Second and Third Conditional

Second and Third Conditional

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When we want to talk about predictions based on a condition we use the:

• Zero Conditional

• First Conditional

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When we want to talk about true facts and things that always happen we use the:

• Zero Conditional

• First Conditional

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This is the structure for the first conditional:

• (Condition) Present Simple + (Result) Present Simple

• (Condition) Present Simple + (Result) Future Tense

• (Condition) Future Tense + (Result) Present Simple

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Select all the sentences using correct PRESENT SIMPLE:

• It carry its baby in its pouch.

• They help each other.

• We watch TV together.

• He isn't here right now.

• You came late to the meeting.

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Select all the sentences using correct FUTURE TENSES:

• She will go to the party.

• They're coming tomorrow.

• We wash our clothes at the laundromat.

• He's not travelling this summer

• We're not be happy about the news.

Second Conditional

• We use it to express what we think could hypotetically happen in imaginary situations.

• Example: I would learn French if I travelled to Canada.

• We normally use the modal verbs would and could in the result clause of this type of conditional.

Real or Unreal?

• You'll get hurt if you lift that box without help.

• You'd get hurt if you lifted that box without help.

• Can you spot the difference? In which situation would you use each sentence?

Second Conditional

We use the PAST SIMPLE + WOULD/COULD in the Second Conditional.

Ex. 1: If he had more money, he could buy a new car.

Ex. 2: If we didn't speak English, we wouldn't be able to communicate with foreigners.

Advice

• We can give advice using the Second Conditional by saying "If I were you..." (Notice that in this case, the subject-verb agreement doesn't exist).

• Example: I wouldn't climb that tree If I were you.

To summarize:

• Hypothetical/Imaginary situations, unreal situations and advice.

• If X happened, Y would/could happen

• PAST SIMPLE + WOULD/COULD

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Select all the sentences which use the Second Conditional correctly.

• I wouldn't be here if I didn't want to help you.

• If he read more, he'd know the author you're talking about.

• If I'd done my homework, I would be free.

• I'd gone to the beach if I had vacations.

• They'd know what to do if they listened to the instructions.

Third Conditional

• We use the Third Conditional to express an imaginary past. We imagine past actions and their possible consequences.

• We usually express regrets using the Third Conditional.

• Example: I would have learnt Portuguese if I had visited my aunt in Brazil.

• The oportunity of the past action is no longer available to us, which means we can only imagine what it would have been like. We imagine a different past.

Third Conditional

We use the PAST PERFECT + WOULD HAVE to form the Third Conditional.

Ex. 1: If you hadn't come early, I wouldn't have left the house.

Ex. 2: She would have finished her essay if she had organized her time better.

To summarize...

• Unreal past and regrets.

• If X had happened, Y would have happened

• PAST PERFECT + WOULD HAVE

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Select all the sentences which use the Third COnditonal correctly.

• I wouldn't be angry if you had done what I told you.

• They would have tried harder if they knew they would fail.

• If I had been more careful, I wouldn't have got hurt.

• He'd have stayed longer if he hadn't had a curfew.

• They'd made a cake if they knew how.