ESL Hip Hop http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho Learn English with hip-hop and rap. Mon, 01 Dec 2014 16:45:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4 2nd Conditional in “The Light” http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho2013/04/2nd-conditional-the-light/ http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho2013/04/2nd-conditional-the-light/#respond Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:26:11 +0000 http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho?p=36 Common, a hip-hop performer from Chicago, released one of the best hip-hop songs about love. In “The Light” (2000), he writes a letter to a woman that describes their strong and loving relationship.  If heaven had a height, you would be that tall. This grammar is called the second conditional. Use the second conditional for unreal or hypothetical situations […]

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]]> Common, a hip-hop performer from Chicago, released one of the best hip-hop songs about love. In “The Light” (2000), he writes a letter to a woman that describes their strong and loving relationship.

 If heaven had a height, you would be that tall.

This grammar is called the second conditional. Use the second conditional for unreal or hypothetical situations in the present or future.

If + subject + simple past verb, subject + would + base verb

  • If I had $10,000,000, I would quit my job. I don’t have ten million dollars, and I probably won’t have that money soon. This situation is unreal.
  • If I lived in Colombia, I would learn  Spanish very quickly. I live in California with my wife. She loves California, and she will be upset if we leave. 
  • If I were President of the United States, I would listen to international students. I am not the President, and I will probably never be one!
    • Normally, I was / You were / She was / We were / They were
    • In the second conditional, always use were, even if the subject is first or third person.

Are you in a relationship? Are you happy with your partner? If you had more free time, would you write love song? Please write your comments below!

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