If I ____ more free time, I'd learn the guitar.
- A. had(correct answer)
- B. have
- C. would have
- D. will have
Why: The speaker has no free time, so the if-clause uses the past simple: had.
B114 questions · Intermediate · Conditionals and Hypothetical Language
Second Conditional Exercises with Answers
If I had, I would: practise the past simple after if, would, could and might in the result, If I were you, and choosing between the first and second conditional. Answers included.
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Sample questions with answers
What ____ you do if you lost your passport abroad?
- A. would(correct answer)
- B. will
- C. did
- D. do
Why: An imagined question. Would goes before the subject.
If it ____ tomorrow, we'll cancel the picnic.
- A. rains(correct answer)
- B. rained
- C. would rain
- D. will rain
Why: Rain tomorrow is possible, and the result uses will. First conditional: rains.
Lessons on this topic
- Second Conditional: If + Past Simple, Would
How to form the second conditional, why the past form means "not real", If I were you, could and might, and how it differs from the first conditional.
