4ºESO –UNIT 6: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES-KEY

Type 0 Type I
FUTURE
IF + SIMPLE PRESENT,--- PRESENT SIMPLE IF + SIMPLE PRESENT,---- IMPERATIVE
(WHEN) MODAL

*Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses (type I):
1. If I see him, I______WILL GIVE___________ him a lift. (give)
2. The table will collapse if you ______STAND_______ on it. (stand)
3. If he ____EATS_____ all that, he will be ill. (eat)
4. If I find your passport, I____WILL TELEPHONE________ you at once. (telephone)
5. The police_____WILL ARREST ______ him if they catch him. (arrest)
6. If he ___READS_______ in bad light, he will ruin his eyes. (read)

Type II

IF + SIMPLE PAST---------- WOULD + INF

(COULD…)

*Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses (type II):
1. If it was my birthday, I _____ASKED______ (ask for) an iPAd.
2. If I___KNEW______ (know) his address, I'd give it to you.
3. If you __PLAYED_____ (play) for lower stakes, you wouldn't lose so much.
4. If he worked more slowly, he______WOULDN’T MAKE_________ (not make) so many mistakes.
5. If I were sent to prison, _____WOULD YOU VISIT________ (you visit) me?
6. I couldn’t tell you what it means if I ____DIDN’T KNOW________(not know) the language.

Type III

IF + PAST PERFECT----------------------CONDIT. PERFECT

HAD + -ED (participio) WOULD HAVE + -ED (participio)
(COULD..)

*Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses (type III):
1. If I had known that you were in hospital, I _____WOULD HAVE VISITED_______ you. (visit)
2. If you ____HAD ARRIVED___________ ten minutes earlier, you would have got a seat. (arrive)
3. You would have seen my garden at its best if you ____HAD BEEN________ here last week. (be)
4. I would have believed it if I ___HAD SEEN ______________ it with my own eyes. (see)
5. If he had slipped, he _____WOULD HAVE FALLEN_________________ 500 metres. (fall)
6. If he had asked you, ___WOULD YOU HAVE ACCEPTED____________? (you / accept)
Mixed types:
*Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses (type I, II, III):

1. I'll be very angry if he ____MAKES__________ any more mistakes. (make)

2. If I ____KNEW____________ his address, I'd give it to you. ( know )
3. He'll be late for the train if he ___DOESN’T START_______________ at once. (not start)
4. What ____WOULD________ you ____DO__________ if you found a burglar in your house? ( do )
5. If I __HAD HAD___________ a map, I would have been all right. (had)
6. If we leave the car here it ___WON’T BE________ in anybody's way. (not be)
7. If I ______WON_________ a big prize in a lottery, I'd give up my job. (win)
8. If he _GOES______ on telling lies, nobody will believe a word he says. (go)
9. If everybody _____GAVE_______ £1, we would have enough. (give)
10. If you had arrived ten minutes earlier, you ______WOULD HAVE GOT_________ a seat. (get)
11. If he had been able to afford it, he ____WOULD HAVE BOUGHT________ her a diamond ring. (buy)
12. If it rains this afternoon, we ____WILL NOT GO_____________ out. (not go)
13. If she ____DOESN’T PASS______ the exam, she won't get the job she has applied for. (not pass)
14. If she posted the letter now, they _____WOULD RECEIVE____________ it by Tuesday. (receive)
15. If I _____HAD KNOWN___________ about the dinner I would have come earlier. (know)
16. My boss ___WILL BE__________ angry if John comes to work late again. (be)

*Complete with the missing IF-Clauses.

1 Type 1: If I give you the keys, will you let me out?

Type 2: ____GAVE---------------------WOULD YOU LET_________________________?
Type 3: ____HAD GIVEN--------------WOULD YOU HAVE LET__________________ ?

2. Type 1: __I WILL HELP YOU IF YOU SHOW ME WHAT TO DO_________________.

Type 2: I would help you if you showed me what to do.
Type 3: _ I WOULD HAVE HELPED YOU IF YOU HAD SHOWN ME WHAT TO DO___________ .

3. Type 1: __IF YOU SPEAK MORE CLEARLY, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND______________________.

Type 2: ____IF YOU SPOKE MORE CLEARLY, THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND______________________ .
Type 3: If you had spoken more clearly, they would have understood you.

