SUBJECT : Conditionals
A) Choose the correct item and underline it:
1. If I move / I’ll move to Boston, I live / I’ll live on Main Street.
2. If you call / you’ll call your mother, she’ll be very happy.
3. If the mechanic fixes our car on time, we drive / we’ll drive to Center ville.
4. If it rains / it’ll rain today, we won’t go to the park.
5. If I’m not in a hurry tonight, I write / I’ll write to her.
6. If she isn’t / won’t be sick, she’ll go to school.
7. If they’re / they’ll be tired tomorrow, they don’t go / won’t go to work.
8. If John doesn’t buy a new car, he buys / he’ll buy a motorcycle.
B) Find correct items and complete the following sentences:
1. If we ….. go …….. to London, …… we’ll ………. visit our cousin.
2. If they ………………. their homework tonight, their teacher ……………………. happy.
3. If the weather ………………… good, George ………………… swimming this weekend.
4. If he …………………. swimming this weekend,…………………. …...a wonderful time.
5. If you don’t eat your dinner tonight, ……………………………………………... hungry.
6. If .…………………………..tired, they’ll go to sleep early tonight.
7. If it ……………………………….. , she’ll wear her new raincoat.
8. If you ………………….. too many cookies after dinner tonight, ………………………… get a
stomachache.
9. If I ………………………… too much coffee, …………………………... get a headache.
D) Complete the sentences with any vocabulary you wish:
1. If the weather is bad tomorrow, …………………………………………………………..
2. If we hitchhike to work, …………………………………………………………………..
3. If I don’t sleep well tonight, ………………………………………………………………
4. If you don’t fix the broken window, ………………………………………………………
5. If he doesn’t cut his hair, ………………………………………………………………….
6. If ………………………………………………………..,they’ll go to a restaurant tonight.
7. If ………………………………………………………………., his mother will be happy.
8. If …………………………………………………………………., his mother will be sad.
9. If ………………………………………………………………….., her boss will fire him.
10. If ……………………………………………………………..., their friends will be angry.
11. If I study hard, ……………………………………………………………………………
12. If it’s sunny at the weekend, ……………………………………………………………..
13. If I become rich, ………………………………………………………………………….
14. If I go to London, ………………………………………………………………………...
F) Complete the sentences with these phrases:
* If I had a motorbike * If I lost all my money * your English would improve
* If Peter ate less * I’m sure she’d tell me * If I were a famous model
* my uncle would stop too * my English teacher would be surprised
1. If you practiced more, ……. your English would improve. ………………………………
2. …………………………………………….., it would be easier to go and visit my friends.
3. ……………………………………………………………………., I would feel miserable.
4. If I started writing poetry, …………………………………………………………………
5. ……………………………………………………………………., he wouldn’t be so fat.
6. If my little sister did something wrong, …………………………………………………..
7. …………………………………………………, people would see my photo everywhere.
G) Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
Example: I’m not ill, but if I ….. were ….. ill, I wouldn’t go ….. to school. (be / go)
1. The weather report says there will be snow tomorrow. If it ……………………………….,
I ………………………………………… at home. (snow / stay)
2. Do you need some money? Let me look in my pockets. If I ……………………………….
some, I …………………………………………. you some. (have / lend)
3. No, sorry. I haven’t got any money with me. But you know I ……………………………..
it to you if I ……………………………………… any. (give / have)
4. I’m sure of it. You ……………………………………. the test next week if you ………...
………………………….. hard. (pass / study)
5. Would you like to go to the cinema? If you ………………………………… to go, I
……………………………………. with you. (want / come)
I) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
Sarah is a bored teenager. If she …. joined… (join) a club, she ……………………… (make)
more friends. She ………………………………. (enjoy) herself if she …………………….. (go)
out more. Her schoolwork is suffering too. If she ………………………………….. (study) more,
she ………………………………….. (have) better marks and she ………………………. (enter)
university. Unfortunately, she is becoming overweight. She ………………………………. (feel)
fitter if she ……………………………….. (start) swimming, and she …………………….. (get)
thinner if she ……………………………… (stop) eating so much chocolate.
J) Read these situations. Say how you would feel:
Example: your boy / girlfriend leaves you
If my girlfriend left me I would feel miserable.
1. you have nothing to do
…………………………………………………………………………….
2. you are lost in a foreign country
…………………………………………………………………………….
3. your pet dies
…………………………………………………………………………….
4. you see an enormous spider in the bathroom
……………………………………………………………………………
5. you split your jeans in the street
……………………………………………………………………………
6. someone steals your coat
……………………………………………………………………………
7. you fail an important test
……………………………………………………………………………
8. you win some money in a competition
…………………………………………………………………….……..
K) Use the correct tense:
1. The teacher will be very angry if you …………………………… (not do) your homework.
2. If he ……………………………….. (tell) me, I could help him.
3. If you don’t water the flowers, they ………………………………………… (die).
4. If you didn’t water the flowers, they …………………………………………(die).
5. I ……………………………………….. (come) if I had time.
6. If you don’t hurry, you ……………………………………….. (miss) the bus.
7. If I …………………………… (be) you, I wouldn’t buy that car.
8. He will play tennis if the weather …………………………………. (be) good.
9. I would be very happy if she …………………………………. (be) my sister.
10. She could win the race if she …………………………………. (try).
11. If he ……………………….. (go) to bed early, he will get up early.
12. If he touches this wire, he ……………………………….. (get) a shock.
13. You will get wet if it …………………………… (rain).
14. If I knew, I ………………………………… (come) earlier.
15. I wouldn’t say it if I ……………………….. (be) you.
16. What will you do if you ………………………………… (get) a bad mark?
17. If she ………………………….. (wear) a necklace, her dress will look better.
18. If you go near the dog, it ………………………………. (bite) you.
19. Bodrum ……………………… (be) ideal for a holiday if it weren’t so crowded.
20. He will be ill if he ……………………….. (eat) so much.
21. If she ……………………………. (read) the book carefully, she will understand it.
22. The children can stay up late if they ……………………….. (be) good.
23. If the dinner isn’t ready, I ……………………………….. (go) out.
24. We would die if the plane ……………………………….. (crash).
E) Choose the best one:
1. I ………………. very unhappy if my friends didn’t come to my party.
a) would have been b) will be c) would d) would be
2. If the old man …………………. some money, he would hire a taxi.
a) have b) had c) would have d) had had
3. If you had come in time, you ……………………. the lesson.
a) wouldn’t miss b) would miss c) would have missed d) wouldn’t have missed
4. I could have heard the telephone if I ……………………….. so deeply.
a) didn’t sleep b) hadn’t been sleeping c) wouldn’t sleep d) wouldn’t have slept
5. If he doesn’t pay the bill, he ………………………. into trouble.
a) won’t get b) will get c) would get d) would have got
6. If the weather …………………… good, we would go swimming.
a) was b) would be c) were d) is
7. Your brother wouldn’t have found such a nice job if he ……………………. a university diploma.
a) didn’t have b) doesn’t have c) hadn’t had d) hadn’t
8. You would have some money in your pocket if you ……………………. it so generously.
a) hadn’t spent b) didn’t spend c) couldn’t spend d) don’t spend
9. If you don’t succeed in the test, you …………………….. the job.
a) were not going to get b) wouldn’t get c) won’t get d) didn’t get
10. We wouldn’t be here now if we ……………………….. in that airplane crash.
a) were b) had been c) are d) had to be
