Second, Third, Mixed Conditionals | Advanced English Grammar

Описание: 🔴In this lesson you will learn the second, third and mixed conditionals in advanced English grammar.

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Second Conditional in English

🤔When do we use it?

We use the second conditional to talk about unreal, impossible or imaginary situations.


🤔How do we form it?

The structure of the second conditional has two parts: the conditional and the result. We can use these two parts in any order (Condition → Result, or Result → Condition)


Condition: IF + PAST SIMPLE

Result: WOULD + INFINITIVE



Examples of the Second Conditional

If I won the lottery, I would visit my friend in Australia.

If I were a giraffe, I would have a very long neck.

What would you do if you had more money?

If I spoke English more frequently, I would be more fluent.

I'd feel better if I didn't have a cold.

I'd go to the beach if it wasn't raining.

If I were you, I'd take the job!


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Third Conditional in English

🤔When do we use it?

We use the third conditional to talk about something that did not happen in the past.


🤔How do we form it?

The structure of the third conditional has two parts: the conditional and the result. We can use these two parts in any order (Condition → Result, or Result → Condition)


Condition: IF + PAST PERFECT

Result: WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE



Examples of the Third Conditional

If I had been tall as a child, I would have played basketball.

If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.

I would have gone to the beach yesterday if it hadn't rained.

If I had seen her, I would have said hello.

What would you have done if it had rained at the weekend?

I would have been angry if we had lost the game.

She would have come to class if she hadn't been busy.
Mixed Conditionals in English
🤔When do we use it?

We use the mixed conditional to talk about the probable result in the present of something that did not happen in the past.


🤔How do we form it?

The structure of the mixed conditional has two parts: the same condition of the third conditional and the same result of the second conditional. We can use these two parts in any order (Condition → Result, or Result → Condition)


Condition: IF + PAST PERFECT

Result: WOULD + INFINITIVE


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Examples of the Mixed Conditional

Let’s look at some of the same examples we used with the third conditional, and talk about their possible results in the present:

If I had been tall as a child, I would be better at basketball now.

If I had studied harder, I would have a degree now.

If I had gone to the beach yesterday, I would be tanned.

If I had seen her, I would be happy.

If we had lost the game, we wouldn't be top of the league.

If he had got the job, he would be living in America now.




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~ Greg 👋🏼