F2: U6: Second Conditional

You use the Second Conditional to:

• predict the future result of an action

• talk about the present or future result of an imaginary situation

• talk about the imaginary past result of an imaginary past event

• talk about things that are generally true, especially laws, rules

You create the Second Conditional with the use of:

• if + Past Simple,

  would/wouldn’t + verb

• if + Past Perfect, would/wouldn’t have + Past Participle

• if + Present Simple, will/won't + verb

• if + Present Simple, Present Simple

1. There __________ (not be) so much traffic if more people _________ (work) from home.

• won't be, worked

• wouldn't be, worked

• wasn't, worked

1. If people ___________ (retire) at fifty, there _________ (be) more jobs for young people.

• retire, would be

• retired, will be

• retired, would be

• retired, was

I don’t meet new people, so my life is boring. =

If I _________________________________ .

1. The world __________ (be) a better place if everybody _______ (have) a job.

My mum’s cooking. I ’d miss / missed her food if I 'd live / lived anywhere except home.

• I'd miss, lived
• I'd miss, live
• I'd missed, lived
• I'd miss, living

But, if I told (tell) her, she _______ (know).