Conditional Sentences: Second Conditional

1. Second Conditional

2. Use the 2nd Conditional
(if + past, + would)
What would you do if…?

3. The Second Conditional is a
structure used for talking
about an improbable or
hypothetical situation and its
consequence.

4. If clause main clause
If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.
I would go on a trip.
trip.
I would make a big party.
party.
main clause If clause
I would buy that dress if I had more money.

5. Structure
If + condition
If + S + verb (past simple) + C
Result
S + would + verb (simple form) + C

6. Now you…
What would you do if ….
you saw a ghost?
you could fly like a bird?
you were the richest person alive?
you could travel into the future?
you saw an alien?