Universite d’antananarivo ecole normale superieure

Third step: presentation of second conditional (15 min)

The teacher presented conditional type 2 the same way he did with first conditional, that is, by asking a student to copy the lesson on the blackboard, by reading it afterwards, and by explaining what is was written in English and in Malagasy. Here is the detail of the lesson:

2. 
   Conditional type 2 (Second conditional)
   

If clause (condition)	Main clause (result)
If+S+Past simple	Present conditional would+ verb (infinitive without “to)

Eg: If I were you, I would go to the doctor.

She would have many cars if she were rich.

NB: The form of the verb “to be” is always “were” for type 2.

“If I were you” instead of “If I was you”.

The second conditional is used when we talk about an unreal or an improbable situation.

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