelve sentences. Two have extreme premises and still argue.
Sort each item into the correct category
Six premises nobody can act on. Keep the topic, change the premise.
If I were the president of the world, I would ban all cars. → If city councils [charge] drivers to enter the centre, car use would fall.
If everyone stopped driving tomorrow, pollution would end. → If half the daily journeys [move] to buses, pollution would fall measurably.
If hospitals had endless beds, nobody would wait. → Waiting times will shorten provided that staffing [keep] pace with demand.
If money were unlimited, every scheme would succeed. → The scheme will succeed as long as funding [be] sustained for a decade.
If nobody broke the law, no enforcement would be needed. → Unless penalties [rise], the law will continue to be ignored.
If people were naturally cooperative, no policy would be necessary. → If the incentives [be] designed well, cooperation would follow.
One claim with a condition, one concession with even if.
Prompt: some people believe governments should fund the arts; others say the money is better spent on healthcare.
Sentence 1: make a claim and attach a condition to it. Sentence 2: grant the opposing side its strongest point using even if, and argue anyway.
Both conditions must name something that could actually change.
One per line.
Name the thing that would break your own claim.