CONDITIONAL SENTENCES TYPE II

Second Conditional Presentation

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The second conditional (also called conditional type 2) is a structure used for talking about unreal situations in the present or in the future. 

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The structure of a second conditional sentence

Like a first conditional, a second conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an "if" clause and a main clause:

 

if clause	main clause
If I had a million dollars,	I would buy a big house.

If the "if" clause comes first, a comma is usually used. If the "if" clause comes second, there is no need for a comma:

 

main clause	if clause
I would buy a big house	if I had a million dollars.

We use different verb forms in each part of a second conditional:

 

if clause	if + subject + simple past verb*
main clause	subject + would + verb

*Note that this "simple past" form is slightly different from usual in the case of the verb BE. Whatever the subject, the verb form is "were", not "was": If I were rich, I’d buy a big house.

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If you had a million dollars, what would you do?     http://www.genkienglish.net/milliondollars.htm

 

If I had a million dollars (Fill in the gaps)   http://www.helping-you-learn-english.com/second-conditional.html

 

ANOTHER SECOND CONDITIONAL SONG: iF i WERE A BOY - BY BEYONCE