If more people went to see the matches, the team would play better.
If I weren’t a journalist, I’d like to be a basketball player.
We use the past tense to describe the imaginary present or unlikely future
condition.
If I didn’t do something to help these kids, I’d feel really bad about
myself.
If the authorities in other cities did the same as New York, they
wouldn’t have so many homeless people.
Answer these questions using the second
conditional.
1. What would you do if you could travel into the future?
2. What would you do if you saw a ghost?
3. What would you do if you were the richest person alive?
4. What would you do if you were a robot?
5. What would you do if you could fly like a bird?
6. What would you do if animals could talk?
7. What would you do if you were the leader of your country?
8. What would you do if you forgot your own name?
9. What would you do if you had a million dollars?
10. What would you do if it rained every day?
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