Second or
Third Conditional
Third Conditional
In what situation do you use the third conditional?
The third conditional expresses an unreal situation in the past, with reference to the hypothetical outcome that would result also in the past.
In what situations do you use mixed conditionals?
to mix present and past conditions and results.
Fill in the blank correctly, and tell me what conditional it is.
If you buy the food, I _____ (cook) tonight.
I will cook tonight
Use: First Conditional, because it expresses a future scenario that might occur. Assuming the condition is fulfilled, it is likely to happen.
What happens if you heat water?
Use: Zero conditional, because it is a universal truth.
Structure: if + present tense | present tense
If you heat water, it boils.
If you go to Dallas in August, you get hot weather.
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When do we use the second conditional?
The second conditional is used to express the consequence of an unrealistic action or situation in the present or future.
They WOULD HAVE GONE for a walk if it wasn't raining.
Finish the sentence using the correct conditional:
If I had four legs...
FREE ANSWER but pay attention to the structure
Use: Second Conditional, an unrealistic hypothetical situation in the present.
Complete this sentence with your own idea and the correct form, and tell me what kind of conditional you should use...
If I had a million dollars...
Use: Second conditional, because it is a hypothetical that is unlikely.
Structure: If + simple past | would/might/could + base verb
Example: If I had a million dollars, I would buy a house.
You can also use Mixed conditionals if your consequence is in the past.
Example: If I had a million dollars, I would have bought that house yesterday.
You get orange, if you mix red and yellow.
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You have to remove the comma if you move the "if/when clause" to the second half of the sentence.
If you mix red and yellow, you get orange.
You get orange if you mix red and yellow.
If we _____ (listen) to the radio regularly, we _____ (not be) stuck in this huge traffic jam now.
If we LISTENED to the radio, we WOULDN'T BE stuck in this huge traffic jam now.
Second conditional (Present)
We _________(BE) very wealthy right now if we _________(win) the lottery yesterday! but we were so close.
We WOULD BE very wealthy right now if we HAD WON the lottery yesterday!
Finish the sentence using the correct conditional:
If I didn’t have this class now....
For example: If I didn’t have this class now, I’d still be in bed.
If I didn't have this class now, I would have travelled with my friends this morning.
Use: Second conditional or Mixed conditionals
Give me advice using the appropriate conditional.
My dog is limping. What should I do?
If I were you,...
Example: If I were you, I would take him to the vet...
Structure: If + simple past | would + base verb
Use: The Second Conditional is best for giving advice where you imagine you are the other person (an impossible situation in the present)
If she will go to university next year, we will have the house to ourselves.
If she goes to university next year, we will have the house to ourselves.
If you _______ (switch) on the lights, you ______ (fall / not) over the chair. But... we are at the hospital now.
If you had switched on the lights, you would not have fallen over the chair.
Third conditional (Past)
If I _____(BE) you, I __________(not quit) my job until I'd find another one. Now, you're unemployed.
If I WERE you, I WOULDN'T HAVE QUIT my job until I'd find another one.
TRADE POINTS with the person on your right.
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Tell me about something you regret. Using the correct conditional, tell me: what do you wish you had done differently, and what would have been the alternate outcome?
Example: If I had gone to bed earlier, I would have done better on the test.
Use: Third conditional, when we want to talk about alternative situations, or how things could or might have been different.
Structure: if + past perfect | would/could/might + perfect infinitive
I'll tell him the news, if I'll see him yesterday.
But I didn't see him so I don't know who told him.
I WOULD HAVE TOLD him the news if I HAD SEEN him yesterday.
Third conditional (Hypothetical situation in the past)
I'm sure Sarah is sorry she couldn't make it. She __________ (come) to our party if she ______ (be / not) on holiday.
She would have come to our party, if she had not been on holiday.
Third conditional (past)
If I ________(not have) this homework to do, I ________(go) out with my friends. Sadly, I do have to hand in this homework for tomorrow and it's too late to meet my friends as they're already gone.
If I DIDN'T HAVE this homework to do, I WOULD HAVE GONE out with my friends.
_______you _______ (know) what to do if you ______ (have) a heart attack? You're a doctor, you must know it.
1. DO you KNOW what to do if you HAVE a heart attack?
2. WOULD you KNOW what to do if you HAD/WERE HAVING a heart attack?
Use the correct structure and conditional to answer this question:
What would you have done in 2020, if coronavirus hadn’t appeared?
Structure: if + past perfect | would/could/might + perfect infinitive
Use: Third conditional, because the third refers to impossibilities in the past. Use third conditional when the situation can't be changed because it has already happened.
David would have been moving to Germany now If he'd got the job.
David would BE moving to Germany now If he'd got the job.