2nd conditional

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's lesson 

Recap on first conditional 

and introduce the second conditional

Objective for this part of the lesson: to understand how to make the second conditional and when it is used 

Can you remember what the first conditional is (If + ....., .....+.......) and when it is used?

First conditional

Is een voorwaard (bij zin - if) en het gevolg (hoofdzin)

If you go now, you will catch the train.

You will catch the train if you go now. 

Heeft dit al plaats genomen?

First conditional

• What do we use the first conditional for?
• To describe a possible situation that will happen if a condition is met.

• What is an example of a first conditional?
• If I see her, I'll tell her.
• She'll be late if the train is delayed.

The first conditional is used to express....

1. something that has already happened in the past
2. something that is expected to happen in the future if a condition is met
3. something happening right at that very moment

 'Second Conditional'

Form:  if + past simple,  would + verb

If I had a car, I would drive all my friends around. 

Does it sound like I have a car? 

I would go to the job interview, if I were her. 

Idiom: If I were you = in your place

Second conditional

Used for:

• An imaginary situation.
• Something that is theoritically possible, but not likely to happen.

Examples of second condiotnal

if + past simple, would + verb (without 'to')

• If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house. (I probably won't win the lottery, it's a one in 14 million chance)
• I would tell you the answer if I knew what it was. (I don't know the answer)
• If I were you, I would say sorry straight away. (Are you the other person?)

In conditional sentences: Let op!!

First and third person singular (I, he, she, it)

WERE is used instead of WAS

If I were you, I would take the job.

If he were taller, he would be able to reach the top shelf.

If it were warmer, the heating would not come on.

Choose the correct answers

for these second conditionals

Second conditional:
If they ...(tell) their father, he ...(be)
very angry.

1. told / would be
2. tell / would be
3. told / will be

Second contional:
If we ..........(to book) a hotel room in advance, it ............(to be) cheaper.

1. book, would
2. book, will
3. booked, would be
4. booked, will be

Second conditional:
We .......................(not, to be) lost if we .............(to have) a map.

1. would be, have
2. wouldn't be, had
3. would not be, have
4. were not, would have

Second conditional:
My brother ...(buy) a sports car if
he ....(have) the money

1. will buy / had
2. would buy / had
3. would buy / has

Second conditional:
If my sister .................. (win) a trip to Greece, she ................. (take) me with her.

1. won, would take
2. won’t, would take
3. won, would taken
4. won, would took

Fill in the missing words only - no contractions
If you ...........(not, to go) to bed so late, you .......................(not, to be) so tired.

Fill in the missing words:
I .....................(to send) her a postcard, if I ..................(to know) her address.

Fill in the missing words - no contractions:
If he .............(not, to talk) so quickly, I ..............(to understand) him better

Check your knowledge:
We use the second conditional to...

1. talk about certain situations in our future
2. talk about imaginary situations (now or in the future)
3. talk about real situations at present
4. talk about imaginary situations in our past

We form the second conditional with....

1. if + past simple, would + verb
2. if + present simple, would + past simple
3. If + past perfect, would + verb
4. If + past simple, would + past simple