Second conditional

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Second

conditional

What is a conditional?

01

Open Ended

According to your knowledge... What is a conditional?

What is a conditional?

Conditional

tenses

are

used

to

speculate about what could happen,
what might have happened, and what we
wish would happen. In English, most
sentences using the conditional contain
the word if.

Which would be some examples

of conditional sentences?

02

Multiple Select

Which would be some examples of conditional sentences?

• If the weather improves, we’ll go for a walk.

• I’ll come and give a hand if you need help moving your stuff.

• Sam won't go to the dance unless you ask him.

• She would go there for me there.

2nd conditional refers to an unlikely or
hypothetical condition and its probable
result. These sentences are not based
on the actual situation.

2nd conditional

Examples

✽

If the weather wasn't so bad, we would go to the park.

✽

If I was the Queen of England, I would give everyone a chicken.

✽

If you really loved me, you would buy me a diamond ring.

✽

If I knew where she lived, I would go and see her.

✽

If I were taller, I would buy this dress.

NOTE

It is correct,
and very

common, to say

"if I were"

instead of "if I

was"

Which of the following sentences belong

to the second conditional type?

03

Multiple Select

Which of the following sentences belong to the second conditional type?

• If I won the big prize, I would take you to dinner at a fancy restaurant.

• In case you need my help, I will be in my classroom until 4:00.

• She would go to Spain only if her parents bought her a plane ticket.

• When you leave the milk out, it becomes sour.

To sum up the grammar explanation

Keep in mind…

​If + past simple + , + would + base form

E.g: If I were you, I would tell her.

Thanks