Zero conditional – Conditional 1 – used Conditional 2 – used Conditional 3 – used

used to express to express a possible to express an to talk about a

universal truths. If occurrence. If clause imaginary situation hypothetical situation
clause = present; = present; main that’s not real. If in the past that
main clause = clause = will future. clause = past; main happened differently.
present. If you arrive late, we clause = would + If clause = past
perfect; main clause
If you put oil on will miss the play. verb.
= would + have +
water, they don’t (possible occurrence) If you told the true,
participle. If I had
mix. (100% times) Mom wouldn’t get so
known you were here, I
angry. wouldn’t have come.

Complete with the zero conditional of the verb given:

If the plants don’t have water, they _____. [to die]
If you heat metal, its size ___________. [to increase]
If we _________ oxygen, we die. [to have]
If you touch this carnivorous plant, it _______ its petals.
[to close]
If we don’t have the sun rays, we ________ colors. [to
see]

Complete with the conditional 1 using the verb given:

The animals will disappear if we ______________ of the planet. [not / to take care]
You will bomb this semester if you ______________ hard. [not / to study]
Your mother _____________ really angry if you stay out till midnight. [to get]
Dad will ground you for a week if you ____________ the truth about the case. [not / to tell]
You ____________ really sick if you don’t take this medicine. [to get]
William will get home late if he __________ by the newsstand on his way home. [ to stop]
You’ll get a cavity if you ______________ your teeth after the meals. [not / to brush]
The dog will attack you if you __________ its food. [to catch]
If Mom _______ home, she’ll see your clothes are torn. [to be]

Use the conditional 2 of the verbs given:
I would help you, if I _____ the time. [to
have]
Ned _______________ you if he had a
car. [to take]
If you lent me your new jacket, I
_____________ it washed and ironed. [to
return]
If you _________ the door, I wouldn’t
see what happened. [to close]
The cat wouldn’t scratch you if you
__________ it. [to hurt]
Complete with the conditional 3:
You wouldn’t have caused the accident if you
_____________ at the party. [not / to
drink]
If I had known Teresa was at the hospital, I
___________________ her. [to visit]
If I had done my homework, I
______________ so many mistakes in the
test. [ not / to make]
If Jim _____________ about the party, he
would have come with us. [to know]
If you ______________ me Jill were here, I
wouldn’t have come. [to tell]

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