Second and Third Conditional Unreal Conditional SECONDITIONAL Unreal
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+ Second and Third Conditional
+ Unreal Conditional SECONDITIONAL
+ Unreal Conditional n FORM n [If …+ Simple Past. . . , … would +infinitive. . . ] n If I found her address, I would send her an invitation Variations: You can use might or could instead of would n If I had more time, I might take up a foreign language. This means you are not sure.
+ Unreal Conditional n MEANING n Unreal conditionals (type II) mean: It is possible but very unlikely that the condition will be fulfilled
+ Past Unreal Conditional THIRD CONDITIONAL
+ Past Unreal Conditional n FORM n [If . . . Past Perfect. . . , . . . would have + past participle. . . ] n [. . . would have + past participle. . . if. . . Past Perfect. . . ] If I had owned a car, I would have driven to work. But I didn't own one, so I took the bus. Variations: use might / could instead of would for uncertainty. n If you had studied harder, you might not have failed the test. n
+ Past Unreal Conditional n MEANING n The Past Unreal Conditional is used to talk about imaginary situations in the past. n You can describe what you would have done differently or how something could have happened differently if circumstances had been different. n A: What would you have done if you had won the lottery last week? n B: I would have bought a house.
+ EXERCISE Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
+ n 1. If I _____ had (have) enough money, I _____ would backpack (backpack) around Europe. But, unfortunately, I am broke. had If I_____ (have) enough money in my twenties, I _____ (backpack) would have backpacked around Europe. But, unfortunately, I was broke. n 2. n 3. She would have been here earlier if hadn’t missed she_____ (miss, not) the train. n 4. Thank you for helping me study. If you hadn't would have failed tutored me, I _____ (fail) the test. would be If I exercised more, I _____ (be) much more fit and I _____ (have, not) so would not have many health problems. n 5.
too bad Frank isn't with us. If he _____ (be) were +n 6. It'scould translate he _____ here, (can, translate) the letter for us. n 7. Stop asking me what Joe bought you for your birthday. Even knew (know) what he bought you, I if I __________ (tell, not) you. wouldn’t tell n 8. My business trip to California was only two days. If the trip had been (be) longer, I _____ would have visited _____ (visit) my friends in Los Angeles. n 9. I'm sorry, I didn't know you were allergic to chocolate. If I had known would have made _____ (know) , I _____ (make) you a vanilla birthday cake. n 10. Did you hear that Margaret won $2, 000 in Las Vegas, and she used the money to buy a new washing machine and dryer? How boring! If I _____ (win) that much won would go money, I _____ (go) to Tahiti for a couple of weeks.
