THE SECOND CONDITIONAL

•FORM
•USES
•EXAMPLES
•EXERCISES
FORM:
• CONDICIÓN: PASADO
• If I touched this switch,

• RESULTADO:WOULD+VERBO
• the alarm would go off
• (si tocara ese interruptor la alarma
saltaría)
Uses:
• El segundo condicional expresa una acción o
acontecimiento hipotético. Teoricamente podría
ocurrir pero es improbable. Suele expresar una
acción contraria al estado actual de las cosas.

• If I got a raise, I would buy a flat

• (si tuviera un aumento,compraría un piso)
• If you didn’t listen to music, you would study better
• (si no escucharas música estudiarías mejor)
Casos especiales:
• IF I WERE YOU…..
• Es uno de los usos mas importantes. Se
emplea para dar consejos.
• You look tired. If I were you ,I would get some
rest
• (pareces cansado,yo en tu lugar descansaría)
 • Con el verbo TO BE el segundo
condicional suele emplear siempre
were en inglés formal:

If I were rich, I would move to a different

neighbourdhood
(si fuera rico, me mudaría de barrio)

Mas informalmente podriamos decir

IF I was rich……..(Excepto para IF I WERE YOU, como

vimos anteriormente)
 Match
• If I weren’t so busy,
• If I were you,
• If I didn’t know you better
• If He didn’t have so much money
• I could speak better English
• They would have a wonderful holiday
I’d think you were joking
If I spent some time in England
I wouldn’t talk to her that way
would you still marry him?
If they went to the mountains
I’d go out more often
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este condicional
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