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Second Conditional
The second conditional is used to refer to “impossible” situations.
• If we were in London today, we would be able to go to the concert in Hyde Park.
• If I had millions dollars, I'd give a lot to charity.• If there were no hungry people in this world, it
would be a much better place.• If everyone had clean water to drink, there
would be a lot less disease.
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• If I had a million dollars, I would give a lot to charity.
• If I had a million dollars, __________________________________________________________________________.
• If I lived in Japan, __________________________________________________________________________.
• If I were to visit Italy, __________________________________________________________________________.
• If I had a superpower, __________________________________________________________________________.
• If I met President Barack Obama, __________________________________________________________________________
We can also use the second conditional….
• To talk about things in the present that you would or wouldn’t do if the situation was different.
• If I had his phone number, I would call him.
• (you don’t have the number, so you can’t call.)
• If I could find her address, I would send her an invitation to my party.
Try to write your own.__________________________________________________________________________.
We can use the second conditional to…
• Give advice.
• If I were you, I wouldn’t go into the basement. • If I were you, I wouldn’t drink that expired
milk. • ______________________________________
____________________________________
Practice:
• Answer ONE of the following questions in your notebook in a full paragraph:
• What would you do if you saw a really bad car accident on the road?
or
• What would you do if you saw a little kid lost in the mall?
• Start your paragraph like this: If I …