Second and Third Conditional

Unreal Conditional SECOND CONDITIONAL

Unreal Conditional FORM [If …+ Simple Past ..., … would +infinitive ...] If I found her address, I would send her an invitation Variations: You can use might or could instead of would If I had more time, I might take up a foreign language. This means you are not sure.

Unreal Conditional MEANING 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 FORM [If ... Past Perfect ..., ... would have + past participle ... ] [... 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. If you had studied harder, you might not have failed the test.

Past Unreal Conditional MEANING The Past Unreal Conditional is used to talk about imaginary situations in the past. You can describe what you would have done differently or how something could have happened differently if circumstances had been different. A: What would you have done if you had won the lottery last week? B: I would have bought a house.

EXERCISE Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

1. If I __________ (have) enough money, I __________ (backpack) around Europe. But, unfortunately, I am broke. 2. If I__________ (have) enough money in my twenties, I __________ (backpack) around Europe. But, unfortunately, I was broke. 3. She would have been here earlier if she__________ (miss, not) the train. 4. Thank you for helping me study. If you hadn't tutored me, I __________ (fail) the test. 5. If I exercised more, I __________ (be) much more fit and I __________ (have, not) so many health problems. had would backpack had had would have backpacked hadn’t missed would have failed would be would not have

were knew had been had known won would go 6. It's too bad Frank isn't with us. If he __________ (be) here, he __________ (can, translate) the letter for us. 7. Stop asking me what Joe bought you for your birthday. Even if I __________ (know) what he bought you, I __________ (tell, not) you. 8. My business trip to California was only two days. If the trip __________ (be) longer, I __________ (visit) my friends in Los Angeles. 9. I'm sorry, I didn't know you were allergic to chocolate. If I __________ (know) , I __________ (make) you a vanilla birthday cake. 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 money, I __________ (go) to Tahiti for a couple of weeks. were could translate knew wouldn’t tell had been would have visited had known would have made won would go