Second conditional

Second conditional

1. We use the second conditional to talk about situations that are unreal in the present; therefore, we can describe them as imaginary and are unlikely to occur.

   • EXAMPLES:
     • Real situation: I don't have much money.
       • Unreal situation: If I had a lot of money, I would travel to 10 different countries.
     • Real situation: I am not the president of Colombia
       • Unreal situation: I would raise teachers ’salaries if I were the president of Colombia.
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   • The structure of the second conditional has two parts:
     • 1. Prayer with IF: In the sentence with IF we must use the past simple of the verbs.
       • EXAMPLE: If she worked as an actress.
         • If the sentence with IF contains the verb TO BE in the second conditional, WAS is almost never used, only WERE, like this:
           • EXAMPLE: If he were more tolerant
     • 2.Result: In the result sentence we use the auxiliary verb WOULD for the affirmative and WOULDN'T for the negative + the base form of the verb.
       • EXAMPLE: If she worked as an actress, she wouldn't live in this town.

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