If-sentences, second conditional
You use the
second conditional for things that are
almost impossible in the present.
Unlikely effect in the future.
- If I won the lottery, I would buy a house.
- If I weren’t teaching right now, I wouldn’t be here.
If you use a form of to be in the if-sentence (with the second conditional), you always use were instead of was.
- If I were a soccer player, I would be really fit.