Question

Read the sentence. If the house was less expensive, we would be able to buy it. Which change corrects the sentence? Change would to wouldn’t. Change was to were. Change was to was not.

Answer 1

Change was to were:

If the house were less expensive, we would be able to buy it.

Answer 2

The sentence "If the house was less expensive, we would be able to buy it" should be corrected by changing the verb to be "was" for "were," in the frist part of the conditional sentence. So that it would be: If the house WERE less expensive, we would be able to buy it.

The second conditional uses the past simple after if, then 'would' and the infinitive:

if + past simple, ...would + infinitive

We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'. This is mostly done in formal writing.