Second Conditional

When we want to express impossible or unlikely situations, we use SECOND CONDITIONAL.

Second conditional
Use Past Tenses in “if-clause”☺
Don’t forget about would in the main sentence.
Eg. If I went there, I would meet him.
If I were you, I would help my classmates.
Note: verb ‘to be’ in S.C. is WERE
in every person.

What’s the difference between…
Second Conditional (S.C)
If I had enough money, I would buy an expensive car.
(It’s just a dream, not very real. )
First Conditional (F.C)
If I have enough money, I will buy some shoes.
(It’s much more possible than the last situation)

If I had a lot of money,
I would travel around the world.

If she were taller,
she wouldn’t wear
high-heeled shoes.

If I were you, I would stay
at home.

What would you…?

Choose one alternative…
If you could speak any other language which language would you like to speak?
A)English
B)French
C) Chinese
D)Portuguese
E) Italian
F) Another language.

Your friend wrote something on the wall and you got blamed for it. What would you do?
A) Tell the teacher.
B) Say nothing and get punished.
C) Fight with your friend later.
Choose an alternative…

Choose the correct variant
If I would play/played the lottery, I would have/had a chance to hit the jackpot.
If I would hit/hit the jackpot, I would be/were rich.
If I would be/were rich, my life would change/changed completely.
I would buy/bought a lonely island, if I would find/found a nice one.

Choose the correct variant
5. If I would own/owned a lonely island, I would build/built a huge house by the beach.
6. I would invite/invited all my friends if I would have/had a house by the beach.
7. I would pick/picked my friends up in my yatch if they would want/wanted to spend their holidays on my island.

8. We would have/had great parties if my friends would come/came to my island.
9. If we would like/liked to go shopping in a big city, we would charter/chartered a helicopter.
10. But if my friends’ holidays would be/were over, I would feel/felt very lonely on my lonely island.
Choose the correct variant

Match the sentences in the first column with those ones in second column.

Second Conditional: Put the verb into the correct tense.
If he ______(be) younger, he __________ (travel) more.
We ___________(come) to dinner if we _____(have) time.
If we________(not/be) friends, I _________(be) angry with you.
Mary___________(not/ buy) a house if she__________(not/decide) to stay here.