CONDITIONAL TYPE 2

CONDITIONAL SENTENCE TYPE 2

Study the following dialogue!

Jannah: “ Look at this! Someone has just won one billion rupiahs in Who Wants to be a Millionaire. How a lucky man! I have never won any quiz yet”.

Inggrid: “ Well, what would you do if you won it?

Jannah: “ Me? Well, if I won one billion rupiahs, I’d buy expensive bags and shoes.

Inggrid: “Hmmm. If I were you, I would go to Korea.

The underlined sentences in the dialogue above are the examples of conditional sentence type 2. The second type of conditional sentence is used to imagine that something would happen, but it would not happen because the condition in the if clause is not fulfilled. It happens at present, so both statements in the main clause and in the if clause don't match and never happen. It is important to remember that the fact of the conditional sentence type 2 is simple present tense.

The patterns of Conditional Sentence Type 2

1.     Subject + would/should + infinitive +...    if + S + verb 2+...

Main clause/ future past                                  if clause/simple past

2.     if + S + verb 2+...           Subject + would/should + infinitive +...

if clause/simple past            Main clause/ future past        

     

3.     if +S +Were + noun/adv    Subject + would/should + infinitive +...      

if clause/simple past                  Main clause/ future past    

     

note:

1.     to be in the if clause is always “were” because the fact is not true or it doesn’t match to the fact

Study these examples!

1.     If I were a bird, I would fly

Fact: I’m not a bird, so I don’t fly

2.     If he were here, I would talk to him about the matter  

He is not here so I don’t talk to him  

EXERCISE

I. Put the words in brackets into the right form

    1. If we ( receive) the news sooner, we would write to George.
    2. I'm sure they (give) Ellen the information if they had it.
    3. What would you do if you (be) a millionaire now?
    4. If a policeman (see) the accident, he could take the driver's name.
    5. I don't think you (believe) me even if I told you the truth about it.
    6. If the students (clean) their workshop now, their teacher would be very happy.
    7.The car (run) well if we pour the oil into the machine.
    8. If the break (not work) well, it would be danger to drive the car.
    9. If you read the manual book, you (not get) problem to run the machine.
  10. if a company want to make its workers safe, It (provide) various kinds of        protection equipments.
  11. You (wear) short sleeve if you work in a workshop.
  12. Read the instruction again if you (not understand) how to do it.
  13. If they use the right spanner, the nut (be) tightened.
 14. Our motorcycle would always be in good condition if we always (service) it regularly.
  15. Dona (accept) the job if her manager offered it to her.

II. Write the Conditional sentence based od the facts below!
    1. The oil tube is leaking because someone forgets to close it.
    2. As we can't polish the surface, it looks dirty.
    3. The cooling water is not enough so the machine is easily hot.
    4. Your teacher is angry with you because you don't do as the instruction given..
    5. the weather is fine today so we can go for a walk outside

Do the best !