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SECOND CONDITIONAL

Is used to talk about a hypothetical or imaginary situation in the present or in the future, which is different from reality.

It express a condicional and a consequence.

The if clause tells you the condition and the main clause tells you the consequence.

The order of the clauses does not change the meaning of phrase..

It can be negative, affirmative or interrogative.

Interrogative form:

Would+subject+base form of the verb+if+subject+simple past+?

Affirmative form:

If+simple past+subject+would/'d+subject+base form of the verb.

This kind of conditional sentence is different from the first conditional because this is a lot more unlikely.

Negative form:

If+subject+simple past+subject+would+not+base form of the verb.

Unless has the same meaning as if...not. Unless is followed by the affirmative form of the verb.

You can use might or could insted of would in the main phrase.

The consequence and the conditional are usually separeted by a comma.