Conditionals – second & third conditionals (English Grammar)

I do appreciate my scores in quiz despite I didn’t watch video lesson. But next time as I promise I will be doing better than what I do today. I will not be forget to give warmly thank to teacher Ronnie, she is very good teacher with her little funny so I like her lesson the most, just keep it up God bless your high excellency to do more, I am from South Sudan but I live Cairo, Egypt

Majok

6/6 thank you Jon.

karabugul

thanks too much

lojy

6/6 Thanks for your effort.

Rokaya

thank you. that’s fascinating – now I am studying the conditionals with my teacher and this lesson was very useful to me.I was not so good at guiz. nevertheless it helps.

protanya

I did the little quiz and got 6 outta 6
thanks, man

Abdul

yeaaah !!! 6/6 , thank you very much , i am being able to use the right structure on the right place now !!!

bilel

If I had a million dollars, I’d rent a castle in Scotland and organise the biggest party never seen in the world.
Of course, Jon & Ronnie would be the guest star of it !

chupito

You gave examle “If I had a million dollars, I’d give most you”

Why is the wrong that “If + subject + simple past,
subject + would/might/could + present tense”

gokmen

Hi Gokmen, I hope I can help you: “If I had a million dollars, I’d give most you” = “If+sbj+s.past,sbj+wld/mgt/cld+p.simple” ; This answer is correct for that exemple, but the question was about the correct form of the third conditional, which is “If + subject + past perfect, subject + would/might/could + present perfect”. The other form of conditional, which you mentioned is called “mixed conditional” and you can use it to say that if sth in past had been different, the present would be different. See ya!

Leandro83

Thank you for your time Jon.

sara

not too bad, only one is wrong ;;)

della

pretty nice freaking lesson Jon. if I had a million dollars, I’d travel to Brizil 4 a year n’ Jon will be my partner to drink that way I would learn English once and for all. lol.

Efrain Dominguez

i hate this kind of Grammar
thanks jon

lanaji

Great lesson Jon.I got 3/6 but I think that is not bad cause I have not studied conditionals for years…..well just need to study harder.Thanks

Bernadeth

Thanks jonny ! 6/6 lo0o0o0ve engvid.com

sheikhalnair

You’ve asked me in the last moment of the vedio what would I do if I had a m dollar ?! the answer is I would give most to you, how about that ( hhh )

Mohad

Thank you so much and regards

akam

Tnx Mr Jon

hamou

Hey John,
Thanks for the lesson. I don’t hear if structure in my daily converstion with people or while listening to radio that much,do people don’t say the “if ” word ?I mean is it possible to make an if structure without saying “if”.

sami

fantastic
really it’s a wonderful lesson
thank you very much Jon

nino31

6/6
But isn’t the second conditional structure past simple/ would+infinitive ? If I were a young man, I WOUL BE able….

Antonella

6/6
But isn’t the second conditional structure Past Simple/Would+Infinitive? If I were a young man, I WOULD BE able…
Thanks

antonellamasia

Thank you Jon

ariunbolor

Good job. I would have liked it better, if you had written the sentence structure formula under the examples. However, I really appreciate the lesson on conditionals. I have been looking for help on understanding them.

Esther

6/6 I didn’t watch the video and I’m not an advanced student, so I’m very happy for my results !!

Otto

TY a lot. Is really useful.

Rick

Great teaching! Thank you!

Hoppel

so thanks for your important grammar..

aram68

this lesson was very benefit for me.. good luck

aram68

thanks for yours lesson guys

ruben

hahaha awesome

volleyballer

thanks for the lesson, it was very good and important.
thanks teacher

cridigar

Wow this is cool i like this very much. these lessons are very usefule.
Thenks

gulnara11

Iam here to thank engvid especially teachers Iam improoving my english and how to use prepositions exactly thank u

GELLE

thanks jon! for the nice lesson.can you teach me how to use on,in,at in the sentence? im just confuse.thanks a kjot I’m always watching engvid.

reshel

6 correct answers!
Thanks a lot John :-)

annadema

hey jon how are you doing you’re a very good teacher please can you write the structure of the 1 and 2 and 3 conditionals and also i want to ask a question you said that when we want to give a dvice we always write or say if I were not if I was ???

amine

Conditional Structures:

Zero:
if + subject + simple present verb + , + subject + simple present verb

First:
if + subject + simple present + , + subject + will + base verb

Second:
if + subject + simple past verb* + , + subject + would + verb
Note: in the case of verb BE. whatever, the subject, the verb form is ‘were’ not was.

