Just make sure you use the correct pronouns so that the subject of the sentence is still clear. Remember that we can rearrange the two parts of the sentence, with either the condition first and the result after, or the result first and the condition after: It is formed by using вЂњIfвЂќ and the simple past tense in the condition part of the sentence, followed by вЂњwouldвЂќ and the bare infinitive (the basic form of a verb without вЂњto,вЂќ e.g. We use the 2nd conditional, as mentioned, for unlikely situations that can but probably wonвЂ™t happen, as well as hypothetical or imaginary situations both in the present and future. Second conditionals mainly use present and unreal past tenses and describe present or future situations that are not very likely to happen or situations that now are actually impossible but perhaps were possible at some point in the past. For information on the zero and first conditional structures, you can see this post. In this article we will focus on 2nd and 3rd conditionals. See the table below for a rough guide on which conditional to use depending on how probable it is: TypeД %- impossible, canвЂ™t happen because in the past. They can go from 100% certain: if the condition is true the result always happens, to completely impossible: the result was maybe possible in the past but canвЂ™t happen now at all. T here are different types of conditionals, mainly: zero conditionals, 1st conditionals, 2nd conditionals and 3rd conditionals which we use depending on how probable the condition and its result are. Conditionals are formed by using different verb tenses in the condition part of the sentence and the result part of the sentence, depending on the type of conditional being used. Most conditional sentences in English use the word вЂњIfвЂќ and describe a condition and the result if that condition is true. We use conditional structures to speculate about things that could happen in the future and things that might have happened in the past.

First and second conditional quiz