CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.
1. Complete the sentences with the pairs of verbs below. Use the First Conditional.
cook / ask not be / wear come / invite call / not arrive forget / not forgive
1. If he my birthday, I him.
2. Will Sally to the party if you her?
3. Unless you them, they on time.
4. If Jane a coat, she cold.
5. Greg dinner if we him to.
2
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Second Conditional.
1.
If I (drive) faster, I (get) there on time.
2.
He (be) happy to go to the party with you if you
(ask) him.
3.
We (go) on a trip if we (have) enough
money.
3 Circle the correct answer.
1. If you ... better, will you come to the party?
a. feel
b. felt
c. would feel
2. If they studied harder, they ... the test.
a. passed
b. will passed
c. would pass
b. wouldnt come
c. didnt come
3. Sally ... if she was busy.
a. came
4. If Charlie ... , I will go out with him.
a. phones
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b. would phone
c. will phone
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the First Conditional.
1. Susan (go) to the concert if her friends go.
2. If you (leave) now, you wont be late.
3. If I (order) lunch, will you eat it?
4. Unless Anne (see) the news, she wont know the story.
5. If you eat too much chocolate, you (get) fat.
6. They wont tell anyone if you (ask) them not to.
Circle the correct answer.
1. If you went to the Pizza Parlour, I came / would come too.
2. Don would send / sent the e-mail if you asked.
3. If I would win / won a million euros, I would travel around the world.
4. If you wouldnt make / didnt make so much noise, the baby would go to sleep.
5. If he wouldnt apologise / didnt apologise, I wouldnt talk to him.
Write sentences with the words below.
1. studied / Carl / for the test / If / he would pass / .
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2. would go / The children / about the magician / you / told them / if / .
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3. if / The children / didnt help / you / them / wouldnt know the answer / .
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4. a present / Lynn / give her one / gave / you / would / you / If / ?
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5. wouldnt go out with him / If / didnt like / you / him / you / .
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1 Correct the mistakes. One sentence is correct.
1 Unless hell leave now, he misses his train.
2 If I had my own micronation, I wont let my citizens smoke.
3 Unless you do that exercise now, Ill make you finish it after school.
4 Mum wont let we go to the cinema if we wont tidy our bedroom!
5 Our city will be safer unless we had better laws.
2 Write first or second conditional questions for the answers. Use the words.
1 (spend / your money)
How ___________________________________
If I was rich, Id buy an enormous house.
2 (country / you / choose)
Which __________________________________
If I live abroad, Ill choose Japan.
3 (good at his job)
If ______________________________________
Yes, if Richard was president, hed be brilliant.
4 (we / celebrate)
How ___________________________________
If we pass the exam, well have a big party!
5 (Sarah / do)
What ___________________________________
If Sarah found some money, shed take it to the police station.
3 Complete the text with the first or second conditional form of the verbs in the boxes.
be (x2)get (x2)gogivehave leavelivemisstell
My dad has just applied for a job in Oxford. If he gets the job, we (1)____________________
our house in London and move there. But if we (2)____________________ to Oxford, I
(3)____________________ my friends and Im not happy about it.
I wont want to stay in this house forever, of course. When Im older, Id like to live abroad.
Sometimes I dream about owning my own island a micronation! Itll probably never happen,
but If I (4)____________________ king of my own micronation, I
(5)____________________ in a big house there with my family and I
(6)____________________ Dad a good job president perhaps and then hed stop talking
about Oxford!
Oh no, Mum is calling me for dinner. I have to go downstairs. If I (7)____________________ late,
Mum (8)____________________ angry! But if I (9)____________________ my own micronation,
nobody (10)____________________ me what to do!
4 Write first or second conditional questions.
1 you / go / on holiday / this summer / where / you / go / ?
2 you / have / magic powers / how / you / use / them / ?
1 Write the verb in the correct form.
a If he _____ (have) more money, he ___________ (buy) a new flat.
b I _________________ (not ring) her if I ______________ (be) you.
c If we _________________ (live) closer, we _______________ (see) each other more
often.
d If you _________________ (go out) more often, you ___________________ (make)
new friends.
e If your boss _____________________ (give) you a day off, what __________ you
__________ (do)?
2 Write a 2nd conditional sentence for each statement.
a We dont visit my uncle very often because he lives abroad.
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b He doesnt earn much. Thats why he doesnt have a nice car.
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c The teacher speaks too fast. Thats why I cant follow her.
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d I cant go to Silvias party because I have to study for a Latin exam.
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e Sarah doesnt go to the cinema often because she hasnt got much money.
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3 Rewrite these sentences using unless.
a I wont give him his present if he doesnt sing a song for us.
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b She wouldnt phone the police if it wasnt necessary.
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c Chris wont talk to her if she doesnt apologise first.
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d I wont make a salad if you dont do some shopping first .
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