Second and Third Conditional

• Second conditional


  Used to talk about an improbable or hypothetical situation and its consequence, referring to actions in the present/future that are unlikely to happen
• Forming the second conditional


  If + past simple + would/would not + base verb
• Second conditional


  • If I was/were rich, I would live in a castle
  • If I knew his phone number, I would call him
• Second conditional


  • Refers to an unreal possibility that the condition will happen
• Third conditional


  Used to talk about a condition in the past that did not happen, with no possibility of it coming true
• Forming the third conditional


  If + past perfect + would have + past participle
• Third conditional

  • If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a new car
  • If you had worked harder, you would have passed your exam
• The third conditional is like a dream, but with no possibility of the dream coming true