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…Second Conditional - Exercises ………………

B1
1. Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
a) If a deer got into your garden, it would eat (eat) all your plants
b) You wouldn’t pass (not pass) the exam if you didn’t study harder.
c) If I were you, I wouldn’t open (not open) that umbrella inside the house. It’s bad luck!
d) I’d love to visit India if I had (have) the chance.
e) I would write (write) a book if I had more free time.
f) You’d be very healthy if you ate (eat) an apple every day.
g) I wouldn’t do that if I were (be) you.
h) If I had (have) a penny for each Coke I’ve ever drunk, I would be rich.
i) If the weather were better, we would go (go) to the park.

2. Choose the correct form of each verb to make second conditional sentences.
a) If I found (find) a wallet in the street, I would give (give) it to the police.
b) We would go (go) skiing if it snowed (snow).
c) If you saw (see) him again, would you recognise (you/recognise) him?
d) If I had (have) a million pounds, I would never work (never/work) again.
e) If he wasn’t/weren’t (not/be) a good player, he wouldn’t be (not/be) in the team.
f) Would he do (he/do) me a favour if I asked (ask) him?

3. Rewrite the following sentences using the second conditional.

a) It’s raining, so we can’t have lunch outside.  If it wasn’t raining, we could have lunch outside
b) I’m busy, therefore I won’t come with you.  If I wasn’t/weren’t busy, I would come with you.
c) This book is too expensive, so I’m not going to buy it.  If this book wasn’t/weren’t so expensive, I
would buy it.
d) It’s cold, so we won’t go to the beach.  If it wasn’t/weren’t so cold, we would go to the beach.
e) I won’t call him because I haven’t got his phone number.  If I had his number, I would call him.

4. Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.

a) If you took more exercise,
b) Would you go to the party if
c) If you smoked a cigarette around me,
d) If I didn’t have to work tomorrow,
e) I’d be extremely happy if
f) If I were Prime Minister,
g) If I could go anywhere in the world,

5. Give advice using “If I were you…”. Use the expressions in the box.

not eat so many sweets · not watch so many horror films · put on a jacket · see a doctor · take an aspirin

a) Your friend hasn’t been feeling well lately.  If I were you, I would see a doctor.
b) Your brother wants to lose weight.  If I were you, I wouldn’t eat so many sweets.
c) Your friend has a headache.  If I were you, I would take an aspirin.
d) It’s a cold evening. Your sister is leaving the house in a T-shirt.  If I were you, I’d put on a jacket.
e) Your classmate has been having nightmares recently.  If I were you, I wouldn’t watch so many…
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