The Second Conditional
The Second Conditional
The Second Conditional
Tim and Sally like travelling but they are poor. I say:
If Tim and Sally were rich, they´d travel around the world.
(They are NOT rich – we are imagining a situation in the present)
Sally writes books but not many people buy them. I say:
If Sally wrote a best-selling book, she would be famous.
(unlikely in the present or future)
THE SECOND CONDITIONAL
IF I / HE / SHE / IT WERE ... is gramatically CORRECT in second
conditional sentences.