Third:
if + subject + past perfect verb* + , + subject + would Or could Or might + have + past participle.

cheers,
Mursaleen

mursaleen45

Thanx alot Mursaleen ^_^

AhmedBenZain

thanks dear friend

karimboulami

Hi.Thanks Mursaleen for your complete answer to your friend’s question.

Soei

Great ! Thank you Jon and you too Ronnie ! If I had one million dollars ( or more : I am allowed to dream ! ), I’d leave France and go to live in America ( I think it would be Hollywood ) and I would meet lots of celebrities. But I bet it will never arrive !!!

gateau !

I had 5/6 but I’ve understood everything. Thanks again.

gateau !

I did not watch the video, i just answer the question directly..thanks for the quiz it might help for someone like me. i hope more questions in the future..

arvin

Watching the video helped me a lot. Thanks.

unileo77

I think the same.

Rosangela A Cesar

hi jon, i have 6/6 in this exercise, but now i have some douth about the exercise that apear no exames, the name of exercise is like the use of english word formation, could you have some lesson about word formation when sould i used to: ous, ful, ness, al ic e,t.c

sofia

Thank you Sir. Your method of teaching is excellent. All the videos on this site have helped me a lot to improve my English. By watching them, I was able to learn something new. I think, for the first time I’ve come across this kind of video lessons on the Internet. These lessons are useful to everyone who is interested in learning English.

-I’m Gamini from Sri Lanka

Gamini C. Kumara

thanks teacher

misato

6 correct answers!
Thanks a lot John so much ;)

redOne fasi

Thanks for all the videos. But I think the videos are too short.

memet

wow, 6 of 6 It’s ok, I hope don’t forget it…Thanks for the video Jon.

cjarallomi

Thank you teacher Jon.Your lesson can help me a lot.I will following your video everyday.

PoZter

Thank you for a great video! Very educational and interesting. But I wish I could learn something about mixed conditional sentences, because I think it’s the most difficult) Thank you

Ilona

Could you create a lesson about MIXED Conditionals, please?

alexey92

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Huijeong Bak

i like this grammar it is interesting i need to learn it by heart or else i will not get a good english

rudy9090

Thanks a lot,I got high score. Fantastic job.

ia23

Good explanation. thanks

juanjo

soryy i dont realyy inderstand because in condition 2 as i know we do the simple past not the past perfect the first example is conditional 2 and you do had why ?? :(

missmarokina

Hi Mr.Jon .. I liked the video a lot .. but there’s a question I want you to answer it please .. I wanna speak English Fluently in about a month or less .. and when I read A book , I wanna To read it quickly .. Please Mr.Jon .. How Can I Achieve this .. I will wait your reply .. Thanks For reading ..

Umar

If I had amillion dollars, I’d bay a beateful car just for you
Thanks so
You are the man ..

Alandaleb

although i read this thing before, i did not understand know i got it , if i had a million dollars , i would buy own island.

talhaqasmi

thank you so much

fatihtercan

you make it easy jon,thanx alot :D

marina

Hi, Jon.Could you tell me please what is the correct answer in the following sentence: “Everything (be)____________ spotless by the time they get here.”(future simple or future perfect and why)?

Thank you in advance.
Best regards.

una

The way you guys teaching its really amazing and great.
thanks jon and ronny

rafiq54381

hi: i did it again!! i’m so glad, my result shows that i’m learning…thanks byeee everyone *_*

Lucylovely

Great lesson! I got 6/6, but I don’t know whether I’ll be able to use it correctly in my conversation or not :)

ghazala zafar

thank you so much

lawrencezarzour

thank you very much Jon

sos1

Thank you!!

georgiana24

4 out of 6. I think the test easy with out looking to the video

H-M-d

Thanh you a lot.

claud

Now, I can understand those conditionals. thanks.

tsas

good job jon!!!!!!!!
i like!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vraj

4/6

fatiima

Jon, thanks a lot. Great Job again.

john0622

Thank you so mucj Jon :)

sinem07

Thanks teacher Jon <3

casey0407

thank you so much ,what is the defrent betwen the word(had ) in the first sentence and (had)in the second sentense.

