Second Conditional

Second Conditional

1. Many conditional sentences are formed with if + will/would, but they can be formed with other words instead of if, like when, as long as, in case, supposing.

2. To form a sentence in the second conditional, use if + simple past in one of the clauses and would + infinitive in the other. You may also use the modal verbs could or might instead of would. To substitute it, you may use supposing or in case. In the second conditional, when there is the verb to be, were is used with all pronouns: if I were you...

3. Action verbs may have two voices in English: active and passive. We use the active voice to say what the subject does. We use the passive voice when the focus of a sentence is not on who or what did something, but the action itself. However, it's possible to introduce the agent of the action using by: We are all being exposed to news content that isn't produced by professionals. The passive voice is more frequently used in written English. Use the verb to be + past participle of main verb to form the passive voice.