SECOND CONDITIONAL - UNREAL POSSIBILITY
IF CONDITION RESULT
PAST SIMPLE WOULD+BASE VERB
If T won the lottery, T would buy a new house
RESULT IF CONDITION
WOULD+BASE VERB PAST SIMPLE
T wor
T
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Ve a5 lottery
Use the second conditional for unreal situations in the future that are not
impossible but difficult to come true. Ex. JAI won the lottery... and also for
hypothetical situations: JF was/were in Rome now... (but I am not).
BE CAREFUL! Use were (not was) for advice: JF were you I would study more.
Exercise Write
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4-Michael
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6-carla
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S-Jenny
10-4f my husband
11-We
124f it
134f you
14.
15-What.
16-If you
171f someone
18-Our friends
the ve
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here (be), I'm sure she
pf Ryo,
(find) some money in the street, |
_—________{be) angry if someone
(not be) upset if you
(know) how to solve this problem, |
(fail) the exam, 1
(make) a nice cake if she
_______ (be) a famous actor, he
{not learn) so quickly if we.
(rain) tomorrow, we
(stay) at home tonight, you
(learn) Japanese if!
(tio) Ir yo,
—___ (try) to give up smoking, you
{steal) my car, 1
—____ (be) really angry if we
(not catch) the nine o'clock bus, we
nditional
(help) us.
(see) a ghost? =
(take) it to the police.
(take) his computer without permission.
—_____[arrrive) too late.
(tell) her the truth.
(do) it.
(be) very disappointed. I've studied so hard.
(know) how to cook well,
(earn) a lot of money.
(not have) such a good teacher.
{not go) to the beach but the sky is so clear.
(not see) Tina at the party,
(have) the time to do it.
(lose) your passport in a foreign country?
(feel) much better.
(report) it to the police immediately.
{not go) to their party next Friday.