saud123

Thanks a lot

shox85

Great video! Greetings!

lunansson

Tks, Jennifer!
I loved your class.
Cheers,
X

Xavier

Fantastic result! 6/6…after years of mistakes with conditional :-)

valeria

5/6
Thank you!

handwriting

I really don’t uderstand the last question of the quiz : “If Wesley WAS a girl, I _______ _______ the show better.” I think it is ” If Wesley WERE a girl” ??? Because it is an unreal/imaginary situation !!! Please help me ! And thank you for this great lesson ! :)

tatounette

Hi there! Some question here. I think you are right. As is an imaginary situation he should have used “were” instead.

darlon75

6/6 unbelievable John!. Some thing mistake on me 555!!!!.

Chanai

6/6 .. awesome !
thak you <3

wiem

Thank you Jon 5/6 :)

Thomas

thanks Jon. I really like your teaching.I got 100 score of the quiz.

soksamrith

thank,s so much Jon I got 6

asala

Thanks! Now, I learned.

Maristela

very interesting jon. Thanks foryour time

aishatu

I got 6/6. thanks

Ashish

I got 5 ^^

manan

Well, sorry again but “I would give” isn´t WOULD and present tense. It´s WOULD and PRESENT INFINITIVE, which makes the form of PRESENT CONDITIONAL. “I would have passed” isn´t WOULD and present perfect. It´s WOULD and PAST INFINITIVE, which makes the form of PAST CONDITIONAL. Past infinitives are made: Have + past participle and they are used mainly in perfect tenses, past conditionals and with modal verbs…. Soooooooory, if you say “would and present tense”, you can expect that some of students could use it i.e. this way: He would gives (!)……

Astheart

Generally, I think conditionals are one of the most difficult part of English Grammar for foreign students. I found it very hard to be explained as although past conditionals do exist in other languages, the situations expressed by the 3rd conditionals in English can be said by simpler ways in students’ mother language and that’s why past conditionals are not used frequently. It’s not for beginners for sure. And I have not mentioned mixes, which are extremely difficult even for university students.
Anyway, I enjoy your site and admire your effort and I have used many videos of yours during my lessons. Hope you won´t be upset with me if I disagree with you from time to time, :))))). Go on, guys!

Astheart

Thank you for the lesson about 2nd and 3rd conditional.

corrado

6/6

hicrans

hello jennifer :p

ahmed haddad

Thank you so much, Teacher)))

katerynakoziar

6/6. Thank you so much.

Kanyawee

Hello Mr Jon .I am from Vietnam. I have just joined your lesson and I liked it very much because it is short, and it is easy to understand. You are a humorous teacher, If I had a million dollars, I would change it into Vietnamese dong , Okay?

duong

That’s a lot of dong!

engVid

6/6 thank you and chokran in arabic

fireman

this video is very helpful for me.. thank you so much..

elif

Hi, thanks Mr. Jon :)
Now I am seriously mixed up because of your lesson :/
Is it okay to use present perfect in one sentence, two clauses ? For example, ” he could not HAVE stayed this long unless something evil has happened to him” . Or shall we say ” he could not HAD stayed this long unless something evil has happened to him.”? If they are both correct, what is the difference? I hope you got me!
I must beg of you to please answer me, it may sound stupid to you though! X_X
Thanks in advane :)

Rozanna

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Thanks for interesting and useful lesson! And thank you a lot for your effort that you have been doing.
You know, Albert Einstein once said: “Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value”!!!
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My best regards JON.
Goodbye.

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I’m from Ukraine, and i do study English us you do.
But the point is my speaking skills kind of looooow, because I don’t have the opportunity to improve it:(
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Whatever…
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I’m talking to somebody who got the same problem or just want to communicate and have some fun.
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Bye.

zhena

I’m from Ukraine, and i do study English us you do (as). You misspelled word “AS”.

selfmade

Hi Zhena. Your english is not as bad as you said ! Sorry , please don’t count on me , I am not in the levels that you want .I’m higher !I’m joking !
Best regards.

Soei

thanks Jon awesome lesson

argenis

gr8 lesson.. I got 6/6

engvivid85

5 correct out of 6 – Thomas from Poland thx

7thomas7

i got 6\6 :D ! ^_^

borbara

you guys are doing a great job. But I think it’s better for you to use another type of board. It’s kinda hard to see what’s on it.

