THE SECOND CONDITIONAL

Look at the following sentences in the second conditional. What is the structure? Select one option.

If I won the lottery, I would buy a luxury car.

If I played basketball, I wouldn't be a good player.

If she didn't write her mum, their relationship would be worse.

• If + PRESENT SIMPLE VERB / WOULD or WOULDN'T + INFINITIVE

• If + PAST SIMPLE VERB / WOULD or WOULDN'T + INFINITIVE

• If + PRESENT SIMPLE VERB / WOULD or WOULDN'T+ PAST SIMPLE VERB

Look at the following sentences in the second conditional:

If he won the lottery, he'd buy a luxury car.

If I played basketball, I wouldn't be a good player.

If Mary wrote her mum, Jane would feel better.

If I were you, I wouldn't tell her your secret.

What is the rule to contract 'would'

• We can use the 'd contraction after a pronoun and when it's not in the negative form.

• We can use the 'd contraction always.

Look at the following sentences in the second conditional. What is the difference?

If I played basketball, I wouldn't be a good player.

I wouldn't be a good player if I played basketball.

If Mary wrote her mum, Jane would feel better.

Jane would feel better if Mary wrote her mum.

• The order and the use of a comma after the 'if-clause'

• The order, the meaning and the use of a comma after the 'if-clause'.

• The order and the meaning.

How would you translate the following sentence:

-If I played basketball, I wouldn't be a good player.

• Si jugués a basket, no seria un bon jugador.

• Si jugaria a barket, no vaig ser un bon jugador.

• Si jugo a basket, seré un bon jugador.

If I had more money, ...

• I'd travel around the world.

• I travelled around the world.

• I would travelled around the world

If they studied more, ....

• the teacher would feel satisfied.

• the teacher felt satisfied.

• the teacher'd feel satisfied.

We'd forgive Peter...

• if he would apology.

• if he apologised.

• if he apologises.

If I didn't have a mobile phone,...

• I'd have more time for myself.

• I had more time for myself.

• I would had more time for myself.

If the detective found more evidence, ...

• The police would arrest the suspect.

• The police arrested the suspect.

• The police wouldn't arrest the suspect.

We would protect the environment...

• if we didn't reduce waste.

• if we would reduce waste.

• if we reduced waste.