Conditionals: second and third (Difficult) Quiz

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📝 IELTS – English Grammar – Conditionals: second and third – Difficult

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Which of the following sentences is a correct example of a second conditional?

If I win the lottery, I would buy a house.

If I had won the lottery, I would buy a house.

If I won the lottery, I would buy a house.

If I would win the lottery, I would buy a house.

None

Option B correctly uses the second conditional to express an unreal present situation. Option A is a first conditional, option C incorrectly uses 'would' in the if-clause, and option D is a mixed conditional.

Choose the correct sentence using the third conditional.

If she had known, she would have told us.

If I would have been there, I would help.

If they knew, they would have come.

If he had seen the warning, he would stop.

None

Option B correctly uses the third conditional to express a past unreal situation. Option A incorrectly mixes conditionals, option C uses the wrong tense in the if-clause, and option D misuses 'would have' in the if-clause.

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