2. In This Lesson:
1. What is the second conditional?
2. How to form second conditional
sentences.
3. Second conditional example sentences
4. Answer The Questions
3. Second conditional sentences are used to talk about imaginary,
hypothetical, unlikely, situations and possible consequences.
• What Is The Second Conditional?
"If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house."
Example:
4. 2. How To Form Second Conditional
Sentences
Second conditional sentences are made up of an 'if clause' and
a 'main clause'. The 'if clause' has a verb in the past simple
tense. The 'main clause' has 'would' + an infinitive verb.
Example:
"If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house."
10. Yes / No Questions
If you lived on an island, would you swim with dolphins?
If I lived on an island, I would swim with dolphins.
Structure: If + S. + S. Past, would + S + v. infinitive?
Examples: If Pedro had a million dollars, would he buy a mansion?
Would you eat grasshoppers if you were in Mexico?
• Second Conditional Questions
11. Wh- Questions
What would you do if you lived on an island?
If I lived on an island, I would swim with dolphins.
Structure: Wh- word + would + S + v. infinitive, If + S. + S. Past?
Examples: What would you do if another boy bullied you?
Where would you hide if you were chased by a thief?
• Second Conditional Questions
12. • Break Time
Keep staring at the picture for
about 20 seconds and then look at
a white surface (a wall or a piece
of paper).
