The Second Conditional

Example: If you called me I would come.
Form: The if-clause is put in the simple past, the main clause has got a 'would' + infinitive.

Use: We use this type of sentence pattern when we express suppositions. These suppositions can be :

1. statements of unreal situations

 "If I were 18 again I would go on a round-the-world-tour." (I'm not 18, in fact I'm 45)

2. about things that we don't expect to happen

 "If I won some money I would go on a round-the-world-tour next year." (But I don't    really expect to win money.) 



                                                 Try the 2nd Conditional Exercise below the text on the learn4good page