Conditionals exercises
- 3. 1- Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. 1- I've hung out the clothes. It's lovely and sunny; if it ………………………………………(stay) like this they………………………………. (be) dry in two hours. 2- French is essential in this job. All the telephonists speak it. If they ………………………………………..(not know) French they………………. (not understand) half the callers. 3- How did you do in the car rally? ~ We came in last actually; but only because we got lost. If we ………………………………………….(not got) lost we ……………………………………………………(come) in somewhere in the middle. We…………………………….. certainly (not be) last. 4- I wasn't really surprised that we got lost because I knew that the navigator couldn't map-read. But if you …………………..(know) that why ……………………………………………you (take) him as navigator? 5- This flat would be all right if the people above us ………………………………………….(not be) so noisy. 6- A group of spectators, including myself, left the stand just before the end of the game. When we were half way down the stairs a goal was scored and there was a great cheer from the spectators. If there…………………………….. (not be) a goal the crowd ……………………………………………………………………(not cheer). 7 If the crowd……………………………………………. (not cheer) we ………………………………(not run) back up the stairs to see what had happened.
- 4. 8- If we………………………………………………….. (not run) back, we …………………………………………………………………(not crash) into the rest of the spectators on their way down, and there…………………………………………………….. (not be) this frightful accident. 9- If the pain……………………………………………………. (return) you'd better take another pill. 10- If you aren't going to live in the house why ……………………………………………………..you (not sell) it? If I ………………………………(have) a house I couldn't use I……………………………………………… (sell) it at once. 11- No, I didn't know any Russian at that time. But if you…………………………………… (not know) Russian why …………………………you (offer) to give him Russian lessons? Because I knew that he ……………………………………………(refuse). He always rejected my offers. 12- Tell him to bring his bicycle inside. If he…………………………………………… (leave) it outside someone………………………………. (steal) it. 13- She must have loved him very much because she waited for him for fifteen years. If she…………………………….. (not love) him she…………………………… (not wait) so long. 14- He looked so small and weak that nobody asked him to do anything. If he……………………. (look) strong he …………………….(be) expected to dig all day like everyone else. 15- The government are talking of pulling the village down to make room for an airport. If they………………………… (start) doing it the village people ……………………..(resist)?
- 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. 1- She would have come to dinner if we …………………………………………..(invite ) her last Saturday. 2- If you had locked the door, the burglars……………………………………………….(not get in). 3- Were I you, I…………………………………………………..(put) on some warmer clothes. 4- Joan ………………………………………………………………(be able to)come to the party if she wasn´t working. 5- Had I Heard any news, I………………………………………………………….(tell )you immediately. 6- If Mark……………………………………………….(be) younger, he could join the army. 7- She would have stayed at home if she……………………………….(know) there would be so much traffic. 8- Should he………………………..(get) this job, he will be able to buy his own flat. 9- She will be here at 8 unless she………………………(lose) her way. 10- If you like Tom Cruise, you…………………..(love) this film. 11- If there’s a scarcity of any item, its Price………………………………(increase).
- 6. Rewrite these sentences meaning the same using a conditional sentence and the Word provided. 1- Tom doesn´t have any money. He cant buy the car he’d like to. Providing……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2- Sue wasn´t invited at her friend’s birthday so she doesn´t answer her messages any more. If………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3- Tom hasn´t accepted the job offer because he will receive a low salary. On condition that ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 4- I don’t go to the club because there´s a CODVID-19 pandemic. Supposing…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5- People do have to quarantine but they hate it. Whether………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6- Betty can’t find a good job because she hasn´t graduated from High School. Provided that…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- 7. USE OF ENGLISH USING CONDITIONALS Rewrite these sentences meaning the same: 1- Frank wouldn´t have invested all that money if he had learnt about the inflation in the country. Had………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2- Don´t hesitate to ask for more information if you need it. Should……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3- The students will go on a picnic next Friday if it doesn’t rain. Unless……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4- Sue always arrives late for work on Monday if she goes out with her boyfriend on Sunday. Whenever………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5- Diana would study at university if she didn’t have to work so many hours a day. Providing………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..