Second Conditional

Second Conditional

By Reyna Alonzo

​The Second Conditional...

​If I had the money, I would buy a boat.

​In the sentence above, I don't have the money to buy a boat, so I haven't bought it. We are imagining an imaginary future where I would buy a boat if I had the money.

Multiple Choice

We use the second conditional for...

• possible future situations

• real and possible present situations

• imaginary or hypothetical future situations

Multiple Choice

We need to use ________ in the "If" clause.

• if + simple present

• if + simple past

• If + simple future

Multiple Choice

We use _________ in the main clause

• will / won't + verb

• would / wouldn't + verb

• are / aren't + verb

Multiple Choice

If we flip the order of the sentence, will the meaning still be the same?

• Yes, it will.

• No, it won't.

• Sometimes, it's OK.

Multiple Choice

If the if-clause comes first, we _________________the next clause

• put a comma before

• put a comma after

• do not put a comma before

Multiple Choice

Where would you __________ if you could go anywhere in the world?

• goes

• went

• go

Multiple Choice

If I _______ you, I _______ a new job.

• was/would get

• were/ would get

• were/get

Open Ended

Type a Second Conditional sentence