Question

If she _____ (to win) the contest she ______ (to be) very happy. would win/would be won/would be Conditionals are sentences with two clauses – an ‘if clause’ and a main clause. The two parts can be in any order. When the ‘would part’ is second, you need a comma. The second conditional is used to talk about unreal, unlikely, impossible or imaginary things, events or situations. The structure is usually if + past simple (the hypothetical or unlikely part) and would/could/might + infinitive (the possible result of the imaginary situation): If I had lots of money, I would travel all around the world.; If I won the lottery, I would buy a car. We are thinking about a particular condition in the future, and the result of this condition.But there is not a real possibility that this condition will happen.In the test sentence (ANSWER 4) ‘If she won the contest, she would be very happy.’ it is meant that she would like to win the contest or somebody imagines how she would feel if she won. We are still thinking about the future, but it is imaginary. Therefore, we use the Second conditional structure for unreal possibility.

Accepted Answer

won/was would win/was d

Question	If she _____ (to win) the contest she ______ (to be) very happy.
A	won/was
B	would win/would be
C	would win/was
D	won/would be
Answer	d
Remark	Conditionals are sentences with two clauses – an ‘if clause’ and a main clause. The two parts can be in any order. When the ‘would part’ is second, you need a comma. The second conditional is used to talk about unreal, unlikely, impossible or imaginary things, events or situations. The structure is usually if + past simple (the hypothetical or unlikely part) and would/could/might + infinitive (the possible result of the imaginary situation): If I had lots of money, I would travel all around the world.; If I won the lottery, I would buy a car. We are thinking about a particular condition in the future, and the result of this condition.But there is not a real possibility that this condition will happen.In the test sentence (ANSWER 4) ‘If she won the contest, she would be very happy.’ it is meant that she would like to win the contest or somebody imagines how she would feel if she won. We are still thinking about the future, but it is imaginary. Therefore, we use the Second conditional structure for unreal possibility.

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