The second conditional in English

How should we use the second conditional and how is it different from the first conditional? I explain it really clearly in this video. 00:00 Introduction 00:17 What is a conditional sentence? 00:54 Introduction to the second conditional 01:27 Structure of the second conditional 01:46 Two main uses 02:27 'Was' or 'were'? 03:36 How is this different from the first conditional? 04:21 Link to free exercises ******************************* Want to really understand the English tenses? Get my free tenses infographics and exercises here: https://perfect-english-grammar.kit.com/9f1c918110 If you’re new to the channel, my name is Seonaid Beckwith. I’m the founder of www.perfect-english-grammar.com. We help millions of people every month improve their grammar and their English. I’m a British native speaker of English, I have a Master’s in English and Linguistics from the University of Cambridge and I’ve been teaching grammar for more than twenty years. ******************************* Here at Perfect English Grammar, we love grammar! We specialise in deep grammar training because we believe that knowing grammar well leads to confident, correct English. Here’s what we believe: Most grammar learning is random - maybe a podcast here and an exercise there. We believe in a systematic, structured approach that builds a strong foundation. Most people don’t use new grammar enough to make the rules automatic. We believe ‘rules become reflexes’ through carefully organised review and practice. Most people think they need hours every week in order to improve. We believe that you ‘don’t need more time, you need more structure’. We think that twenty minutes a day of deep focused study helps more than hours of random bits and pieces. If you’d like to master grammar so that you can speak English correctly and confidently, click here to read about our Complete Grammar Programme: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/membership.html Download the PDF of this video and get free exercises here: https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional.html