Second conditional: if + past simple and would

SECOND CONDITIONAL

• If + Past Simple, ...Would + Verb + complement
• e.g
• I would be happy if I had more free time.
• I would tell you the answer if I knew what it was
• We would have a lot of money if we sold our house.

SECOND CONDITIONAL

• 
• I were ...
• Note that with the verb To Be we use IF + I / HE / SHE / IT + WERE
• The reason we use WERE instead of WAS is because the sentence is in the Subjunctive mood.
• If I were not in debt, I would quit my job.
• If he were taller, he'd be accepted into the team.
• She would be still be correcting my grammar if she were still alive.
• I were ...
• Note that with the verb To Be we use IF + I / HE / SHE / IT + WERE

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• I were ...
• Note that with the verb To Be we use IF + I / HE / SHE / IT + WERE
• The reason we use WERE instead of WAS is because the sentence is in the Subjunctive mood.
• If I were not in debt, I would quit my job.
• If he were taller, he'd be accepted into the team.
• She would be still be correcting my grammar if she were still alive.
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• If I didn't have experience, I wouldn't get this job – Si no tuviera experiencia no habría obtenido este puesto de trabajo.
• If she didn’t have a boyfriend, I’d ask her out – Si no tuviera novio, le pediría salir.

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