SECOND CONDITIONAL Flashcards
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SECOND CONDITIONAL
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THE SECOND CONDITIONAL IS USED TO TALK ABOUT UNLIKELY OR IMAGINARY STATES OR EVENTS IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE.
FORM = [IF + PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS] + [WOULD/COULD/SHOULD/MIGHT].
IF SHE SPOKE SPANISH, SHE COULD APPLY FOR THE JOB IN MADRID.
THEY WOULD LEAVE THEIR JOBS AND TRAVEL THE WORLD IF THEY HAD THE MONEY.
*WITH BE, THE SECOND CONDITIONAL USES WERE INSTEAD OF WAS IN FORMAL CONTEXTS.
IF I WERE/WAS GOOD AT LANGUAGES, I’D LEARN JAPANESE.
