SECOND CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

1. EXTRA TIPS

   • "IF" IS A CONJUCTION
   • YOU CAN CHANGUE THE ORDER OF THE CLAUSES
   • SUBJECT + WOULD ARE USUALLY CONTRACTED WHEN SPOKEN
   • IT BREAKS GRAMMAR RULES!

2. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

   • IF + PAST SIMPLE... WOULD + INFINITIVE
     • IF SHE LIVED IN LONDON, SHE WOULD HAVE ENGLISH FRIENDS

3. MEANING

   • USE THE 2ND CONDITIONAL
     • IMAGINE LIFE IS DIFFERENT
       • THING IN THE FUTURE THAT ARE UNLIKELY
       • THING THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE PRESENT
       • IF I WON THE LOTTERY, I`D BUY A HOUSE
     • HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS
       • COULD OR WOULD
         • WHAT YOU DO IF YOU QUIT YOUR JOB?
     • GIVE ADVICE
       • IF I WERE YOU HIM, I`D BREAK UP WITH HER!
     • GIVE REASONS WHY
       • IF I HAD THE MONEY, I`D LEND IT TO YOU