Translate the sentence. Dan can make video tutorials to learn English for Vietnamese people. That’s because his Vietnamese wife helps him.
Translate answers.
A. If only Dan could make videos teaching English to Vietnamese people to Vietnamese people.
B. If it wasn’t for his wife’s help, Dan wouldn’t be able to make videos teaching English to Vietnamese people
C. Without his wife’s help, Dan wouldn’t be able to make English-language videos for Vietnamese people
D. Without his wife’s help, Dan wouldn’t be able to make English teaching videos for Vietnamese people
We see that the given sentence describes an action in the present, so when talking about something that is contrary to the present, which is not real in the present, we will use conditional sentences of type 2.
Answer A is incorrect because If only = wish – expresses a wish to be able to do something that is not real in the present, but the event stated in option A is an event that is happening now → not yet exactly
Answer C is wrong because we have without + N which can replace the if clause, but the main clause does not change. In this case, we need a type 2 conditional, but the main clause of option C is using a type 3 conditional.
The answer D is incorrect because we use the structure but for sb/ st along with the main clause in the 3rd conditional or but for that S + V to express the conditional.
So the correct answer will be option B, the second conditional sentence starts with If it weren’t for…