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2nd conditional

use of the second conditional

Imagine a different life

Ask hypothetical questions

To give an advice

To give reasons why

To imagine things unlikely in the future or impossible in the present

If this happened - that would happen

If + past simple

Would + infinitive

To imagine situations that are not real

If use could

if + could + infinitive

"If" is a conjunction

To put yourself in someone else's shoes or propose a possibility

To justify an action, using a would or could

The order of the clauses can change

Additional

Subject + would

It breaks grammar rules, use was/were whit pronouns

Unlikely - hypothetical

Condition

Result

Modals

Should

Could

Would

If I had money

I would buy an ice cream

If I had money, I would buy an ice cream