Second Condicional

Second Condicional

1. Concept

   • The second conditional is a type of conditional that is used to talk about events that are unlikely to happen in the future.

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

   • Structure
     • (We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'. This is mostly done in formal writing)
     • if + past simple, ...would + infinitive

3. we can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true. Maybe I'm imagining some dream for example.

   • Description
   • we can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true.

4. Examples

   • If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.
     • If I met the Queen of England, I would say hello.
       • She would travel all over the world if she were rich.
         • If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man.

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