SECOND CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

1. STRUCTURE

   • if + past simple, ...would + infinitive

2. (We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'. This is mostly done in formal writing). It has two uses.

3. EXAMPLE

   • If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.(I probably won't win the lottery)
   • If I met the Queen of England, I would say hello.
   • She would travel all over the world if she were rich.

4. The second conditional uses the past simple after if, then 'would' and the infinitive

5. First, we can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true.