🔰 Second Conditional


🔻The Second Conditional is used to talk about ‘impossible’ situations.

🔹If we were in London today, we would be able to go to the concert in Hyde Park. 

🔹If I had millions dollars, I’d give a lot to charity.

🔹If there were no hungry people in this world, it would be a much better place.

🔹If everyone had clean water to drink, there would be a lot less disease.

🔻Note that after I / he/ she /it we often use the subjunctive form__ ‘were’ and not ‘was’. (Some people think that ‘were’ is the only ‘correct’ form but other people think ‘was’ is equally ‘correct’.)

🔹If she were happy in her job, she wouldn’t be looking for another one. 

🔹If I lived in Japan, I’d have sushi every day.

🔹If they were to enter our market, we’d have big problems.

🔻Note the form ‘If I were you’ which is often used to give advice.

🔹If I were you, I’d look for a new place to live.

🔹If I were you, I’d go back to school and get more qualifications.

🔻The Second Conditional is also used to talk about ‘unlikely’ situations.

🔹If I went to China, I’d visit the Great Wall.

🔹If I was the President, I’d reduce taxes.

🔹If you were in my position, you’d understand. 

🔻Note that the choice between the first and the second conditional is often a question of the speaker’s attitude rather than of facts.

🤔 Compare these examples. Otto thinks these things are possible, Peter doesn’t.

✨Otto – If I win the lottery, I’ll buy a big house.
🔹Peter – If I won the lottery, I’d buy a big house.

✨Otto – If I get promoted, I’ll throw a big party.
🔹Peter – If I got promoted, I’d throw a big party.

✨Otto – If my team win the Cup, I’ll buy presents for everybody.
🔹Peter – If my team won the Cup, I’d buy presents for everybody.

🔻Note that the ‘If clause’ can contain the past simple or the past continuous.

🔹If I was still working in Brighton, I would commute by train.

🔹If she were coming, she would be here by now.

🔹If they were thinking of selling, I would want to buy.

🔻Note that the main clause can contain ‘would’, ‘could’ or ‘might.

🔹If I had the chance to do it again, I would do it differently.

🔹If we met up for lunch, we could go to that new restaurant.

🔹If I spoke to him directly, I might be able to persuade him.

🔻Also note that sometimes the ‘if clause’ is implied rather than spoken.

🔹What would I do without you? (“if you weren’t here”)

🔹Where would I get one at this time of night? (“if I wanted one”)

🔹He wouldn’t agree. (“if I asked him”)

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🔰Third Conditional


🔻We can use the Third Conditional to talk about ‘impossible’ conditions, impossible because they are in the past and we cannot change what has happened.

🔹If I had worked harder at school, I would have got better grades.

🔹If I had had time, I would have gone to see him. But I didn’t have time.

🔹If we had bought that house, we would have had to rebuild the kitchen.

🔹If we had caught the earlier train, we would have got there on time but we were late.

🔻Notice that the main clause can contain ‘would’, ‘could’ or ‘might.

🔹If I had seen him at the meeting, I would have asked him. (But he wasn’t there so I didn’t.)

🔹If I had seen him at the meeting, I could have asked him. ( But he wasn’t there so it wasn’t possible.)

🔹If I had seen him at the meeting, I might have asked him. (But I’m not sure. Perhaps if the opportunity had arisen.)

🔹If I had paid more attention in class, I would have understood the lesson.

🔻Also notice that sometimes the ‘if clause’ is implied rather than spoken.

🔹I’d have done it. (“if you had asked me but you didn’t.”)

🔹I wouldn’t have said that. (“if I’d been there.”)

🔹He wouldn’t have let him get away with that. (“if he had tried that with me.”)

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1⃣ C. hadn't felt. 6⃣ D. had lasted.

2⃣ B. studied. 7⃣ D. will be.

3⃣ A. can do. 8⃣ C. were.

4⃣ D. wouldn't have felt. 9⃣ A. had invited.

5⃣ C. would spend. 🔟 D. tries


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🔰 Mixed conditionals


Mixed conditionals are conditionals where the tense in the main clause is different from the tense in the conditional-clause (also called if-clause). This happens in second and third conditionals (unreal conditionals).


✨Examples of conditionals:

🔹If I won the prize, I would take you shopping. (Future + Future)

🔹I would be happy if Tom asked me to the dance. (Future + Future)

🔹Bob would have known what to get only if he had asked his father. (Past + Past)

🔹If I had put air in the tires, I wouldn't have had a flat tire last night. (Past + Past)

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