CONDITIONALS
Miss Irene
1
Underline
the
most suitable verb forms in each sentence.
1
If the machine stops /
will stop, you press /
will press this button.
2
I can’t understand what he
sees in her! If anyone treats / will treat
/ treated me like that,
I am/ will be / would
be extremely angry!
3
If you help / helped
me with this exercise, I will ! would do the same
for you one day.
4
According to the timetable, if
the train leaves / left on
time, we will / would arrive
at 5.30.
5
If it is / will
be fine tomorrow, we go / will
go to the coast.
6
If we find / found
a taxi, we will get / would
get there before the play starts.
7
It’s quite simple really. If
you take / will take / took
these tablets every day, then you lose /
will lose /lost
/ would lose weight.
8
I don’t like this flat. I
think I am/1 will be / Id be happier
if I live / will live / would
live / lived in a house
in the country.
9
I don’t know how to play
baseball, but I’m sure that if I will do / did,
I play / will play
/ would play a lot
better than anyone in this awful team!
10
If I phone / will phone /phoned
you tonight, are you / will
you be / would you be in?
2
Underline the most suitable
verb forms in each sentence.
1
Why didn’t you tell me? If
you told / had told me,
I had helped / would have helped you.
2
If Bill didn’t steal
/ hadn’t stolen the
money, he wasn’t / wouldn’t be /
hadn’t been in prison
now.
3
If Ann wasn’t
driving/ didn’t drive / hadn’t driven
so fast, her car didn’t crash / wouldn’t
crash / wouldn’t
have crashed into a tree.
4
Let me give you some
advice. If you smoked / would smoke /
had smoked less, you
didn’t feel / wouldn’t
feel / wouldn’t have felt so
tired.
5
What bad luck! If Alan
didn’t fall / hadn’t fallen /
wouldn’t fall over, he
won / would win / would
have won
the race.
6
If
you invited / had
invited me
last week, I was able /
had
been able / would
have been able to
come.
7
I’m sure your letter
hasn’t arrived yet. If it came / had come
I’m sure I noticed / had
noticed / would have
noticed it.
8
We have a suggestion to make.
How do you feel / would you feel if
we offered / would offer / had offered
you the job of assistant manager?
9
If you lent / had
lent us the money, we paid / would
pay / had paid you
back next week.
10
Terry never catches anything when he goes fishing. And if he
catches / caught / had
caught a fish, he throws
/ would throw it
back!
3
Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb form.
1
Why didn’t you phone? If I
(know) ...had known.... you were coming, I (meet).................................................you
at the airport.
2
It’s a pity you missed the
party. If you
(come)........................................................,you
(meet) my friends from Hungary.
3
If
I (have)......................................... my phone here with
me, I (be able).........................to call a taxi now, but
I left it at home.
4
If you (not
help)....................................... me, I (not pass)...........................................the exam.
5
It’s a beautiful house, and I
(buy).............................................. it if I
(have)................................ the money,but
I can’t afford it.
6
I can’t imagine what I
(do)............................................ with the money if I
(win)........................... the lottery.
7
If Mark
(train).......................................... harder, he
(be)............................................................a
good runner.
8
If Claire
(listen).......................................... to her mother,
she (not marry) …...................................... marry)....................................
David in the first place.
4
Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown. Do not change the
meaning.
1
I didn’t have an umbrella
with me and so I got wet.
I
wouldn’t. have gone wet if I'd had an
umbrella with me.
2
I’ll call the police if you
don’t leave me alone!
Unless...............................................................................................................................
3
In the snowy weather we don’t
go to school.
If.......................................................................................................................................
4
Without Jack’s help, I
wouldn’t have been able to move the table.
If.......................................................................................................................................
5
Make me some coffee, and I’ll
give you one of my biscuits.
If.......................................................................................................................................
6
If you hadn’t told me about
Sue’s hair, I wouldn’t have noticed.
Unless...............................................................................................................................
7
If you see Peter, tell him to be
here at 8.00.
Should..............................................................................................................................
8
I wouldn’t accept if you asked
me to marry you!
If
you
were......................................................................................................................
Miss Irene
5
Rewrite each sentence. Use contracted forms.
1
If I had known, I would have told
you.
If
I'd known, I'd have told you.
2
Tony would not have fallen over
if he had been more careful.
3
If I had had my credit card with me, I would have bought the coat.
4 You would not
have got lost if you had taken the map.
5 If Graham had
not lost his watch, he would not have missed the plane.
6 If you had not
told me her name, I would have found out from someone else.
7 If I were you,
I would try getting up earlier.
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ANSWERS
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1
1 stops,
press.
2 treated, would be. 3 help, will. 4 leaves, will. 5 is, will go.
6 find, will get. 7 take, will lose. 8 I'd be, lived. 9 did,
would play. 10 phone, will you be.
2
1 had told, would
have helped. 2 hadn't
stolen, wouldn't be.3 hadn't driven, wouldn't have crashed. 4 smoked, wouldn't feel. 5 hadn't
fallen, would have won. 6 had invited; would have been able. 7 had come, would have
noticed. 8 would you feel, offered. 9 lent, would pay. 10 caught, would throw.
3
1 had known,
would have met. 2 had come, would have met. 3 had, would be able.
4 hadn't helped, wouldn't have passed. 5
would buy, had. 6 would do, won. 7 trained,
would be. 8 had listened, wouldn't have
married.
4
1I wouldn't have
got wet if I'd had an umbrella with me.
2 Unless you leave me alone, I'll call the police. 3 If it's snowing, we
don't go to school. 4 If Jack hadn't helped me, I wouldn't have been able to move the table.
5 If you make me some coffee, I'll give you one of my biscuits. 6 Unless you'd told me
about Sue's hair, I wouldn't have noticed. 7 Should you see Peter, tell him to be here
at 8.00. 8 If you were to ask me to marry you, I wouldn't accept!
5
1 If I'd known,
I'd have told you. 2
Tony wouldn't have fallen over if he'd been more careful. 3 If I'd had my credit card with me, I'd
have bought the coat. 4 You wouldn't have got lost if you'd taken the map. 5 If Graham hadn't
lost his watch, he wouldn't have missed the plane. 6 If you hadn't told me her name, I
would've found out from someone else. 7
If I were you, I'd try getting up earlier.
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