Name: __________________ Mark:

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
Date: _____/ _____ / ______ Teacher:

1st Conditional is used to: 2nd Conditional is used to: 3rd Conditional is used to:
 make promises  talk about  speculate about
 make predictions improbable imaginary situations
 make threats conditions  regret past events
 make warnings  talk about impossible
situations

A- Rewrite the following sentences starting them as suggested below.

Don’t forget to make the necessary changes.

1. Some languages are endangered because their number of

speakers is decreasing.
If
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2. Internet reaches all corners of the world, so English, the Net
language, influences the culture of non-speaking countries.
If
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3. Unless other languages set foot on Internet, English will keep on
being global.
If
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4. The world’s linguistic experts are alarmed because many
languages are disappearing at an alarming rate.
The world’s linguistic experts
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5. Some tribes are urbanized and assimilated into mainstream, so
their languages die out.
If
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6. Youngsters have to learn foreign languages to be able to
communicate with people from abroad.
Youngsters
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7. The EU is worried about endangered languages, so it has issued a
special directive on preserving them.
If
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8. Minority languages aren’t politically tolerated. That’s why they are
in jeopardy.
If
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9. The EU corridors are like a Tower of Babel due to the high number
of languages spoken there.
If
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10. The English is the language of trade and diplomacy. That´s why
it is considered nowadays lingua franca.
If
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Answer key

1. …the number of speakers of some languages weren’t decreasing, these wouldn’t be

endangered.
2. …Internet didn’t reach…, English, the Net Language, wouldn’t influence…
3. other languages don’t set foot…, English will keep…
4. …wouldn’t be alarmed if many languages weren’t disappearing….
5. …some tribes weren’t…, their languages wouldn’t die out
6. …won’t be…. if they don’t learn…
7. …the EU weren’t worried… it wouldn’t have issued…
8. …minority languages were politically tolerated, they wouldn’t be…
9. … a huge number of languages weren’t spoken in the UE corridors, these wouldn’t be
considered / these wouldn’t be like…
10. …English weren’t’…, it wouldn’t be considered.