Imagine an unreal situationتخيّل موقفًا غير حقيقي

The idea, simply

The second conditional imagines a situation that is unreal now or unlikely: If + past simple, then would + verb. The verb is past but the meaning is present: If I had more time means I have little time now. With every pronoun, were is used in careful speech: If I were you, I would wait, a common way to give advice.

Examples

• If I had more time, I would learn Spanish.

• If I were you, I would take the job.

• What would you do if you lost your phone?

Lesson words

• imagineيتخيل
  Imagine a day with no phone.
• wouldكان سـ
  I would love to come.
• winيفوز
  Our team won the match.
• dreamحلم
  It is my dream job.
• choiceخيار
  It was a hard choice.

Lesson exercises

1. Put the words in the correct order.
2. Complete the gap: If I won the prize, I ___ buy a house.
3. Choose the correct English sentence.
4. What do you understand from If I had a car, I would drive to work?
5. Say what you would do if your situation were different.