Second conditional is used to talk about situations in the future that have a probable or improbable chance of happening (10% chance). For example if I say: If I would go to Rome, I could have an audience with the Pope. There is a probability that I could go to Rome, but an audience with the Pope is highly improbable, but not impossible, it could happen.
Second Conditional
Format
Condition | Result clause | |
past conditional | would + base form of the verb | |
If | I went to Rome | I would have an audience with the Pope. |
If | I had a million dollar salary | I would buy a Mansion in New York. |
You can also start with the result clause
Result clause | Condition | |
would + base form of the verb | past conditional | |
I would have an audience with the Pope. | If | I went to Rome |
I would buy a Mansion in New York. | If | I had a million dollar salary |
Third conditional is used to talk about situations in the past that have 0% probability of happening, because they depend on a condition in the past changing and that can't happen.
Third Conditional
Format
Condition | Result clause | |
past perfect | would + past participle | |
If | I had gone to Rome | I would have had an audience with the Pope. |
If | I had had a million dollar salary | I would have bought a Mansion in New York. |
or
Result clause | Condition | |
would + past participle | past perfect | |
I would have had an audience with the Pope. | If | I had gone to Rome |
I would have bought a Mansion in New York. | If | I had had a million dollar salary |
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