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Second conditional

The document explains the structure and usage of conditional sentences, focusing on zero, first, and second conditionals. It provides examples of each type, highlighting their grammatical forms and contexts, such as facts, possibilities, and advice. Additionally, it includes practice exercises to reinforce understanding of the second conditional.

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Second conditional

The document explains the structure and usage of conditional sentences, focusing on zero, first, and second conditionals. It provides examples of each type, highlighting their grammatical forms and contexts, such as facts, possibilities, and advice. Additionally, it includes practice exercises to reinforce understanding of the second conditional.

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SECOND

CONDITIONAL
IF THERE WEREN’T A PANDEMIC, WE’D BE HAPPILY HAVING CLASSES AT SCHOOL
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR…

• They reflect the cause-effect situations


• If you mix yellow and red, you get orange

• They are sentences made with two clauses:


• if clause (condition or situation): If you mix yellow and red
• Result clause: You get orange

• Clause: Phrases or sentences that alone lack of meaning. They need something else to have a
complete idea.
WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR…

• The basic structure is:

• If clause + , + Result clause

• If you behave well, I’ll buy you a double-cone ice cream

• We can swap the order of the clauses, but there a slight change:
• Result clause + If clause
• I’ll buy you a double-cone ice cream if you behave well
• NO COMMA
ZERO CONDITIONAL FIRST CONDITIONAL
• If + Present Simple + , + Present simple • If + Present simple + , + Will/ Be going
• Facts: to

• If you heat water to 100°C, it boils • Possibility:


• If two atoms get together, they form a • If you study hard, you’ll pass the exam
molecule.
• Promises/warnings:
• You’ll go to the cinema if you get good
grades
• You’ll clean the whole house if you fail
any exam.
SECOND
CONDITIONAL
LET’S LOOK AT HOW IT’S USED

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STRUCTURE

• If + Past (simple/continuous) , Would (could is possible, too)

• If that was a movie, I’d go see it.

• Would + Past (simple/continuous)


• Would it be weird if I used it (the shower)?
BASIC USE 1:

• Very improbable or imaginary situations:


• Would it be weird if I used it (the shower)?

• How do we know it’s improbable or imaginary?


• Does Penny live with Leonard or Sheldon? NO
• Is it common that She uses their shower? NO
• Does she know what they will answer? NO
• So… it’s very improbable that could happen….. BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE: IT HAPPENED.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE

• If that was a movie, I’d go see it.


• How do we know it’s improbable or imaginary?
• Did Penny play the role? NO
• Did She know Leonard and Sheldon When that happened? NO
• Was it a Movie? NO, it was a screenplay, never turned into a movie
• SO….. It’s Imaginary.
BASIC USE 2

• Giving advice (No, SHOULD is not the only way for giving advice).
• If you just apologised to Gabelhouser, he would give you your job back

• How do we know it’s a piece of advice?


• What happened to Sheldon? He lost his job
• Is he in some kind of trouble? YES
• Is Leonard worried about him? YES
• Does he want to help him at some point? YES
• How?... BY ADVISING HIM.
TO BE GRAPHIC…
Will always happen

• Zero conditional

• First Conditional

• Second conditional

• Third Conditional (we’ll see this later…)

Will never happen


IMPORTANT!

• When using verb to be, it can be WAS with HE, SHE, and IT.
• But it can be WERE in ALL PRONOUNS!
• If was there, I’d shop lots of things
• If I were there, I’d shop lots of things
LET’S PRACTISE A
LITTLE BIT
FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE SECOND CONDITIONAL
joined would make
• Sarah is a bored teenager. If she …………………… (join) a club, she ……………………… (make)
would enjoy went
more friends. She ………………………………. (enjoy) herself if she …………………….. (go)
studied
out more. Her schoolwork is suffering too. If she ………………………………….. (study) more,
would have
she ………………………………….. would enter
(have) better marks and she ………………………. (enter)
would feel
university. Unfortunately, she is becoming overweight. She ………………………………. (feel)
started
fitter if she ……………………………….. would get
(start) swimming, and she …………………….. (get)
stopped
thinner if she ……………………………… (stop) eating so much chocolate.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN EACH SITUATION? MATCH THE
TWO COLUMNS AND MAKE SENTENCES WITH SECOND
CONDITIONAL

1. You find a fly in your soup. call an ambulance


2. You see a burglar breaking into your complain to the manager
house. run away
3. You see a mouse in your kitchen.
try to catch it
4. Your car runs out of petrol.
ring the police
5. You see an accident.
walk to the nearest garage to get some
6. You see a ghost in your room.
ANSWERS

1. If I found a fly in my soup, I would complain to the manager.


2. If I saw a burglar breaking into my house, I would ring the police.
3. If I saw a mouse in my kitchen, I would try to catch it.
4. If my car ran out of petrol, I would walk to the nearest garage to get some
5. If I saw an accident, I would call an ambulance.
6. If I saw a ghost in my room, I would run away.
FIRST CONDITIONAL? SECOND CONDITIONAL?

Don’t do
• The teacher will be very angry if you …………………………… (not do) your
homework.
told
• If he ……………………………….. (tell) me, I could help him.
will
• If you don’t water the flowers, they ………………………………………… (die).
would
• If you didn’t water the flowers, they …………………………………………(die).
Would come
• I ……………………………………….. (come) if I had time.
…

• If you don’t hurry, you ………………………………………..


Will miss (miss) the bus.
Were /was
• If I …………………………… (be) you, I wouldn’t buy that car.
• He will play tennis if the weather ………………………………….
is (be) good.
Were/was
• I would be very happy if she …………………………………. (be) my sister.
tried
• She could win the race if she …………………………………. (try).

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