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 ingredients for beef Wellington, I _____ (cook) it 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.
Right
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 _________(go) for a walk if it wasn't raining. But they didn't. At least they're not wet.
They WOULD HAVE GONE for a walk if it wasn't raining.
Finish the sentence using the correct conditional:
If I had one arm and one leg...
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 one minute to do whatever I want...
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.
Incorrect
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 with the urge to kill everyone.
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! It was 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 to be in 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 you're dumb and you didn't so here we are in the hospital.
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 last week. That was a bad call.
If I WERE you, I WOULDN'T HAVE QUIT my job until I'd find another one.
Sing the chorus to "I want it that way" to get the points
Yaaaay that was awesome / That sucked
Tell me a regret you have using the third conditional
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 would tell him about my ebola if I saw him yesterday.
I would have TOLD him about my ebola if I had SEEN him.
Third conditional (Hypothetical situation in the past)
I'm sure Sarah is sorry she couldn't make it to your prison-release party. 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. I bet they are having a great time skinny dipping.
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 differently, if you could go back in time to last week?
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 last week.
David would BE moving to Germany now If he'd got the job.