The Second Conditional

The second conditional is used to refer to a time that is “now or any time”, and a “situation that is unreal”. These sentences are not based on fact. The second conditional is used to refer to a hypothetical condition and its probable result. In second conditional sentences, the if clause uses the simple past, and the main clause uses the present conditional.

IF CLAUSE	MAIN CLAUSE
If + simple past	present conditional  or present continuous conditional
If this thing happened	that thing would happen. (but I'm not sure this thing will happen) OR that thing would be happening.
If you went to bed earlier	you would not be so tired.
If it rained	you would get wet.

Second Conditional (Structure).

More Examples:

• If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.
  Si ganara la lotería, viajaría por todo el mundo.
• If I were in Brazil, I would go to Rio de Janeiro.
  Si yo estuviese en Brasil, iría a Río de Janeiro.
• If I were you, I would buy that car.
  Si yo fuese tú, compraría ese auto.
• If he were in my place, he wouldn't do this.
  Si él estuviese en mi lugar, no haría esto.
• If I had more money, I would buy a nice apartment.
  Si yo tuviese más dinero, me compraría un lindo apartamento.
• If she had more time, she would travel more often.
  Si ella tuviera más tiempo, viajaría más a menudo.
• If it were not raining, we could go out.
  Si no estuviese lloviendo, podríamos salir.
• If we didn't have to work today, we could have a picnic.
  Si no tuviésemos que trabajar hoy, podríamos tener un picnic.

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