CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

(1ST AND 2ND)

I.Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

PART A
1. If you keep going in the rain, you 11. You (be) .................... healthier if you have
(catch) .................... a cold. a good diet.
2. If you were a king, what you (do) ....................? 12. What (happen) ................... if the moon
3. You would feel better if you (take) .................... disappeared?
a short rest. 13. If cats had wings, they (be) ...................
4. If you are asked by your parents, you able to fly.
(tell) ................... the truth? 14. If he (fail) .................... the coming exam,
5. If she (be) .................... two years older, she his parents will be very sad.
(take) ................... part in the contest. 15. If she (have) .................... any difficulties,
6. The table (collapse) ................... if you stand on she will ask for your help.
it. 16. He (look) .................... better if he didn’t
7. She will give him your regards if she have his hair dyed.
(see) .................... him. 17. Will we cancel our picnic if it
8. They (be) .................... angry if you didn’t (rain) ................... tomorrow?
inform them. 18. What would you do if you
9. The teacher (not be) ................... disappointed (be) .................... a millionaire?
if I weren’t be like this. 19. He (fail) .................... again if he doesn’t
10. Your grade will be higher if you study harder.
(study) ................... harder. 20. Life would be much better if there
(be) ................... no war in the world.

PART B

1. What (happen) .................... if the sun (stop) .................... shining?

2. You (choose) .................... this university if you (be) .................... me?
3. If I (be) ................... you, I (phone) ................... her now to tell her the good news.
4. There (be) .................... more jobs for the local young people in the future if we (build) ....................
more factories here.
5. He doesn’t have a typewriter. He (type) .................... the report himself if he (have) ................... one.
6. If he (not make) .................... a decision when he comes back, we (do) .................... as we have
planned.
7. If he (see) .................... her tomorrow, he (give) .................... her more information about the job she
is going to apply for.
8. She doesn’t know his address. If she (know) .................... his address, she (give) .................... it to
you.
9. What you (do) .................... if your house (be broken) ................... into?
10. If he (have) ................... an opportunity to go to England someday, he (visit) .................... the
Stonehenge, Britain’s most famous prehistoric monument, on Salisbury Plain in southern England.
II.Rewrite the following sentences using the first or second conditionals:
1. Because there is a traffic jam, I can’t come 11.He is very poor, so he can’t send his children to
on time. school.

2. Do it now, or you will not finish it on time.
3. He often gets bad marks because he is lazy.
4. Do as I say, and everything will be fine.
12.Don’t make a sharp turn, or the car behind will
hit you.
13.Don’t drive too fast and you can avoid having an
accident.

5. He doesn’t apply for the job because he 14.. .Because you don’t speak clearly, they don’t
doesn’t have enough qualifications. understand you.

6. She can’t come, so he is disappointed. 15.......Come early, or else you won’t find a seat.

7. Hurry up, or we will late for the exam. 16.Her father is not here now, so he can’t help her
do it.
8. They don’t understand you because you don’t
often talk to them. 17. Be quiet, or you won’t understand the lesson.

9. Stop thinking about bad things, your life will 18.I don’t often talk to my friend because I am so
be much happier. busy with my work.

10................I’m not a doctor so I can’t help you. 19.Nick can’t find the way because he doesn’t have
a map.

20.........................................................................
Don’t be impatient, or you will make regrettable
mistakes.