Second Conditional

Second Conditional

1. Use the Second conditional

   • To imagine life is different
     • Things in the future that are unlike
     • Things that are impossible in the present
     • Example: If i had enough money, I would buy a house
     • If + past simple, ... would + infinitive
   • To ash hypothetical questions
     • Examples
       • If you won a million dollars, would you travel the world?
       • What would you do if you quit your job?
     • If yoy could...?
   • To give advice
     • Examples
       • If I were you, I'd talk to my boss before I quit my job
       • If I were her, I'd break up with him!
   • To give reasons why
     • If I wasn't so busy, I would invite you over for dinner

2. "IF" is a conjunction

3. Subject + would are usually contracted when spoken

   • I'd
   • You'd
   • She'd
   • He'd
   • We'd
   • They'd

4. It breaks grammar rules!

   • I was/were...
   • He was/were...
   • She was/were...
   • It was/were...

5. you can change the order of the clauses

   • If I stopped raining, I would go for a walk
   • I would go for a walk, If I stopped raining

6. Modals

   • Should
   • Could
   • Would

7. By Diego Liberato Jury