Expressing condition
- 1. Expressing condition If I have …, I´ll … I wouldn´t if I … . Would you … ?
- 2. CONDITIONAL 1 (Present + Future) There´s no rush, is there? If we miss it, there´ll be another one in fifteen minutes. Come on, Billy. If we hurry, we´ll catch the five o´clock bus.
- 3. Type 1: If we hurry, we´ll catch the bus 1. If I hear any news, I´ll phone you. 2. If I have a lot of money, I´ll buy a mansion. 3. If she wins the lottery, she´ll travel around the world. 4. If you don´t apologize, I´ll never speak to you again. 5. You´ll make yourself ill if you go on like this. 6. If you need a ticket, I can get you one. 7. If it doesn´t rain, we´ll be having a picnic. 8. If you don´t practise your English, you won´t get any better. 9. She´ll pass her maths test if she studies harder. 10. If you heat water, it boils. 11. If you press this switch, the computer comes on.
- 4. CONDITIONAL 2 (Past + Conditional) No, thanks. If I had coffee, I wouldn´t get to sleep tonight. Would you like some coffee, Billy?
- 5. Type 2: If we hurried, we´d catch the bus. 1. If I heard any news, I´d phone you. 2. If I had a lot of money, I´d buy a mansion. 3. If she won the lottery, she´d travel around the world. 4. If you didn´t apologize, I´d never speak to you again. 5. You´d make yourself ill if you went on like this. 6. If you needed a ticket, I could get you one. 7. If it didn´t rain, we´d be having a picnic. 8. If you didn´t practise your English, you wouldn´t get any better. 9. She´d pass her maths test if she studied harder. 10. If we had a calculator, we could work this out a lot quicker. 11. If I were you, I´d ask a lawyer for some advice.
- 6. CONDITIONAL 3 (Past perfect + conditional perfect) I told you. If Peter had played, we´d have won the game. I can´t believe we lost.
- 7. Type 3: If Peter had played, we would have won the game. 1. If I had heard any news, I would have phoned you. 2. If I had had a lot of money, I would have bought a mansion. 3. If she had won the lottery, she´d have travelled around the world. 4. If you hadn´t apologized, I wouldn´t have spoken to you again. 5. You´d have made yourself ill if you had gone on like this. 6. If it hadn´t rained, we´d have gone to the beach. 7. If you hadn´t practised your English, you wouldn´t have got any better. 8. She´d have passed her maths test if she had studied harder. 9. If we had had a calculator, we could have worked this out a lot quicker. 10. If I had been you, I´d have asked a lawyer for some advice. 11. If she hadn´t made that mistake, she´d have passed her test. 12. If you needed help, you should have asked me.
- 8. Exercises Match the sentences: 1. If I had a lot of money, 2. She would have passed her test 3. If you needed help, 4. We´d feel more confident 5. If I were you, 6. If it´s a nice day, 7. If you ring this number, 8. If I hadn´t had all this work to do, 1. if John were in the team. 2. we´ll climb the mountain. 3. no one answers. 4. I´d travel around the world. 5. I´d eat less. 6. I would have gone out for the day. 7. if she hadn´t made that mistake. 8. You should have asked me.
- 9. Exercises Complete the sentences: 1. If he has a lot of money, … 2. She wouldn´t pass her test … 3. If you need help, … 4. We´d feel terrible … 5. If she were you, … 6. If it were a nice day, … 7. If you planned things properly, … 8. If it hadn´t rained all the time, … 9. If Billy had been more careful, … 10. She wouldn´t have been so annoyed …