1. Gramar
Would Second Conditional

2. Grammar in use 1 - WOULD
Look at the speech bubbles. Are the people talking about a real or
imaginary situations?
Possible answer:
IMAGINARY
SITUATIONS

3. Form
 Positive and negative:
 Questions:
 Short answers:
I
He/ She/ It
We/ You/ They
would
( ‘d)
like to live alone.
would not
( wouldn’t )
fail the entrance exam.
Would
I
He/ She/ It
We/ You/ They
like to live alone?
fail the entrance exam?
Yes, I
he/ she/ it
we/ you/ they
would.
No,
wouldn’t.

4. use
We use would to :
1.
2.
make polite offers.
 Would you like a cup of coffee?
 Would you like to go to the cinema?
talk about improbable or impossible situations.
 I’d like to live alone. (but I live with six other people.)
 She’d be a good politician. (but she works in a bank.)

5. Practice
Look at the pictures and imagine what their ideal day would be like.
Make a sentence with WOULD.
1.
Possible answer:
Ms Sharon Ms Sharon would lie
on the beach and read
books. books.
SHARON
2.
Possible answer:
Alan Alan would go
skiing with with his friends.
ALAN

6. 3.
Possible answer:
Anna would go to her
friend’s party. She would
sing and dance there.
ANNA
Possible answer:
They would play
tennis with their
parents all day.
JANE & WALTER
4.

7. 5.
Possible answer:
Carla would go to
the cafe’ and chat
with her best friend.
CARLA
6.
Possible answer:
Peter would climb the
mountain with his
friend.
PETER

8. Form of the second conditional
Example:
 If I saw a ghost, I would faint.
 I would buy a beautiful house if I had enough
money.
If + subject + simple past tense, subject + would + bare
infinitive
( ‘d )
(Subject + would + bare infinitive if + subject + simple past
tense)

9. NOTE:
First and second
conditionals both
refer to the present
or the future. The
different is how
probable the action
or situation is.
 Example:
1. If I win the competition, I’ll buy
a new car.
(I think it is possible that I will
win.)
2. If I won a competition, I’d buy a
new car.
(I think it is improbable)
 We never use will or would in the
if clause.
If I see him, I’ll tell him.
(NOT If I will see him …)
If I had the time I’d help you.
(NOT If I would have the time