4. Type 1: ___IF YOU STOP SMOKING, YOU WILL PUT ON MORE WEIGHT______ .
Type 2: ____IF YOU STOPPED SMOKING, YOU WOULD PUT ON…______________________ .
Type 3: If you had stopped smoking you would have put on more weight.

5. Type 1: ________YOU WILL GET ON TIME IF YOU TAKE A TAXI________ .

Type 2: You would get there in time if you took a taxi.
Type 3: _______YOU WOULD HAVE GOT IN TIME IF YOU HAD TAKEN A TAXI________ .
 6. Type 1: She will get a job more easily if she speaks a foreign language.
Type 2: ______WOULD GET------------------SPOKE_______________ .
Type 3: ______WOULD HAVE GOT----------HAD SPOKEN__________________ .

7. Type 1: If I get up early, I won’t be late for work.

Type 2: ____GOT--------------WOULN’T BE________________ .
Type 3: ____HAD GOT--------WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN____________________ .

8.Type 1: ____IF I GIVE YOU MORE MONEY, WILL YOU WORK HARDER_______ ?
Type 2: If I gave you more money, would you work harder?
Type 3: ____IF I HAD GIVEN YOU MORE MONEY, WOULD YOU HAVE WORKED HARDER___ ?

ALTERNATIVES TO “IF”/”IF NOT”

IF: as long as, so long as, providing (that), provided (that), on the condition that…

IF NOT: Unless
If you don’t finish your exercises, you will not go out with your friends.
Unless you finish…

*Rewriting: Complete the second sentence without changing the original meaning.
1 Lana was upset because she lost her If Lana… hadn’t lost her mobile phone,
mobile phone. she wouldn’t have been upset
2 I think you should apologise. If… were you I would apologise
3 I had a headache because I sat in front of I wouldn’t… have had a headache if I hadn’t sat in
the computer all day. front,,,
4 Sheila is going to work all day to complete Unless…= IF NOT
the project. Unless Sheila works all day, she won`t complete the
project
If Sheila doesn’t work all day, she
won’t complete the project
5 I didn’t remember to buy Mum a birthday If she… hadn’t reminded me, I woudn’t have
present, but my sister reminded me. remembered to buy…
6 I won the race because I listened to my If I hadn’t listened to my coach, I wouldn’t have won
coach. the race
7 I didn’t know Ken was in hospital so I I would have… visited him if I had known he was in
didn’t go visit him. hospital
8 I can’t drive because I’m not old enough. I could… drive if I were old enough.
9 I’m going to finish my homework so I can Unless…= IF NOT
go out with my friends. Unless I finish my homework, I won’t go out
-If I don’t finish my hoework I won’t go out
with my Friends.
 10 I was exhausted because I stayed up all I wouldn’t… have been exhausted if I hadn’t stayed up
night. all night
11 Peter lives with his parents because he Peter… wouldn’t live with his parents…
can’t buy a flat. Peter would live on his own… if he could buy a flat
12 I didn’t go to Mary’s birthday because she If Mary had invited me, I would have gone to her party
didn’t invite me.
13 John will pass the driving exam if he isn’t Unless John…is nervous, he will pass his driving test
nervous.
14 I don’t know his email so I can’t send him If…knew his email, I could send him an invitation
an invitation.
15 I was busy so I didn’t have enough time to If I hadn’t been busy, I could have gone to the
go to the supermarket. supermarket (I would have had time to go…)
16 My advice is that you go to the doctor If… I were you, I would go to the doctor.

I WISH / IF ONLY + S +____

+SIMPLE PAST : To talk about regrets and things we would like to change in the present

+PAST PERFECT: To talk about past regrets.

I WISH + WOULD / WOULDN’T: To talk about something in the present we would like to change but can’t,
usually an annoying habit

*Rewritig: Complete the second sentence without changing the original meaning.
1 She is so careless! It always upsets me. I wish… she would be more careful.
She wouldn’t be so careless.
2 I’m sorry I didn’t meet you at the station If only/I wish…I had met you.
3 It’s a pity you don’t like this food. If only/ I wish…you liked this food
4 What a pity Mary didn’t remember to take I wish Mary… had remembered to take the camera.
the camera hadn’t forgotten…
5 You should tell them immediately. If only/I wish you told them immediately.
6 I’m sorry but I can’t help you now. If only/ I wish… I could help you now
7 She should have called her parents earlier If only/ I wish she had called her parents earlier
8 He shouts so much, and it’s so annoying! I wish… he wouldn’t shout so much