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    The second conditional is used to talk about unreal or unlikely possibilities in the future. It uses the past simple tense in the if-clause to refer to the future condition, and "would" plus the base verb in the main clause to talk about the potential result. Some example sentences are provided to illustrate this structure, such as "If I won the lottery, I would buy a car" and "If it snowed next July, would you be surprised?". The document also provides examples to practice forming second conditional sentences correctly.

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    The second conditional is used to talk about unreal or unlikely possibilities in the future. It uses the past simple tense in the if-clause to refer to the future condition, and "would" plus the base verb in the main clause to talk about the potential result. Some example sentences are provided to illustrate this structure, such as "If I won the lottery, I would buy a car" and "If it snowed next July, would you be surprised?". The document also provides examples to practice forming second conditional sentences correctly.

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    Second Conditional For Unreal Possibility

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    The second conditional is used to talk about unreal or unlikely possibilities in the future. It uses the past simple tense in the if-clause to refer to the future condition, and "would" plus the base verb in the main clause to talk about the potential result. Some example sentences are provided to illustrate this structure, such as "If I won the lottery, I would buy a car" and "If it snowed next July, would you be surprised?". The document also provides examples to practice forming second conditional sentences correctly.

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    Second Conditional

    for unreal possibility

    If I won the lottery, I would buy a car.

    The second conditional is like the first conditional. We are still thinking about the future.
    We are thinking about a particular condition in the future, and the result of this condition.
    But there is not a real possibility that this condition will happen. For example, you do not
    have a lottery ticket. Is it possible to win? No! No lottery ticket, no win! But maybe you will
    buy a lottery ticket in the future. So you can think about winning in the future, like a
    dream. It's not very real, but it's still possible.

    if condition result

      Past Simple would + base verb

    If I won the lottery, I would buy a car.

    Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. We use the Past Simple tense to talk
    about the future condition. We use would + base verb to talk about the future result. The
    important thing about the second conditional is that there is an unreal possibility that the
    condition will happen.

    ok at these example sentences:

    if condition result

      Past Simple would + base verb

    If I married Mary, I would be happy.

    If Ram became rich, she would marry him.

    If it snowed next July, would you be surprised?


    If it snowed next July, what would you do?

    result if condition

    would + base verb   Past Simple

    I would be happy if I married Mary.

    She would marry Ram if he became rich.

    Would you be surprised if it snowed next July?

    What would you do if it snowed next July?

    Sometimes, we use should, could or might instead of would, for example: If I won a
    million dollars, I could stop working.

    2nd. Conditional Form = IF + PAST SIMPLE + WOULD/COULD.

    Ex. If I were you, I would do it.

    01.- If I enough money,


    I a yacht. (have / buy )
    02.- He happy
    if you with him. ( be / dance )

    03.- If they something,


    they a beer. ( drink / drink )

    04.- If she a bike,


    she to Galicia. ( had / travel )

    05.- If you the bell,


    somebody . ( ring / answer )

    06.- It nice
    if you me. ( be / love )

    01.- If the weather colder,


    I on a scarf. ( get / put )
    02.- a house
    if you in Santiago? ( you buy / live )

    03.- You healthier


    if you . ( be / not smoke)

    04.- He more money


    if he so much. ( have / not spend )

    05.- If we ,
    we on time. (not run / not arrive )

    06.- the book


    if they it to you? ( you read / lend )

      

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