CONDITIONAL

SENTENCE
Type 2 and 3
 Always If clause Result clause Examples
remember
      (a) If she has enough time, she goes to
      the library once every week.
True in the Simple Simple Present/Simple (b) If she has enough time, she will go to
present/Future Present Future the library once every week.
(General Truth)    

      (a) If she had enough time, she would go

      to the library once every week.
Untrue in the     (However, the truth is that she does
present/future Simple Past Would+ Simple Form not have enough time, so she will not
(Unlikely to   go to the library)
happen)  

      (a) If she had had enough time, she

      would have gone to the library once
Untrue in the     every week. (However, the truth is
past Past Perfect Would have+ past participle that she didn´t have enough time, so
(Impossible     she didn´t go anywhere.)
situation in past)
PATTERN OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCE TYPE 2
VERB:
+) If +S+V2+O, S+WOULD V1+ O
-) If + S +Didn’t V1 + O, S+ Wouldn’t V1+O

Adjective/Noun
+) If + S + were + Adjective/Noun, S + Would+ Be + Adj/N
-) If + S + were not+ Adj/Noun, S+ Would + Not + Be +
Adj/N
 Fill in the gaps so as to build correct type 2 conditional sentences.

1. If I __________ (be) you, I ___________ (study) for the final exam.

2. If my parents __________ (be) rich, I __________ (not / need) to work
so much.
3. If Sara ___________ (have) a good handwriting, I could understand
her texts!
4. If my computer __________ (function) properly, I __________ (use) it
more often.
5. You __________ (be) healthier if you __________ (eat) less red meat.
6. If we __________ (eat) more vegetables, our body
__________ (be) healthier.
7. If you ________ (tidy) up your bedroom every day, it
________ (not / be) in a mess.
8. I __________ (not / do) the chores myself if I __________
(have) more money.
9. We could stay in Tom’s house, if he ___________ (live) in a big
house.
10. There _______ (be) confrontation if the two opposite
cheerleaders ______ (appear).
11. If they ________ (know) more vocabulary, they______(be)
able to understand more easily.
EXERCISE 1: Complete the conditional sentences.

1) If you _________________________ (not/behave), you

__________________________ (get) a bad mark.
2) If she __________________________ (wear) a raincoat, she
_________________________ (not/get) wet.
3) I ___________________________ (not /talk) to you if you
________________________ (not/ keep) my secret.
4) If he ___________________________ (leave) now, I
__________________________ (never/ talk) to him again.
5) If your students _____________________ (work) hard, their results
___________________ (be) a lot better.
6) If you ____________________________ (wait) a minute, she
________________________ (be) here with Jack.
Exercise 2. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. If I were you, I _____________________________________ (not wear) those old jeans.
2. Terence _____________________________________ (win) the championship if he trained harder.
3. If he _____________________________________ (be) taller, he could be a basketball player.
4. If everybody _____________________________________ (protest), they would stop killing
whales.
5. The countryside _____________________________________ (be) more beautiful if people didn’t
set fire to the forests every year.
6. If you __________________________ (stop) smoking, you _______________________ (feel) much
better.
7. If the temperature ____________________ (drop) a bit more, it ______________________
(snow), but I don’t think it will.
8. I _____________________ (read) the book if it ____________________ (be) interesting, but it’s so
boring.
9. If my boyfriend __________________ (treat) me like that, I ____________________ (break up)
with him.
HOW TO MAKE FACT OF CONDITIONAL
SENTENCE TYPE 2
1. Delete IF
2. Use the pattern of Conditional sentence type 1
3. If +, Fact -, If -, fact +
4. If in the beginning, use So,
If in the middle, use Because
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PATTERN OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCE TYPE 3
VERB:
+) If +S+Had V3+O, S+WOULD Have V3+ O
-) If + S +Had not V3+ O, S+ Wouldn’t Have v3+O

Adjective/Noun
+) If + S + Had Been + Adj/Noun, S + Would+ Have Been +
Adj/N
-) If + S + Had Not Been+ Adj/Noun, S+ Would + Not +
Have Been + Adj/N