Second conditional

Second conditional

1. We use it to talk about hipothethical situations, the structure is: If + past simple + would + infinitive and it is used to

   • Give advice
     • We use it to give advice, usually if we want to be polite or just for fun
       • If i were you i wouldn'tdo that, if i were him i would train daily for the game
       • If you could come back in time, what would yo do _If you could go back to university, what would study?
   • Talk about unlikely/impossible situations
     • things that just won't happen or it's very difficult to happen
       • I would work if i had more experience if Burger KIng had better burgers we would eat there , my work would be a lot easier if i did not t have to take care of my child
   • Imagine different future outcomes
     • To imagine what can happend in diferent sittations
       • If I hadn't fired we'd be dead, if if he had told me it wouldn't have bothered me
   • Express regret or wish for a different reality
     • When something already happend and we are not happy with the results
       • if he had stayed home, he would not have died of coronavirus