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SECOND CONDITIONAL
SECOND CONDITIONAL Hitwas sunny, Vd buy these. £ Hlwere ou, f a VA uy tés. / T 7 AAN In the second conditional we use the past tense in the if clause, and would + the infinitive in the main clause. Remember: although we use the past simple, we are talking about a present or future situation. SAS condition ES Result E E MO If he gota jobin Beijing, | he'd learn Chinese. If didn't eat any my mum would be breakfast, worried. Él met the Queen, nn know what to With personal pronouns, (l you, he, she, etc.) we normally use the contracted form 'd for would. You'd earn more money ¡f you worked harder. We often use the phrase if | were you to give advice. IfI were you, 'd wear a sweater today. Pd do some more revision ¡fl were you. Note that we say if | were you, not iflwas-you. We use the second conditional to talk about unlikely situations in the present or future. The situation might happen but it probably won't. If became prime minister, 'd create more public holidays. Alot of people would die ¡fan asteroid hit the Earth. We can also use it to imagine situations that are not real. Imy room was bigger, 'd put a table tennis table in it. 32 Change would to the contracted form di where +1 Circle the correct open QS) » IfFredihad/ would have more money, hed buy a mew guilar. 1 1fI swam / would swim every day, | would feel better. 2 IfJack cleaned his room, his mum was / would be happy. 3 If he practised / would practise more, hed be an excellent pianist. 4 If you asked / would ask Peter, he would help you. 5 IfGemma got up on time, she didn't / wouldn't miss the bus. 6 If people didn't / wouldn't use computers, everything would take longer. 7 lfmy sister wasn't annoying, | didn't / wouldn't argue with her. 8 Ifitwas sunny, | would wear / wore sunglasses. possible. If the contracted form is not possible, write x. » Ifthey checked thelr work, they would find some mistakes. thewd » The plants would die ¡if we didn't water them. E 1 If my best friend moved away, | would cry. 2 Paul would spend less money if he didn't buy coffee every day. 3 If he went to bed earlier, he would wake up. earlier, 4. Ifwe didn't like football, we would play rugby. 5 My parents would live near the sea, if they could find jobs there. 6 Ifthe coach was better, the team would win more matches.