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Second & Third Conditionals

Syllabus topic 14: Second & Third Conditionals

Second & Third Conditionals. Second conditionals imagine present/future alternatives using if + past, would + base.

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Second conditionals imagine present/future alternatives using if + past, would + base. Third conditionals imagine a different past using if + past perfect, would have + participle. Identify whether the imagined condition and result belong to now or the past.

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Notice how each form fits its sentence. Read the context before choosing a form.

  • If I knew the answer now, I would tell you.
  • If I had known yesterday, I would have told you.
  • She would have passed if she had studied.
  • If we had more space now, we'd get a dog.
  • He would come if he were free tomorrow.

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If I knew the answer now, I ___ tell you.

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