CONDITIONAL CLAUSES/ CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Ý nghĩa Công thức Ví dụ

Type I Đúng/ có thể If S _ V (Present simple), S _V(Future If I have time, I’ll help
thực hiện simple) you
được trong Đúng trong tương lai
hiện tại/
If S – V (Present simple), S _ V (Present If you need my help,
tương lai
simple) you can call me any
Đúng trong hiện tại (sự thật) time
If S- V (Present simple), V (without “to”) If you need my help,
call me
Type II Không If S – V (Past subjunctive), S _ Would/ If she had enough
đúng/không Could +V money, she wouldn’t
thực hiện = Wish S- V (Past subjunctive), have to find a part-
được trong Với quá khứ giả định (past subjunctive) time job
hiện tại/ các động từ đều được chia như quá khứ If she was/ were a
tương lai đơn millionaire, she would
do charity.
She wishes she had
enough money

Type Không If S – V (Past perfect subjunctive), S _ If I had met her

III đúng/không Would/ Could + have PII earlier, we would
thực hiện = wish S – V (Past perfect subjunctive) have got married.
được trong I wish I had met her
quá khứ earlier.

PRACTICE

Conditional Sentences Type I

Complete the Conditional Sentences Type I.
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 1. If you (go) ________ out with your friends tonight, I (watch) __________ the
football match on TV.
2. I (earn) _________ a lot of money if I (get) ________ that job.
3. If she (hurry / not) _________, we (miss) _________the bus.
Conditional Sentences Type II
Complete the Conditional Sentences Type II.
1. If he (try) _________harder, he (reach) _________his goals.
2. I (buy) _________ these shoes if they (fit) _________.
3. It (surprise / not) _________me if he (know / not) _________the answer.
Conditional Sentences Type III
Complete the Conditional Sentences Type III.
1. If we (listen) _________ to the radio, we (hear) _________the news.
2. If you (switch) _________ on the lights, you (fall / not) _________over the chair.
3. She (come) _________to our party if she (be / not) _________on holiday.
Conditional Sentences Type I, II or III
Complete the Conditional Sentences with the correct form (Type I, II or III).
1. If I _________stronger, I'd help you carry the piano.
2. If we'd seen you, we _________.
3. If we _________him tomorrow, we'll say hello.
4. He would have repaired the car himself if he _________the tools.
5. If you drop the vase, it _________
6. If I hadn't studied, I _________the exam.
7. I wouldn't go to school by bus if I _________a driving licence.
8. If she _________him every day, she'd be lovesick.
9. I _________to London if I don't get a cheap flight.
10. We'd be stupid if we _________him about our secret.

Complete each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the
sentence before it.
1. She doesn’t live in London because she doesn’t know anyone there
 She’d ……………………………………………………………….
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2. I can’t live in the country because I can’t find a job there
 I’d ………………………………………………………………..
3. I don’t have a spare ticket. I can’t take you to the concert
 If I ………………………………………………………………...
4. The schoolchildren sowed some seeds, but they forgot to water them so they didn’t
grow.
 If the children ………………………………………………………..
5. They don’t understand the problem. They won’t find a solution
 If they …………………………………………………………….
6. He sits around too much. He isn’t fit.
 If he ………………………………………………………………
7. Carol didn’t answer the phone because she was studying..
 If Carol ……………………………………………………
8. Rita is exhausted today because she didn’t get any sleep last night.
 If Rita ………………………………………………………
9. She’s very thin; perhaps that’s why she feels cold so much.
 If she …………………………………………………….
10. He never polishes his shoes, so he never looks smart
 If he ……………………………………………………..

Exercise 1. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.

1. If I ……….a lot of money now, I …………..a new car.

a. have /will buy b. have / would buy
c. had/ will buy d. had/ would buy.
2. If I ……………you, I …………….do that.
a. am/ will b. were /would c. were/ will d. had been/ would.
3. If I were offered the job, I think I ………. it.
a. take b. will take c. would take d. would have taken.
4. I would be very surprised if he……………..
a. refuses b. refused c. had refused d. would refuse.
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5. Many people would be out of work if that factory………..down.
a. closes b. had closed c. closed d. would close.
6. If she sold her car, she ………… much money.
a. gets b. would get c. will get d. would have got.
7. They would be disappointed if we…………….
a. hadn’t come b. wouldn’t come c. don’t come d. didn’t come.
8. Would John be angry if I ……. ……his bicycle without asking?
a. take b. took c. had taken d. would take.
9. She ……….terrible upset if I lost this ring.
a. will be b. would be c. were d. had been.
10. If someone…………in here with a gun, I would be very frightened.
a. would walk b. walks c. had walked d. walked.