December 30, 2021 [CONDITIONAL SENTENCES]

EXERCISE 1: Matching one clause in column A with one clause in column B to make a complete
conditional sentence

Column A Column B Answers

1. If I found a credit card, a. I’ll go to the beach. 1. d

2. I’ll play the guitar b. if I see him. 2. f
3. If it had not rained yesterday, c. I always feel hungry during class. 3. e
4. If it’s sunny tomorrow, d. I wouldn’t use it. 4. a
5. I’ll tell him your news e. I would have gone to the cinema. 5. b
6. If I don’t eat breakfast, f. if you sing. 6. c
7. I’d go round the world g. if I had known he was in hospital. 7. j
8. If Sarah got the job h. if the temperature goes below 0 C o
8. i
9. I would have visited Peter i. she’d be very happy. 9. g
10. Water freezes j. if I were rich. 10.h

EXERCISE 2: Use the correct verb form

1. If I (have) _____have______ enough money, I will go with you.
2. If I (have) _______had________ enough money, I would go with you.
3. If I (have) _____had had________ enough money, I would have gone with you.
4. If the weather (be) _____is______ nice tomorrow, we (go) _____will go____ to the zoo.
5. If the weather (be) ____was/were________ nice today, we’d go to the zoo.
6. If the weather (be) _____had been______ nice yesterday, we (go) ___would have gone_____ to the zoo.
7. If Sally (be) ___is____ at home tomorrow, I (visit) ___will visit_____ her.
8. Jim isn’t at home right now. If he (be) __was/were_____ at home right now, I (visit) ____would visit__ him.
9. Linda wasn’t at home yesterday. If she (be) __had been____ at home yesterday, I (visit) _would have visited_
her.
10. If I see him, I (give) ___will give___ him a gift.
11. If I had a typewriter, I (type) __would type___ it myself.
12. If I had known you were in hospital, I (visit) __would have visited__ you.
13. Sally (always answer) _will always answer__ the phone if she (be) __is__ in the office.
14. You could have made better progress if you (attend) ___had attended____ class regularly.
15. I don’t have much money, but if I ___were/was______ (be) rich, I __would travel__ (travel) round the world.
First I ___would go___ (go) to Canada, then I __would go____ (go) to New York.
16. If he ____worked____ (work) harder, he___would have__ (have) more money. But he’s too lazy to work hard.
17. I _would have gone___ (go) to work yesterday if I ___had felt____ (feel) better, but I felt terrible.
18. If I __could__ (can) speak perfect English, I _wouldn’t be__ (not be) in this classroom.
19. 'What ___would____you ____do_______ (do) if a stranger __gave_____ (give) you £1 million?'
20. I wasn’t at home yesterday. If I (be) ___had been____ home, I (meet) __would have met __ Peter.

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21. If you (have)___have___ time next Sunday, go to the zoo with me.
22. If you (smoke)__smoke_____, you (damage)___will damage____ your lungs. So you shouldn’t start smoking.
23. If you (go)__go__ to bed early tonight, you (feel)_______will feel_______ better tomorrow morning.
24. We (go)___would have gone____ to bed early last night if we (finish)__had finished__ our homework early.
25. If the music (not stop)__doesn’t stop___ immediately, I (call)__will call____ the police.
26. If you (press)___press______ the red button, the door (lock)___will lock_____.
27. If I (be)__were____ you, I (talk)__would talk___ to the manager.
28. I have to work seven days a week! If I (have)_had___ a day off, I (go)__would go_ shopping.
29. If you (tell)_tell____ him the secret, he (tell)___will tell____ everyone the next day. He has such a big mouth.
30. It’s raining heavily outside. We (go)___would go___ to the movies if it (not rain)_wasn’t raining___.

EXERCISE 3: Write sentences with IF

1. Rachel might fail her driving test. But she can take it again.

If Rachel fails her driving test, she can take it again.

2. The party may go on all night. No one can go to work tomorrow.

If the party goes on all night, no one can go to work tomorrow.

