Second conditional

Second conditional

1. This conditional is subjective and depends on the speaker's point of view. Used to talk about situations unreal or impossible. To form the second conditional, it is necessary to use the past tense simple, in the first action and the modal verbs would, could and might, which imply the possibility of doing something or something happens, in conjunction with the verb of the result in simple present tense, like this:

   • As for the structure, you just have to remember these rules: The if sentence is in the past simple: If I worked as a doctor. If the if sentence contains the verb to be, generally were used instead of was: If I were rich. In the result sentence, we use the verb would (or wouldn’t for the negative form) + the infinitive: I would travel around the world. In some cases, we can also use could or might. And to ask questions, we use would + subject + infinitive + complements + sentence with if: Would you marry me if I asked you?
   • Examples: If they knew him well, they would invite him to their parties. If she asked me nicely, I would go shopping with her. If you had more money, you wouldn’t travel in low-cost flights.

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