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SECOND CONDITIONAL
Dialog: "I would take a vacation if they hired more people."

We use the second conditional to talk about a situation that is not a current possibility and may or may not be a possibility in the future.

FORM:
IF + SUBJECT + VERB (past simple), / SUBJECT + WOULD + VERB (infinitive without to)

• If I were you, I would exercise more. (Se eu fosse você, eu me exercitaria mais.)
• If I had a son, I'd spend a lot of time with him. (Se eu tivesse um filho, eu passaria muito tempo com ele.)
• If I were taller, I'd try to be a model. (Se eu fosse mais alta, eu tentaria ser modelo.)
• If he won the lottery, he'd move to Manhattan. (Se ele ganhasse na loteria, ele se mudaria para Manhattan.)

You can also use the "if" clause without the comma.

FORM:
SUBJECT + WOULD + VERB (infinitive without to) / IF + SUBJECT + VERB (past simple)

• I'd study Japanese if I had more time. (Eu estudaria japonês se eu tivesse mais tempo.)
• She'd take a vacation if she could. (Ela tiraria férias se ela pudesse.)
• They'd call you if they had any trouble. (Eles te ligariam se eles tivessem qualquer problema.)