Second conditional

Second conditional

1. We use the second conditional to talk about situations that are unreal in the present; therefore, we can describe them as imaginary and are unlikely to occur.

   • The above sounds a bit complex, but I will try to clarify it in the following examples:
     • 1. Real situation: I don't have much money Unreal situation: If I had a lot of money, I would travel to 10 different countries.
       • 2. Real situation: I am not the president of Colombia Unreal situation: The salary of teachers would rise if he were the president of Colombia.
   • Structure The structure of the second conditional has two parts: 1. IF sentence and 2. Result. 1. Prayer with IF: In the sentence with IF we must use the past simple of the verbs
     • For the questions we use the following structure: -Would you marry me if I asked you?
   • If the sentence with IF contains the verb TO BE in the second conditional, WAS is almost never used, only WERE, like this: c. If he were more tolerant
     • In the result sentence we use the auxiliary verb WOULD for the affirmative and WOULDN'T for the negative + the base form of the verb. Examples: to. If she worked as an actress, she wouldn't live in this town