THE UNREAL CONDITIONAL

A remote conditional is used when the likelihood of something happening is in

a distant, imaginary, contrary-to-fact world.

The so-called second conditional uses the past simple after “if”, then 'would'
and the infinitive:

 if + past simple, ...would or could + infinitive

(We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'. This is mostly done in
formal writing) IF SHE WAS POOR, SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND
WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH VS IF SHE WERE POOR , SHE WOULD
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH.

Some more examples:

 If I WON the lottery, I WOULD BUY a big house.(I probably won't win the
lottery)
 If I MET the Queen of England, I´D SAY hello.
 She WOULD TRAVEL all over the world if she WERE rich.
 She ´D PASS the exam if she ever STUDIED.(She never studies, so this
won't happen)

STRUCTURE

AFFIRMATIVE :D

IF+SUBJECT+VERB IN PAST SIMPLE FORM + SUBJECT COMPLEMENT , +

SUBJECT + WOULD//COULD (OR WOULDN´T// COULDN´T ) + VERB+
SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

a) IF I WERE RICH, I WOULD BUY A BIG HOUSE …. OR… I WOULD

BUY A BIG HOUSE IF I WERE RICH …
b) IF YOU MARRIED MY SISTER, I WOULDN´T BE VERY HAPPY …OR
…I WOULDN´T BE VERY HAPPY IF YOU MARRIED MY SISTER.
 c) IF SHE WON A MILLION DOLLARS, SHE COULD QUIT HER JOB ….
OR…. SHE COULD QUIT HER JOB IF …

NEGATIVE :´(

IF+ SUBJECT+VERB IN NEGATIVE IN PAST SIMPLE FORM + SUBJECT

COMPLEMENT , SUBJECT+ WOULD // COULD ( WOULDN´T // COULDN´T)
+ VERB+ SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

a) IF I DIDN´T STUDY HARD, I WOULDN´T PASS MY EXAMS …

OR…. I WOULDN´T PASS MY EXAMS IF I DIDN’T STUDY
HARD….
b) IF YOU WEREN´T FAMOUS, I WOULDN´T EVEN TALK TO YOU
….OR…. I WOULDN´T EVEN TALK TO YOU IF…
c) IF I DIDN´T HAVE HOMEWORK TO DO, I WOULD GO TO THE
PARTY … OR … I WOULD GO THE PARTY IF…

INTERROGATIVE
(??)

IF+ SUBJECT+ VERB IN PAST SIMPLE FORM ( AFFIRMATIVE OR

NEGATIVE)+ SUBJECT COMPLEMENT , WOULD// COULD +
SUBJECT+VERB …

a) IF YOU DIDN´T STUDY ENGLISH , WOULD YOUR LIFE CHANGE? …

OR… WOULD YOUR LIFE CHANGE IF….?
b) IF YOU COULD BE ANYONE IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD YOU BE?
…OR... WHO WOULD YOU BE IF YOU….?
c) IF YOU WERE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE WORLD,
WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? ….OR WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE
IF…. ?
 VIDEOS TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE
LESSON

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_FbuIXK_jw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEol3es71Dw

REMINDER MANDATORY TO WATCH BOTH

VIDEOS!!!