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Welcome to this tutorial.

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Today we're going to talk about the type two conditionals.

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Let's get started.

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Remember that conditionals are sentences with two clauses a main clause and an if clause.

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Now conditionals state that the action in the main clause can only take place of a certain condition

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in the if clause is fulfilled.

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Have a look at the example over here.

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If we don't hurry we will be late.

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Now this is a conditional sentence and it's used to state that the action in the main clause being late

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will take place if we don't hurry.

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Now there are five main types of conditionals in English and amongst them are conditional type 2 or

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second conditionals.

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Now conditionals type 2 or second conditionals are used to describe hypothetical unlikely or even impossible

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situations these sentences are not based on facts.

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Thus we can refer to any time have a look at the example below.

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If Peter cleaned his place he would let us come in now make sure to use the past simple tense in the

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if clause and would close the base form of the verb in the main clause.

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Note that the order of the mean and if clause is not fixed although when the if clause precedes the

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mean one.

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Make sure to use a comma.

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Have a look at the table below.

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Now the if clause of the type two conditionals or the second conditionals is formed by using if plus

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past simple in the main clause would plus verb have to look at the examples below.

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If I won one million dollars I would give it to charity an event in the future that's unlikely to happen.

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If you found a formal black dress it would look perfect on you.

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Unlikely to happen.

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Note that if we use the verb to be in the if clause the form ver is used even with the first and third

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person.

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Now we often use.

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If I were you to express our opinion or to give advice.

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Have a look at the examples below.

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If I were a chef I would work at some Italian restaurants expressing opinion if I were you I wouldn't

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take that job.

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Giving advice now compare the phrase conditional and the second conditional have a look at the examples

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below.

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If it's nose today we will definitely make a snowman.

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Now this sentence is in the first conditional because it is December right now and it's highly likely

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for it to snow and in this sentence if it's known today we would be surprised.

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Now this is in the second conditional because it is me right now and it's almost impossible for it to

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snow.