In this lesson, we will learn about the Conditional Type 2. We use the conditional type 2 when we want talk about events that are not true, events that couldn\u2019t happen in the present or the future.<\/p>\n
Its form is: If+Subject+Verb (simple past)+Subject+Would+Verb<\/strong><\/p>\n The sentence is composed of two parts, the Conditional clause & the Main clause.<\/p>\n The conditional clause is formed by if+simple past and the main clause is formed by would+verb.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not obligatory that the conditional clause be the first. The main clause can be the first and in this case there\u2019s no need to add the comma which separates the two clauses.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at one example sentence: If I worked hard, I would pass the test.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIf + (I worked hard)\u201d is the if+Simple past.\u00a0 \u201cI would+pass the test\u201d is the would+verb. This formula is very consistent as we can see the following examples:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If it rained, we would get wet.<\/p>\n If you fell, you would get hurt.<\/p>\n If I bought food, you would eat it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can also swap the clauses around:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You would be tired if you went to bed late.<\/p>\n You would be on time if you went on the subway.<\/p>\n She would be full if she ate the pizza.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at some new examples but this time with the word, \u201cnot\u201d:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you woke up early, you would not miss the train.<\/p>\n If he called me, I would not have known.<\/p>\n You would be on time if you didn\u2019t sleep late.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can also start the sentence with \u201cif I was…\u201d:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If I was the President of the United States, I would be a great leader.<\/p>\n If I was a billionaire, I would have no problems.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s fine to replace \u201cif I was\u201d with \u201cif I were\u201d:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If I were a billionaire, I would have no problems.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can also use modal verbs instead of \u201cwould\u201d to change the meaning of the sentence:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If it snowed, we might get cold.<\/p>\n If it rained, we could get wet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let\u2019s do some exercises with what we have learned already. Please create 6 sentences using conditional type 2.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this lesson, we will learn about the Conditional Type 2. We use the conditional type 2 when we want talk about events that are not true, events that couldn\u2019t happen in the present or the future. Its form is: If+Subject+Verb (simple past)+Subject+Would+Verb The sentence is composed of two parts, the Conditional clause & the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}