SECOND CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

1. Examples

   • If I met the Queen of England, I would say hello
   • If I had his number, I would call him

2. we can use "were" instead of "was" with "I" and "he/she/it". This is mostly done in formal writing

3. structure

   • if + past simple, .... would + infinitive

4. It has two uses

   • we can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true
   • we can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true

5. imaginary situations in the present or future

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