6.2 2nd conditional

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Standaard format

• Reading
• 2nd & 3rd conditional

You can talk about imaginary situations using

the second Conditional and third conditional

Grab your book and start reading

In pairs: compare the 2 sentences and answer the questions (on paper)

• If I was rich, I would travel the world.
  
• If it had started to rain, the picnic would have been cancelled.

1. What does each sentence mean and what is the difference in meaning?
2. Which verbs(/ tenses) do you see in each sentence.
3. Which one is the second conditional and which one the third?

Let's have a look

If I was rich, I would travel the world.

If it had started to rain, the picnic would have been cancelled.

Third conditional

Situation: 

Last week you bought a lottery ticket. But you did not win.

If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a car.

In short

2nd conditional= wish-> if + past simple (2nd row irr. verbs/ verb+ed), would ('nt) + verb

3rd conditional= hypothetical situation in the past-> if + past perfect (had + 3rd row irr. verbs/ verb+ed), would + have + past participle (3rd row/ verb+ed)

Rewrite these sententences into the 2nd or 3rd conditional

She didn’t receive the email so she missed the meeting. 

Because I’m not from Greece, I don’t speak Greek.

If she had received the email, she wouldn’t have missed the meeting.

If I were from Greece, I’d speak Greek.

Time to practise

• Work in your book, page 80, ex. 1 - 7

Next...

Continue with ex. 6, 7, 8 & 9 (and ex. 1)

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