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Conditionals 0 - 3
Conditionals 0 - 3
Eleventh grade
If clause (condition) Main clause (result)
If + simple present simple present
If this thing happens that thing happens.
If you heat ice, it melts.
Ice melts if you heat it.
When you heat ice, it melts.
Ice melts when you heat it.
•If the weather wasn't so bad, we would go to the park. (But the weather is bad so we can't go.)
•If I was the Queen of England, I would give everyone a chicken. (But I am not the Queen.)
•If you really loved me, you would buy me a diamond ring.
•If I knew where she lived, I would go and see her.
•If I were taller, I would buy this dress.
•If I were 20, I would travel the world.
•If I were you, I would give up smoking.
Use the prompts to write sentences in the second conditional:
•If I had worked harder I would have passed the exam. (But I didn't work hard, and I didn't pass the exam.)
•If I had known you were coming I would have baked a cake. (But I didn't know and I didn't bake a cake.)
•I would have been happy if you had called me on my birthday. (But you didn't call me and I am not happy.)
•If I had worked harder I might have passed the exam.
•If I'd known you were in hospital, I'd have visited you.
•If I had known you were in hospital, I would have visited you.
•I'd have bought you a present if I'd known it was your birthday.
For each question, read the situation and choose the best sentence.
3. I didn't know watching this documentary was important for our exam. I didn't watch it.
If I knew this documentary was important, I had watched it
If I would have known this documentary was important, I had watched it
If I had known this documentary was important, I would've watched it
4. I walked home from the disco. My friend was too drunk to drive.
I hadn't walked home from the disco if my friend wasn't too drunk to drive
I wouldn't have walked home from the disco if my friend hadn't been too drunk to drive
I wouldn't had walked home from the disco if my friend hadn't been too drunk to drive
For each question, read the situation and choose the best sentence.
6. I ate the yoghurt in the fridge. I thought it was mine, not yours.
If I would have known the yoghurt was yours, I wouldn't have eaten it
If I had known the yoghurt was yours, I wouldn't have eaten it
I hadn't eaten the yoghurt if I knew it was yours
8. I didn't see Tony at the party. I wanted to speak to him about his vacation in France.
If I saw Tom at the party, I would've spoken to him
If I had seen Tom at the party, I would've spoken to him
If I would have seen Tom at the party, I would've spoken to him
CONDITIONALS
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. If I found a wallet on the street I _____________________ it to the owner (RETURN).
2. If I _____________________ offered a loan I would accept it. (BE)
3. If you ask the policeman he _____________________ you how to get to the station (TELL).
4. You _____________________ healthier if you ate less junk food. (BE)
5. The police _____________________ into the warehouse , if there hadn't been any gunshots. (NOT
BREAK)
6. If I _____________________ $10,000 dollars I could afford to repair my house (HAVE)
7. If the movie _____________________ more than 3 hours I won't be able to sit through it. (LAST)
8. If I _____________________ for a walk this morning I would have seen that broken tree. (GO)
9. If he _____________________ time he will call his parents (HAVE).
10. If it _____________________ the match will be cancelled (RAIN)
You can stay here as long as
you keep quiet.