3. David has so many accidents because he is so careless.

If David wasn’t so careless, he wouldn’t have so many accidents.

4. I don’t have a dictionary. I can’t look up new words.

If I had a dictionary I could look up new words.

5. Nick can’t find the way home because he doesn’t have a map.

If Nick had a map, he could find the way home.

6. If they were not rich, they would not live in such a nice house.

 Unless the were rich, they would not live in such a nice house.

7. He doesn’t have his own car. That’s why he has to take the bus to work every day.

If he had his own car, he wouldn’t have to take the bus to work every day.

8. Today isn’t Sunday. We can’t go swimming.

If toady was/were Sunday, we could go swimming.

9. Without a ticket, they can’t get in.

 Unless the have a ticket, they can’t get in.

10. Emma may miss the train. But she can get the next one.

If Emma misses the train, she can get the next one.

11. Matthew may enter the race. He’ll probably win it.

If Matthew enters the race, he’ll probably win it.

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12. I don’t have time. So I can’t write to my friends.

If I had time, I could write to my friends.

13. Keep quiet or you’ll wake the baby up.

 Unless you keep quiet, you’ll wake the baby up.

14. You should phone immediately. Then you can get more information.

 If you phone immediately, you can get more information.

15. Mary is not sociable. She doesn’t have many friends.

If Mary was/were sociable, she would have more friends.

16. It might snow and we will be able to ski.

If it snows, we will be able to ski.

17. If their friend doesn’t have a spare room, they will stay in a hotel.

 Unless their friend has a spare room, they will stay in a hotel.

18. The accident happened because the driver didn’t see the stop sign.

If the driver had seen the stop sign, the accident wouldn’t have happened.

19. You can’t come late or they won’t let you in.

If you come late, they won’t let you in.

20. I don’t know Greek. That’s why I can’t understand what they are saying.

If I knew Greek, I could understand what they are saying.

21. Leave for the airport right now or you’ll be late for the plane.

If you don’t leave for airport now, you’ll be late for the plane.

22. I didn’t realize that you were tired when I asked you to go for a walk.

If I had realized you were tired, I wouldn’t have asked you to go for a walk.

23. You may need help. You can call me then.

If you need help you can call me then.

24. Maybe she’ll be free next week and she will visit us.

If she is free next week, she will visit us.

25. It is raining, so we can’t have lunch in the garden.

If it weren’t raining, we could have lunch in the garden.

26. Nam may be late. We’ll go without him.

If Nam is late, we’ll go without him.

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27. Unless she apologizes, I’ll never speak to her again.

If she doesn’t apologize, I’ll never speak to her again.

28. He will study for the exam and he will pass the exam.

If he studies for the exam, he will pass it.

29. We may take a taxi and we may get there sooner.

If we take a taxi, we will/may get there sooner.

30. Wear a sweater or you’ll be cold.

If you don’t wear a sweater, you’ll be cold.

31. We can’t buy that house because we don’t have enough money.

If we had enough money, we could buy that house.

32. The bus is always crowded during rush hour, so I don’t ride it to school.

If the bus was/were not always crowded during rush hour, I would ride it to school.

33. The fog may get thicker. All the flights may be cancelled.

If the fog gets thicker, all the flights may be cancelled.

34. My father is not here. He can’t help me.

If my father was/were here, he could help me

35. Brushing your teeth at least twice a day will prevent tooth decay.

If you brush your teeth at least twice a day, you will not have/get tooth decay.

36. With luck, he may pass the entrance examination.

If he is lucky/has luck, he may pass the entrance examination.

37. I’m not a native speaker. That’s why I have to take this exam.
If I were a native speaker, I wouldn’t have to take this exam.
38. This tree won’t grow unless there is enough water and light.
 If there isn’t enough water and light, this tree won’t grow.
39. I think you should not surf the web too much.
If I were you, I wouldn’t surf the web too much.
40. The key to success is hard work.
If you work hard, you will succeed/ you will be successful.