CONDITIONAL

SENTENCES
(„if ”sentences)

EXERCISES

Make Zero Conditional sentences, use cues.

Jane / eat / too much chocolate / she /get / sick

You / not / eat / you / die

You / heat / ice / it / melts

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Make 1st Conditional sentences, put the verbs in brackets in correct form.
If you (not study), you (fail)
the test. I (lend) you my umbrella if you
(need) it. If I (be
late), I (call) you.

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Write 2nd Conditional sentences, put the verbs in brackets in correct form.
If you (leave) your job, you (travel) around the
world. If you (be) nicer to him, he (lend) you the
money
It (be) nice if the rain (stop)!

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Put the verb in brackets in correct form.
If I (be) you, I wouldn’t risk.
If they had waited another month, they could probably (get)a better price
for their house.
It's quite simple really. When it's cold, water (freeze).
If he decides to accept that job, he (regret) it for the rest of
his life.
If she goes on passing her exams, (be) qualified to practise as a
lawyer. If I pay you twice as much, will you (able) to finish by Tuesday?
If only I'd invested in that company, I (become)a millionaire by now.
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D - Complete the sentences.

1) type I: If I (to study), I (to pass) the test.

2) type II: If I
3) type I: If the sun
4) type II: If the sun
5) type I: They
6) type II: They
(to study), I (to pass) the test.
(to shine), we (to go) swimming.
(to shine), we (to go) swimming.
(to fly) to Canberra if they (to have) more money.
(to fly) to Canberra if they (to have) more money.
 1) If you were older, you (to go) to the party.
2) If Alice (to have) more money, she would go to Africa.
3) John's mother (to have) more time for him if he does the washing up.
4) They will stay longer in Paris if they (to find) a cheap hotel.
5) If Brian (to like) horses, he could ride well.
6) He can write good stories if he (to feel) like it.
7) If you listened carefully, you (to know) about it.
8)
Finish the sentences. Use the correct phrases

1) If Amy does the washing up 2) If he learned the new words,

a) her brother will clear the table.
a) he can get a good mark in the test.
b) her brother would clear the table.
b) he could get a good mark in the test.
c) her brother would have cleared the table.
c) he could have got a good mark in the test.
3) I would go to the party 4) My uncle would stay longer in
York
a) if you come with me.
a) if he has more time.
b) if you came with me. b) if he had more time.
c) if you had come with me.
c) if he had had more time.
5) The teacher will not be happy 6) If I were you,
a) if we forget our homework again.
a) I will not play hockey.
b) if we forgot our homework again.
b) I would not play hockey.
c) if we had forgotten our homework again.
c) I would not have played hockey.
7) If you drove from Paris to Lisbon , 8) If you wait a minute ,
a) I'll go with you.
a) which way will you go? b) I'd go with you.
b) which way would you go? c) I'd have gone go with you.
c) which way would you have gone?

Playing in the Park

Every weekend, if the weather is nice, I ’ (will spend/spend) time outside with my children. One of their favorite
things to do is to go to a nearby park. If we ride our bikes to the park, it ( (takes/will take) about 10 minutes. If
there ) (is/will be) a lot of traffic, it takes a little longer. Once we get to the park, the kids choose their favorite
playground equipment to play on. Jeffrey likes the climbing walls, but if he * (climbs/will climb) too high, I start
to get nervous. I always have to remind him, “If you’re not careful, you + (fall/will fall) and hurt yourself.” His
reaction is usually to roll his eyes at me. My daughter Cheryl loves to play on the seesaw. On the way to the
park, she almost always asks me, “Mom, if there , (is/will be) no one for me to play with, - (do/will) you go on
the seesaw with me?” If she . (finds/will find) someone to play with at the park, she / (will spend/should spend)
the entire time on the seesaw. Sometimes I talk to the other parents who are there. After an hour or so, the
kids and I ride our bikes back home. On the way, I tell them, “If the weather is nice next weekend, we Lk
(come/will come) back.”

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 KEY FOR TEACHERS
Make Zero Conditional sentences, use cues.
Jane / eat / too much chocolate / she /get / sick
If Jane eats too much chocolate, she gets sick
You / not / eat / you / die
If you don’t eat, you die.
You / heat / ice / it / melts
If you heat ice, it melts.

Make 1st Conditional sentences, put the verbs in brackets in correct form.
If you don’t study (not study), you will fail (fail) the test.
I will lend (lend) you my umbrella if you need (need) it.
If I am late (be late), I _will call (call) you.

Write 2nd Conditional sentences, put the verbs in brackets in correct form.
If you left (leave)your job, you could travel (travel)around the world.
If you were (be) nicer to him, he might lend (lend) you the money
It would be (be) nice if the rain stopped (stop)!

Put the verb in brackets in correct form.

If I were you, I wouldn't risk it.
If they had waited another month, they could probably have got a better price for their house
It's quite simple really. When it's cold, water freezes.
If he decides to accept that job, he will regret it for the rest of his life.
If he hadn't been driving so fast, he wouldn't have hit the motorcyclist.
If he had been more careful, he would have spotted the mistake.
If she goes on passing her exams, she'll be qualified to practise as a lawyer.
If I pay you twice as much, will you be able to finish by Tuesday?
If only I'd invested in that company, I would have become a millionaire by now.

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