Second conditional

What is a conditional?

01

What is a conditional?

Conditional

tenses

are

used

to

speculate about what could happen,
what might have happened, and what we
wish would happen. In English, most
sentences using the conditional contain
the word if.

Which would be some examples

of conditional sentences?

02

2nd conditional refers to an unlikely or
hypothetical condition and its probable
result. These sentences are not based
on the actual situation.

2nd conditional

Examples

✽

If the weather wasn't so bad, we would go to the park.

✽

If I was the Queen of England, I would give everyone a chicken.

✽

If you really loved me, you would buy me a diamond ring.

✽

If I knew where she lived, I would go and see her.

✽

If I were taller, I would buy this dress.

NOTE

It is correct,
and very

common, to say

"if I were"

instead of "if I

was"

Which of the following sentences belong

to the second conditional type?

03

To sum up the grammar explanation

Keep in mind…

​If + past simple + , + would + base form

E.g: If I were you, I would tell her.

Thanks