If he were my boss, I’d look for another job. If I were rich, I’d spend all my time travelling. When we use the verb ‘to be’ in the second conditional, the past form is always were and not was for the subjects I, he, she and it. If we lived in the city we could use the public transport. I wouldn’t need a car if I lived in a big city.Īs an alternative to would, we can complete the second part ofĪ second conditional sentence with could. I’d go out more often if I lived in a big city. If I lived in a big city, I wouldn’t need a car.Īs with all conditionals, you can also invert this structure: If I lived in a big city, I would go out more often. To make a sentence in the second conditional, we use,
#Be in second conditional exercises free
I don’t have a lot of free time (0%), but in that case, the second part is 100% certain. If I had more free time, I would play more sport. But if it happens, the second part is 100% certain. There is a very low probability (1% chance) that the first part of this sentence (winning the lottery’) will happen. If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.
The second conditional is used to express the consequence of an unrealistic action or situation in the present or future. Read on to find out when and how we use it, then practice with a fun quiz. For many students, the second type is the most challenging and tricky to learn to use.
As we’ve seen in the previous articles about the Zero Conditional and the First Conditional, there are four types of conditional sentence in English.
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