May 01st, 2015
Second conditional
The second conditional is like the first conditional. We are still thinking about the future. We are thinking about a particular condition in the future, and the result of this condition. But there is not a real possibility that this condition will happen. For example, you do not have a lottery ticket. Is it possible to win? No! No lottery ticket, no win! But maybe you will buy a lottery ticket in the future. So you can think about winning in the future, like a dream. It's not very real, but it's still possible.
STRUCTURE
| if | condition | result |
|---|---|---|
| Past Simple | would + base verb | |
| If | I won the lottery, | I would buy a car. |
May 04th, 2015
Examples about second conditional
May 08th, 2015
Structure about second conditional
May 11th, 2015
Uses of second conditional
May 15th, 2015
More examples about second conditional
May 18th, 2015
Third conditional
Third Conditional
for no possibility
If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a car.
The first conditional and second conditionals talk about the future. With thethird conditional we talk about the past. We talk about a condition in the past that did not happen. That is why there is no possibility for this condition. The third conditional is also like a dream, but with no possibilityof the dream coming true.
Last week you bought a lottery ticket. But you did not win. :-(
| if | condition | result |
|---|---|---|
| Past Perfect | would have + past participle | |
| If | I had won the lottery, | I would have bought a car. |
May 22th, 2015
Examples about Third conditional
| if | condition | result |
|---|---|---|
| Past Perfect | would have + past participle | |
| If | I had seen Mary, | I would have told her. |
| If | Tara had been free yesterday, | I would have invited her. |
| If | they had not passed their exam, | their teacher would have been sad. |
| If | it had rained yesterday, | would you have stayed at home? |
| If | it had rained yesterday, | what would you have done? |
| result | if | condition |
|---|---|---|
| would have + past participle | Past Perfect | |
| I would have told Mary | if | I had seen her. |
| I would have invited Tara | if | she had been free yesterday. |
| Their teacher would have been sad | if | they had not passed their exam. |
| Would you have stayed at home | if | it had rained yesterday? |
| What would you have done | if | it had rained yesterday? |
May 25th, 2015
Structure of Third conditional
May 29th, 2015
Use and Structure of Third conditional
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