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Listen to a conversation between two friends.

Miya : If I were a bird, I would fly in the sky.

Rinu: Fine imagination!!


Miya : Well. Can't I dream?
Rinu: Yes, you can. If your dreams are like this, you can't get
anywhere?

Miya : Why?
Rinu: Our dreams should be realistic.

Miya : Ok. I agree. But I like to dream wildly.


If I were a bird, I would fly in the sky.

Isn't it a conditional sentence?

Is the condition likely to happen? No

This type of conditional sentences are known as


Improbable Condition
If I were a bird, I would fly in the sky.

Identify the Tense form of the verb

Simple Past
Improbable Conditional statements Should be in
Simple Past
If it was Summer, we could play outside.
(It is rainy season now!)

If I won a lottery, I would buy a Helicopter.


(I don't buy lottery tickets!)

If they reached early, we could go for a film.


(They haven't started yet!)
You know Improbable conditions,don't you?

Do the exercises without fail.

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