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Second conditional – unreal situations - Test-English

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9 You didn't havewouldn't havehadn't had to spend so much time tidying your house if you didn't have so much stuff. 10 If you didn't makewouldn't makewon't make so much noise, I could concentrate. We use if + past to talk about an imaginary present or future situation (although the verb is in past, the meaning is present or future). And we use would + infinitive to talk about the result or consequence of that imaginary situation. When the if clause comes first, we normally put a comma after it. We don’t use a comma when the main clause comes first and the if clause comes second. We can also use unless in conditional sentences to mean if … (not) In the main clause, we can use could or might instead of would. In the second conditional we can use if I/he/she/it were (more formal) instead of if I/he/she/it was (spoken English). But we use were (NOT was) when we give advice with the expression if I were you. We're developing a NEW LEARNING PLATFORM with a subscription plan that includes add

--> Second conditional: Unreal situations - Test-English --> --> --> --> --> Grammar / B1 Grammar lessons and exercises / Second conditional: Unreal situations Exercises Explanation Downloads Exercises: 1 2 3 Second conditional: Unreal situations Exercise 1 Choose the correct form to complete the sentences below. Please wait... 1 I'd give you her number if I had have would have it. 2 If I won the lottery, I think I wouldn't give up hadn't given up didn't give up my job. 3 Who did you had you would you date if you could date anyone in the world? 4 If everybody in the world donated would donate

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