Second conditional
As you have seen in the privious article about the zero conditional, and the first conditional.
There are four types of condition in English. for now we add one more for you to learn here. It is second conditional that is the most challenging and tricky to learn to use it. Read on to find out when and how we use it.
When do we use the second conditional?
The second conditional is used to talk about the hypothetical consequences of future events that are used unlikely, improbable, impossible or unrealistic. It is in the opinion of the speake.
Form: If +past simple , past future with would
Example If I had wings , I would fly around the would .
I won the lottery , I would help to poverty .
We can use Could and Might .
Ex. If you had some money , you could visit Angkor Wat.
If she had some money , she might buy new car.
We also use Wish and if only to show that we want to change event in the future .
Form: wish + would
and If only + would / could
I wish that boy would do this work properly.
If only he would answer the phone , but it just keeps ringing !
If only the neighbor wouldn't make so much noise .
Wish + past and If only +past to show that we want to change events in the present .
I wish all things didn't cost so much . If only that man did his work properly , we would not have to do the work all over again now.
