You should know that if anything is going to make you sound like English is not your first language, it's going to be a sentence like this:
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Almost a decade has passed from that point, and I still seem to be where I was back then; If I was asked to pronounce a single word, I bet I can fool anyone into thinking that I'm a North American native.
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Almost a decade has passed from that point, and I still seem to be where I was back then; If I
were asked to pronounce a single word, I bet I
could fool anyone into thinking that I'm a North American native.
Some would use "
was" there, but I suggest "
were". Definitely use "could" or "would" with "was" or "were" in the "if" clause. - unreal - imaginary - unlikely - unlikely but possible - completely impossible - Context would tell us which one applies.
Use "am" with "can" or "will". - real conditional - possible - more likely. I find that hypothetical/conditional language is difficult to learn for some
ESL/EFL speakers. Grammar exercises can be easy, but when it comes to speaking and writing, it's not always as easy as grammar exercises.
How big is your sound file?