Second+Conditional

=Second Conditional: unreal possibility or dream= The **second conditional** is like the first conditional. We are still thinking about the future. We are thinking about a particular condition in the future, and the result of this condition. But there is **not** a real possibility that this condition will happen. For example, you do **not** have a lottery ticket. Is it possible to win? No! No lottery ticket, no win! But maybe you will buy a lottery ticket in the future. So you can think about winning in the future, like a dream. It's not very real, but it's still possible. Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. We use the past simple tense to talk about the future condition. We use WOULD + base verb to talk about the future result. The important thing about the second conditional is that **there is an unreal possibility that the condition will happen**. Here are some more examples:
 * **IF** || **condition** || **result** ||
 * || **past simple** || **WOULD + base verb** ||
 * If || I won the lottery || I would buy a car. ||
 * **IF** || **condition** || **result** ||
 * || **past simple** || **WOULD + base verb** ||
 * If || I married Mary || I would be happy. ||
 * If || Ram became rich || she would marry him. ||
 * If || it snowed next July || would you be surprised? ||
 * If || it snowed next July || what would you do? ||


 * **result** || **IF** || **condition** ||
 * **WOULD + base verb** ||  || **past simple** ||
 * I would be happy || if || I married Mary. ||
 * She would marry Ram || if || he became rich. ||
 * Would you be surprised || if || it snowed next July? ||
 * What would you do || if || it snowed next July? ||

Sometimes, we use **should**, **could** or **might** instead of **would**, for example: If I won a million dollars, I **could** stop working.

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