Mindar

6. If Wesley was a girl, I _______ _______ the show better.

This question is wrong, please correct.
Correct grammar in this case is “If Wesley were a girl”…

Claudio

Hi john, I want to said thank you for this website, I quick regular school because I attendent some classes in colleges.
How I improved my writting , if possible you

carlosrios1972

6/5 :/

tariyel

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Daksh Malik

It is incredible!! I thought that I had a lot of problems with those subjects but it’s easier than i thought Thanks x3!

DianaKro

thanks , i really enjoyed watching the video <3

bebololo

Nice video. Thanks the Engvid team for the vídeos. They are help me to improve my english.

andreia1234

Thanks so much.

enrico1007

Thank u very much
Of I had à million $, I would support this grateful web site

yoshi76

6/6 Thanks!

viacheslavkr

I’am stil confused ! :(

noorbazlamit33

6/6 thanks so much. now I finally understand conditionals :-)

bruzenak

I got it. Thanks for your lesson!

rocketeer12

is there someone who can help me

donkam

Thanks for letting me know Jon!

mohsensafarei

Thanks, Its great!

ashishjain5982

An explanation about MIXED CONDITIONAL ¡¡ Please

cipenad

Jon, please, why in the question 6, is not, like you explain in your video class “If Wesley was a girl…”?
Tks

caiobueno87

Thanks a lot for this lesson teacher, It was grate and so useful, before this lesson I was so confused about conditionals, thank you so much.

dredalrole

thank you Mr Jon!

bilalfromalgeria

The argument is a bit difficult. Of course I think that practice (oral, spoken and written) is essential. Thank you Mr Jon for the lesson

carmeluccio

Thank you so much Jon. It was a wonderful lesson as always.

Greetins

Dorian Garcia

thanks teacher Ronnie Im getting this lesson!

JeanCacco

hi teacher
is this statement correct?
“if we were not sick we would have come to the party” thanks.

tecla

6/6 :) thank you

maramfarawati

I want to ask about would near IF because I heard that in realle really polite sentences we an use would, ady I wonder why?

xenovobez

Hi everyone, just i would like to know, If i say(( would you mind if i opened the door ))) Is that right or wrong ? please, tell me

Harpoon

You’re absolutely right!

engVid Moderator

would you please, tell me why can I use the past tens instead of present.

Harpoon

Thanks a lot,

Harpoon

Thank you !!! Very useful video and easy to get it. I had a confusion before, now it is clear for me

Nuriya Nelly

thank you Jon. This lesson is very important

bendelaque

6/6, great and thank you Jon.
If I had become at school an english teacher like you, I would have spoke this language like my mother tongue.
… hope this is correct…

Marian55

It’s a treasure this lesson!

Ivan David

Thanks Jon I got 100%.

Abdul Qayum

Hello! Please tell me can we use “should” instead of “would” in conditional 2nd and 3rd? And why? Thank you in advance.

Mariafm

I got it! ;)

Josuka

very useful lesson……thanks mentor.

Rasho

Thank you very much!!!!

Iselita

Thank you very much.

marsanplottier

Thanks Jon!

MatheusGaloDoido

Thanks Jon!

Iamhere.

I didn’t got full mark 6/6 by seeing your video 2 times.Y

KAYESH

Thank you John!

BmaxB

I got 83 %. Thanks Jon.

alpido24

Thanks you so much teacher

Aye Min Tun

could you prepare another second and third conditionals lesson? please thanks in advance

Manolya

this lesson was’t enough even though your lesson was so useful and great. because this topic is important of course it is my thought

Manolya

Like this website

Yihok Chea

Could we say that in the third Conditional
the verb tenses are (if) Past Perfect + Conditional Perfect?

In my language we have these tenses, you know.

Thanks for the lesson.

Sonia1234

Hello guys! I have a question about third task in the quiz. Could we say “If I had arrived on time, I would not have been fired.”?
Thanks in advance. Greetings

robert07

Thanks for the lesson, Jon. A question:

The third Conditional “If I had seen you, I’d
have talked to you.”

So, you said it’s present perfect, but I’ve learned that “I WOULD have talked to you is
Conditional Perfect tense.

Now I’m confused. Please, help me because I
need to know the correct tense.

