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Second conditiona[
lti,] We use the second eonditionatto tatk about situations
that are.unlikety or unrea[. It can refer to the present
or the future.
We use the past tense to describe the unlikely, unreat or
imaginary action or situation, and would + infinitive without fo
to describe the resutt.
lf I had a lot of mona1, ['d visii thr UiA.
{t,il fire f clause can come before or after the main clause.
lf it comes after, we don't use a comfi'la.
l{ I ltved in tho couniry, l'd havo a dog.
t'd havs a dog if { livsd in tho counirl,
I wish ...
$,3 We use wish + past simpte or past continuous to say that
we want something to be different from how it is now.
The present situation: Alison hae brown t1es.
Wish: Alison wisher ahe had blua qaa.
The present situation: It's co[d. I am wearing a jacket.
Wish: I r^rirh I uras \'tezring a Loai.
*},,j; nfter if and wish we sometimes use were rather than vvos
with IIheIsheIit.Were is more formatthan tvas.
iill'rri;ll lhiilitt llt;: i"lti;:ri;l';r* 'r' r,:i:li & I i1q