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Friday 16 November 2012

Conditional sentences

First Conditional

A Match A to B to form sentences.
A B
1 If you study hard, ...... a you will burn yourself.
2 If she doesn’t tidy her room, ...... b she won’t go out.
3 Unless you wake up on time, ...... c if you drive too fast.
4 If you touch the hot stove, ...... d you’ll miss the bus to town.
5 You will be cold ..... e you will do well at school.
6 A policeman will stop you ...... f unless you put on a coat.

B Complete the sentences with if or unless.
1 I’m going to leave without you ...................... you are ready soon.
2 We’ll buy that shirt for Jill’s birthday ...................... it isn’t too expensive.
3 ...................... I get a lift, I won’t go to the party.
4 ...................... you aren’t careful, you will get into trouble.
5 ...................... I see that new book in the shop, I’ll buy it for you.
6 Don’t see that film ...................... you like horror films.

C Complete the sentences with the First Conditional. Use the verbs in brackets.
1 If you ...................... (come) home late, I will be angry.
2 If I find my bus ticket, I ...................... (go) to town with you.
3 We will go on a picnic this weekend unless the weather ...................... (be) bad.
4 You’ll get a sunburn if you ...................... (not stay) in the shade.
5 Robert ...................... (meet) us at the restaurant if he finishes work on time.
6 The party will be in the garden unless it ...................... (rain).

D Complete the sentences with the First Conditional. Use the verbs in brackets.
1 My big brother ...................... (drive) us to the cinema if he ...................... (have) time.
2 If someone ...................... (offer) you a summer job, what ...................... you ...................... (do)?
3 Unless you ...................... (say) “sorry”, he ...................... (not be) your friend.
4 Jenny ...................... (not eat) supper if she ...................... (eat) all that ice cream.
5 The food ...................... (not be) ready before the guests ...................... (arrive).
6 If my sister ...................... (do) well in her exams, she ...................... (go) to university.


First Conditional – Answers
A 1 e 3 d 5 f
2 b 4 a 6 c
B 1 unless 4 If
2 if 5 If
3 Unless 6 unless
C 1 come 4 don’t stay
2 will go 5 will meet
3 is 6 rains
D 1 will drive, has 4 won’t eat, eats
2 offers, will … do 5 won’t be, arrive
3 say, won’t be 6 does, will go
ESO 4

Second Conditional
A Match A and B to form sentences.
A
1 Diana wouldn’t go out
2 She would help you
3 If he were rich,
4 If Sam helped me with the housework,
5 The boys wouldn’t wash the car
6 If I knew the answer,

B Choose the correct verb.
1 If the cat jumped onto the table, it ate / would eat the food.
2 If Timmy weren’t ill, he would go / went to school.
3 I would stay / stayed at home, if I were you.
4 Grandpa would wake up / won’t wake up if you made a noise.
5 She would come if we would invite / invited her.
6 If a fire would start / started, I would call for help.

C Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Second
Conditional.
1 I ...................................... (visit) you more often if I ...................... (have) the time.
2 If Debbie ...................................... (know) about the programme, she ......................................
(watch) it.
3 I ...................................... (not go) there if I ...................................... (be) you.
4 ...................... you ...................................... (buy) those shoes if you ...................................... (have)
enough money?
5 Laura ...................................... (come) with us if you ...................................... (ask) her.
6 What ...................... you ...................... (do) if you ...................................... (win) the lottery?
B
...... a I would have more time to go out.
...... b unless you paid them.
...... c I would tell you.
...... d he would travel around the world.
...... e if you asked her.
...... f if it rained.
4 we / exercised / we / would be fitter / if /
more often
........................................................................
5 I / would not speak to you again / you / if /
broke our date
........................................................................


D Put the words in the correct order to make sentences using the Second Conditional.

1 buy that dress / I / if / you / to Jane’s party /
wear it
........................................................................
........................................................................
2 if / would not wear that shirt / I / I / were you
........................................................................
3 hurried / you / if / you / wouldn’t be late for school
........................................................................

Second Conditional – Answers
A 1 f 3 d 5 b
2 e 4 a 6 c
B 1 would eat 4 would wake up
2 would reach 5 invited
3 would stay 6 started
C 1 would visit, had
2 knew, would watch
3 wouldn’t go, were
4 Would … buy, had
5 would come, asked
6 would … do, won
D 1 If I bought that dress, would you wear it to Jane’s party?
2 I would not wear that shirt if I were you.
3 If you hurried, you wouldn’t be late for school.
4 If we exercised more often, we would be fitter.
5 I wouldn’t speak to you again if you broke our date.



First, second and third conditionals




First conditional
We use the first conditional to talk about
situations that are possible or likely to happen.
If he finishes his homework, he’ll go to the cinema.
Second conditional
We use the second conditional to talk about situations which are imaginary or unlikely to happen.
If I met Leonardo DiCaprio, I’d ask him for his autograph.
Third conditional
We use the third conditional to talk about imaginary or hypothetical situations in the past.
If she had got up earlier, she wouldn’t have missed the train.

1   Match the two parts of the sentences.
1   If she had more time, …
2   If she has the new Star Wars game, …
3   If I was rich, …
4   He would have phoned the police …
5   If he had a motorbike, …
6   If she had watched the tennis match, …
7   If I find the letter, …
a   he’d ride it to school.
b   she’ll let you play it.
c   I’d buy a sports car.
d   she would have known the result.
e   I’ll tell you.
f   she’d learn another language.
g   if he’d seen the robbery.

2   Read the text. Then complete the sentences in the first, second or third conditional. Use the correct form of the verbs.

Andrew Chance’s mother was horrified when she received her son’s Internet shopping bill. Thirteen-year-old Andrew had spent nearly £1 million on eMall, an American Internet shopping site. Andrew used his parents’ password to get into the
site. He then bought a Rolls Royce, a Van Gogh painting and an antique bed. ‘I’m in big trouble,’ the worried teenager said yesterday.






1   If Andrew’s parents ……………… (not buy) him the computer, he wouldn’t have shopped on the Internet.
2   Andrew would make more friends if
     he ……………… (spend) less time on
     the Internet.
3   If his parents ……………… (find out) earlier, Andrew would have spent less money.
4   If Andrew’s mother doesn’t pay, she
     ……………… (have to) go to prison.
5   Andrew ……………… (not get) into trouble if he hadn’t used his parents’ password.
6   If I ……………… (be) Andrew’s mother, I’d sell his computer.
7      If teenagers ……………… (have) a computer, they’ll want to surf the Internet.

3      Rewrite the sentences in the first, second or third conditional.
     He can’t find his wallet so he’s angry.
(Second conditional) If he could find his wallet, he wouldn’t be angry.
1   In order to lose weight you need to
     exercise more.
     (First conditional) If you want ………………
     ………………………………………………
2   He may be late, but he can meet us at the Blue Note café.
     (First conditional) If he’s ……………………
     ………………………………………………
3   An old woman saw him burgle the house. That’s why he’s in prison.
     (Third conditional) If she hadn’t ……………
     ………………………………………………
4   He wants to be rich and famous. Then he’ll be happy.
     (Second conditional) If he was ………………
     ………………………………………………
5   Dave fell asleep so he missed the end of
     the film.
     (Third conditional) If he hadn’t ……………...
     ………………………………………………..
 

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