SECOND CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

1. Use the second conditional for

   • Describes an situation:
     • imaginary
     • impossible
     • unlikely
     • could be in the present or future

2. FORM

   • if + condition,(comma) + result
     • "If I knew her telephone number, I would call her" :'v
   • result + if + condition (without comma)
     • "I would call herIf I knew her telephone number"
   • Use the past simple to indicate a distance from reality
   • Special case
     • For verb to be use
       • Subjunctive mood
         • "i I were you, I would go to Japan"

3. Fist conditonial vs second conditional

   • Fist: use for a situation more real or a realistic promise
   • Second: Is just a hypothetical situation

4. You can use the modals in 2nd C.

   • Would
     • Certain
   • Might
     • Not certain
   • Could
     • Would be able, because you have reasons