Second Conditional

Second Conditional

1. Made by:

   • Marah Escobar Mathews

2. What is it?

   • The second conditional is like the first conditional, because we are still talking about the future, but in this case, about a particular condition in the future and the result of this condition. But there is not a real possibility that this condition will happen. It works more like dreams, because t's not very real, but it's still possible.

3. For example:

4. Tip

   • Sometimes, we use should, could or might instead of would.
     • For example:
       • If I won a million dollars, I could stop working.

5. Example 1:

   • • Example 2:

6. Formula

   • We use the Past Simple tense to talk about the future condition. We use would + base verb to talk about the future result. Something important about the second conditional is that there is a very unreal possibility that the condition will happen.

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