• If the weather is nice, I will go out.

• If I were a millionaire, I would travel

around the world.
• If I had studied more, I would have
passed my exam.
 THE FIRST CONDITIONAL
(possible and very likely to happen)
IF + PRESENT SIMPLE + FUTURE
PRESENT PERFECT IMPERATIVE

• If it rains, we’ll stay at home.

• If you have finished, go home.

• You won’t pass the exam if you don’t revise.

• What will you do if you don’t find a job?
 THE SECOND CONDITIONAL
(possible but not very likely, hypothetical)
• IF + PAST SIMPLE + WOULD + INFINITIVE
COULD
MIGHT

• If he were rich, he wouldn’t have to work.

• I could buy some new clothes if I had some money.

• I wouldn’t do this job if I didn’t like it.

• What would you do if you saw someone shoplifting?
 THE THIRD CONDITIONAL
(impossible)
• IF + PAST PERFECT + WOULD + HAVE + PAST

PART.

• If I had seen you, I would have said hello.

• I would have gone out if I hadn’t been so tired.
• What would you have said if you had seen her?
 First or second conditional?
• If it ___ (rain) this weekend, we ___ (not be able) to play
tennis.
• Give me Peter’s letter. I f I ___ (see) him, I ___ (give) it to
him.
• I have to work about 80 hours a week, so I’m very busy.
But if I ___ (have) any spare time, I ___ (take up) a sport
like golf.
• If I ___ (be) taller, I ___ (can) be a policeman, but I’m too
short.
• Please start your meal. If you ___ (not have) your soup
now, it ___ (go) cold.
• What noisy neighbours you’ve got.! If my neighbours ___
(be) as bad as yours, I ___ (go) crazy.
• If you ___ (have) any problems, ___ (let) me know and I
___(come) and help you.
• You’re a brilliant cook! If I ___(can) cook as well as you, I
____ (open) a restaurant.
• If there ___ (be) some nice fish in the supermarket, ___
you ___ (buy) some for supper?
• We have mice in the kitchen. If we ___ (have) a cat, the
mice ___ soon ___ (disappear).
 Put the verb into the correct form
• I didn’t know you were in hospital. If I ___(know), I ___
(go) to see you.
• Sam got to the station just in time to catch the train to the
airport. If he ___ (miss) the train, he ___ (miss) his flight.
• I’m glad that you reminded me about Amanda’s birthday.
I ___(forget) if you ___ (not/remind) me.
• Unfortunately I forgot my address book when I went on
holiday. If I ___ (have) your address, I ___ (send) you a
postcard.
• How was your holiday? Did you have a nice time? – It
was OK, but we ___ (enjoy) it more if the weather ___
(be) nicer.
• I took a taxi to the hotel, but the traffic was bad. It ___
(be) quicker if I ___ (walk).
• I’m not tired. If I ___ (be) tired, I’d go home now.
• I wasn’t tired last night. If I ___ (be) tired, I would have
gone home earlier.