PDC ESCRITA II - GRAMMAR

Grammar: Conditionals
 Which is correct?
1. a. In case you will need my help, I will be in my classroom until 4:00.

b. In case you need my help, I will be in my classroom until 4:00.

2. a. She would go to Spain only if her parents would buy her a plane ticket.

b. She would go to Spain only if her parents bought her a plane ticket.
4 CONDITIONAL TYPES - SAME VERBS, DIFFERENT MEANINGS

1. Type Zero: “If I study, I pass the exam”

(presented as a fact, as a rule, a general situation in the real world)
2. Type One: “If I study, I will pass the exam”
(a specific situation in the real present world)
3. Type Two: “If I studied, I would pass the exam”
(hypothetical situation, unreal world)
4. Type Three: “If I had studied, I would have passed the exam”
(imaginary situation, regret; in real life I didn’t study and I failed)
Correct the mistake
I would be the
happiest person alive
if I would have a
holiday in the
Caribbean.

I …. a holiday in the Caribbean

Match the sentence beginnings (1-6) to the endings (a-f). What type
of conditionals are they?
Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb form. What type of conditionals are
they?
a) Why didn't you phone? If I (know) .... you were coming, I …. (meet) you at the
airport.
b) It's a pity you missed the party. If you ….. (come) , you ….. (meet) my friends
from Hungary.
c) If we …… (have) some tools, we ……. (be able) to repair the car, but we
haven't got any with us.
d) If you …….. (not help) me, I ……… (not pass) the exam.
e) It's a beautiful house, and I …….. (buy) it if I ……….(have) the money, but I
can't afford it.
f) I can't imagine what I …… (do) with the money if I ……… (win) the lottery.
g) If Mark …… (train) harder, he ……. (be) a good runner.
h) If Claire …. (listen) to her mother, she … (not marry) David in the first place.