2nd Conditional: Meaning
What does the second conditional normally express?
Unreal, hypothetical situations in the present or future.
Structure of the second conditional?
If + past simple, would + base verb.
What does the third conditional refer to?
An unreal situation in the past and its imagined past result.
Structure of this mixed conditional?
If + past perfect, would + base verb (now).
Structure?
If + past simple, would have + past participle.
“If I ___ (have) more time, I would play football.”
Had
Correct the sentence: “If he will try harder, he would succeed.”
“If he tried harder, he would succeed.”
Structure of the third conditional?
If + past perfect, would have + past participle.
“If I were stronger, I ___ (have) won the match.”
If I were stronger, I would have won the match.
Meaning of:
“If I were taller, I would have made the basketball team.”
My present height prevented me from making the team in the past.
Fix the sentence
“If he will study, he would pass.”
If he studied, he would pass
Choose the correct option:
“If I (was / were) you, I would apologize.”
were
Correct the sentence: “If you would have called, I had helped you.”
“If you had called, I would have helped you.”
Create a mixed conditional:
“Tom isn’t careful. He had an accident last week.”
If Tom were more careful, he wouldn’t have had the accident.
Create a mixed conditional:
“Tom isn’t careful. He had an accident last week.”
If Tom were more careful, he wouldn’t have had the accident.
“she / buy a car / she have money”
If she had money, she would buy a car.
Make a second conditional: “you / speak French / move to Paris.”
If you spoke French, you would move to Paris.
Create a third conditional: “We missed the bus. We didn’t arrive on time.”
If we hadn’t missed the bus, we would have arrived on time.
Correct the sentence:
“If she was more confident, she would have won.”
If she were more confident, she would have won.
Correct the sentence:
“If she was more confident, she would have won.”
If she were more confident, she would have won.
In the second conditional, does the time refer to the present or past?
It refers to the present (imagining a different present reality).
Change this into a second conditional: “I don’t have time, so I can’t learn piano.”
If I had time, I would learn piano.
“If you had eaten, you ___ (feel) better now.”
“If you had eaten, you would
feel better now.”
Identify which part refers to past and which to present:
“If you had taken the job, you would live in Spain now.”
“Had taken the job” = past; “would live” = present.
Identify the mix of times:
“If they spoke English, they would have found a job abroad.”
Present condition (they don’t speak English) caused a past result (no job abroad).