LA412

2023
 Observe the sentence:

If you got out of bed, the world would probably end.

Does it refer to a real possibility?

What are the verb tenses used?
2ND Conditional

If I had enough money, I would go to Japan.

conditional clause main clause
condition result

I would go to Japan if I had enough money

main clause conditional clause
result condition
 Second Conditional
Unreal possibility or dream

• The second conditional :

• We are thinking about the future.
• We are thinking about a particular condition in the future, and the result of
this condition. It is not very real, but still there is a remote possibility.

If I had more time, I would hang out with friends.

Second Conditional: unreal possibility, a
hypothetical situation or a dream

• Notice that we are thinking about a future condition.

We use:

 Verb in the past simple tense to talk about the future

condition.
 WOULD + base verb to talk about the future result.

IF condition result
past simple WOULD + base verb
If I won the lottery I would buy a Ferrari.
 Second Conditional:
unreal possibility or dream

IF CONDITION RESULT
past simple WOULD + base verb
If I had a job, I would have some money.
If it snowed in Campinas, would you be surprised?
If you didn’t have a place to live, what would you do?
Second Conditional:
unreal possibility or dream

RESULT IF CONDITION
WOULD + base verb past simple
I would have some money if I had a job.
Janet would marry Paul if he won the lottery.
Would you be surprised if it snowed in Campinas?
you didn’t have a place to
What would you do if live?

Sometimes, we use should, could or might instead of would,

for example: If I won a million dollars, I could stop working.
 We can use it to talk about things in the future that are
The second probably not going to be true. Maybe I'm imagining, it is some

conditional has dream, for example. It can also be some kind of hypothesis
about something.
two uses:
 If I won the lottery, I would buy a huge house.
(I probably won't win the lottery)
1)
 She would travel all over the world if she were rich.
(the fact is that she is not rich)

 She would pass the exam if she ever studied.

(She never studies, so this won't happen)

 If I had control over the food sources, I would end world

hunger.
(I don’t have control over food sources)
 We can use it to talk about something in
The second the present which is impossible, because
conditional has it's not true. Have a look at the examples:
two uses:  If I had his phone number, I would call him.
(I don't have his number now, so it's
impossible for me to call him).
2)
 If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man.
(I’m not you …)
Result: wouldn’t Condition: didn’t have
 • This kind of conditional sentence is different
from the first conditional because this is a lot
more unlikely.

For example (second conditional):

How is the • If I had enough money, I would buy a
second house with twenty bedrooms and a
swimming pool.
conditional (I'm probably not going to have this much
money. It's just a dream, not very real)
different from
the first? But (first conditional):
• If I have enough money, I'll buy a new TV
(It's much more likely that I'll have
enough money to buy a new TV)
Verb to be
with the
second
conditional
Verb to be in the second conditional

• If I were ...
• Note that with the verb To Be we use IF + I / HE / SHE / IT + WERE

 If I were not in debt, I would quit my job.

 If he were taller, he'd be accepted into the team.
 She would still be correcting my grammar if she were still alive.

• Though in informal English, you will hear some people say If I

was... If he was... etc. This usage doesn't sound good even though
it is common.
Note that you can have a question in the result
(main clause), never in the conditional clause.
 If I had more time, ...

Pair If I studied more, ...

Activity – If I won the lotery, ...

Second If I could change something in my life, ...

Conditional If I were the presidente of my country, ...

Create a 2nd conditional sentence

 • Video with Big Bang Theory
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJF9Gb3dGbc

2nd • Wordwall activities

conditionals • https://wordwall.net/pt/resource/34502664/if-que
stions-2nd-conditional
• https://wordwall.net/pt/resource/24574534/comm
unications/turbo-3-2nd-conditional-2

• Other video suggestions:

• https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/everyday-gr
ammar-present-unreal-conditionals/3255157.html#
player-start-time=91.545981