SECOND CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

1. The structure forms: if + past simple, ...would + infinitive

   • If he left home earlier, he would never be late for work.

2. Although with the personal pronouns <<I, he, she, and it>> the form "was" is used as the past tense of the verb TO BE, in the conditional form, the "were" form is used. You can also use could instead of would.

   • For example: If I were rich, I would live in a huge house.

3. This kind of conditional sentence is different from the first conditional because this is a lot more unlikely.

   • Improbable events in the future
   • Imaginary situations in the present.

4. We use the Past Simple in the if-clause and would/wouldn't in the clause describing the result.

   • We put a comma at the end of the if-clause if it comes first in the sentence.
   • We use Second Conditional sentences to talk about in the facts that happened in the future.