Second conditional https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/conditionals-1 The second conditional is used to talk about ‘unreal’ or impossible things. If I won a lot of money I’d buy a big house in the country. Where would you live if you could live anywhere in the world? If you didn’t smoke so much you’d feel a lot better. The structure is usually if + past simple and would + infinitive . It’s not important which clause comes first. Look at the difference between the first and second conditionals. In January: If it snows tomorrow I’ll go skiing. It might snow tomorrow. In August: If it snowed tomorrow I’d go skiing. It almost certainly won’t snow tomorrow. NOTE: Although many conditional sentences use if + will/would, conditional sentences can also use other words instead of ‘if’ – e.g. ‘when’ ‘as soon as’ ‘in case’ Other modal verbs can be used instead of ‘will/would’ – e.g. ‘can/could’, ‘may’ ‘might’. Oth...
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