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Second Conditional Sentence

The document discusses the second conditional, which describes unlikely or hypothetical situations. It notes that in the second conditional: 1) The if-clause is in the past tense to talk about present situations that are impossible. 2) The main clause uses "would" to talk about unlikely future events. 3) The order can be reversed with a comma in the first structure and without in the reverse. 4) "Were" is used as the past form of "be" in all if-clause subjects. 5) "Could" can be used instead of "would" to make the hypothetical more likely.

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Second Conditional Sentence

The document discusses the second conditional, which describes unlikely or hypothetical situations. It notes that in the second conditional: 1) The if-clause is in the past tense to talk about present situations that are impossible. 2) The main clause uses "would" to talk about unlikely future events. 3) The order can be reversed with a comma in the first structure and without in the reverse. 4) "Were" is used as the past form of "be" in all if-clause subjects. 5) "Could" can be used instead of "would" to make the hypothetical more likely.

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SECOND CONDITIONAL

SENTENCE
FORM

IF + S+ VERB 2 , S+ WOULD + VERB 1

Past Simple Past Future


▪ If more cities had these laws, America would become
a better place to live.
▪ If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.
*Notice how a comma is used after the past tense clause. 2
FUNCTION

1. to talk about a present 2. to talk about things in the future


situation which is impossible to that are probably not going to be
happen. It is very unlikely for true, in other words imagining
the condition to be fulfilled.
something.
Example:
Example:
If I had his number, I would
call him. If I met the Queen of England,
(Reality: I don't have his number I would say hello.
now, so it's impossible for me to
call him). 3
We can also reverse the order

S+ WOULD + VERB 1 + IF + S+ VERB 2 ,

Past Future Past Simple

▪ America would become a better place to live if more


cities had these laws.
▪ I would travel around the world if I won the lottery.
*Notice how the comma is not necessary with this word order 4
IF I WERE ...(All subjects in if clause use to be “were”)

Examples:
▪ If I were not in debt, I would quit my job.
▪ If he were taller, he would be accepted into the team.
▪ She would still be correcting my grammar if she were
still alive.

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“ Could “ in Second Conditional sentences

COULD can be used instead of WOULD to make the


hypothetical present or future more likely.
Examples:
▪ If he trained every day, he could represent his
country
▪ If I had a little more money, I could buy a car.
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