Thanks in advance.

Sonia1234

thank you so much

carlos 2138

thx for the video

jasmin2015

Thank you Jon !

Hamza jarri

I got 5 correct out of 6.Thank you teacher :)

chababi hakim

If someone wants to speak english with me,it could be great :)
skype:KIMO-00

chababi hakim

I would like to speak English with you.
my skype id is: adnan.hassan83
thank you

Adnanmajeed61

I still cant understand very well

Adnanmajeed61

thank you, Why I were, Isnt it I was? Is it the only way?

Omar SaGo

not so bad 5 correct out of 6 ;)

Turana

Very good this video!!!

Vanessa Seixas

Thanks a lot, cleared my biggest confusions
Cheers

Baderhussain1 on skype if anyone wants to practice english , french guys are more than welcome :D

BaderHussain1

yeah!

chocolate

6/6 Yeeah ! that’s what i’m talking about

mogadorien

83 nice great

gcabadianar

nice lesson, thank you.

sashadana

Thank you.

Carrotbirth

If i had a million dollars, I’d help a homeless people.

kosOmmak

6/6 – perfecto

Vasyl P

Very interesting lesson, Jon! I’ve made only one mistake, I got 83. By the way, If I had a million dollars, I would travel around the world. Thank you! Júlio César from Brazil.

Júlio César L Sousa

your way of explaning is not as it must be

rumesafatima

Thanks a lot!!!!

Evfimia

Thanks. I have used your teaching films in my own class. My students have learned alot.

Soei

Thank you, Jon. I aced it! Horrayyyyy

Btw, I a few questions regarding If Conditional Type 2 for the following sentence

If I won the game, I would be happy.

I am wondering if it is real or unreal If Conditional?

If it is unreal/hypothetical, is the fact “I don’t win the game so I am not happy” ?
If yes, is it semantically appropriate (taking into consideration:the use of Simple Present Tense) to say “I don’t win the game” ?

If the fact is I didn’t win the game…, can I say that the sentence -If I won the game, I would be happy- is not appropriate?

Please kindly explain it. Thank you.

orde

Great !!!

andrecastro

Thanks very much

cristianpodda

Hi jon, I got 9 out of 10 on the quiz thanks to your good explanation. Thanks you so much and have a nice time!

Tarik rahmouni

I got 6/6 I’m happy thank you it is great class

noramhmd

50 % becouse i am not too thoughtful . that’s a pity . the lesson is really good . and if i were you i wouldn’t be able to teach as well as you . thanks you

Karim98

I got 6/6 thank youuuu

Rahmah Handayani Adi Pratama

Well I got 100% score, I think reading and writing are easier than listen and speaking, how is so difficult to upgrade all the skills at the same time?!! anyway thanks for the lesson. If I were in an English spoken country I would have better second language.

agc81

if students ask, why we must put “were” in this conditional sentence, what is the best answer?

luckyn91

I think the sentence should read, If Wesley were……….(in stead of “was”)
It’s a second conditional and the verb should be “were” in all persons

Arup Kumar Ghosh

I’ve just got 4/6.Oh no.But I will listen your video again and try to do.
Thank you,Mr John.

phamquynhanh

I got 5/6 thank you ?

ODINO DA COSTA

No bed 5/6…

wilson.lundungo

6/6 thank you :)

Desita

Thanks teacher(score:10/10).

Lucas Avelino

Can we use in third conditional modals like could or should or it’s only for would?

Evgeniy Lunev

Thank you Jon

kheireddine007

Thanks for this amazing class. If I had lost this class today, I would have missed this opportunity to learn more.

Angelica Silva

Thanks Jon, I got 5 out of 6 items.

alfredo casanova

Great

Victor RSilva

Thanks Jon!!! =)

Vitor-Br

Thanks Jon!

Alex-1956

i understood the lesson but am so hasty

amrouche ahmed

thanks, is conplicated but I try it again

maldariz

I got 6 out of 6 thanks Engvid for improving my English every day

omar

6/6 excellent lecture

S.miral

Thank you so much of your explanation!!!

Vvigor

6/6. I understand better now
Thanks teacher

sipho

Dear teacher,

Please correct me if I was wrong about this sentence.
The question is:
If she was a girl, I will make friend with her.
Or
If she was a girl, I would make friend with her.

Thank you very much!