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Second Conditional (Wishes) Past What Could You Do If You Win The Lottery?

The document discusses the second conditional, which is used to talk about unlikely or hypothetical future events. It explains that the second conditional uses the past tense to talk about the future condition ("If I won the lottery") and "would" to talk about the potential result ("I would buy a car"). Some examples of second conditional scenarios are dreaming about what you could do if you won the lottery, got your dream job, or had your dream family. The key aspect is that the condition is possible but unlikely to actually happen.

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Second Conditional (Wishes) Past What Could You Do If You Win The Lottery?

The document discusses the second conditional, which is used to talk about unlikely or hypothetical future events. It explains that the second conditional uses the past tense to talk about the future condition ("If I won the lottery") and "would" to talk about the potential result ("I would buy a car"). Some examples of second conditional scenarios are dreaming about what you could do if you won the lottery, got your dream job, or had your dream family. The key aspect is that the condition is possible but unlikely to actually happen.

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Conditionals

Second Conditional (wishes) Past

What could you do if you win the lottery?


If I won the lottery, I could buy a ticket to travel around the world. (past)+

If I won the lottery, I should have another family. (past)

If I won the lottery, I would buy a car. (past related to present)-

The second conditional is like the first conditional. We are still thinking about the future. We are thinking about
a particular condition in the future, and the result of this condition. But there is not a real possibility that this
condition will happen. For example, you do not have a lottery ticket. Is it possible to win? No! No lottery ticket,
no win! But maybe you will buy a lottery ticket in the future. So you can think about winning in the future, like a
dream. It's not very real, but it's still possible.
How to built it
Could

Should

Would

Might (less)
Question and interchangeable
Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. We use the Past Simple tense to talk about the future
condition. We use would + base verb to talk about the future result. The important thing about the second
conditional is that there is an unreal possibility that the condition will happen.
Examples

Dream travel

Dream job

Dream Family

Dream places

Dream house

Dreams

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