CONDITIONALS : Exercises
(by Dr. HAKEM Hadia and Dr. HEMCHE Hidaya Amina)
Conditional sentences : types 0, 1 and 2
Ex1: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
1. I’ll look for your notebook and if I (find) ……………..… it, I (give) …………………. it to you.
2. Why don’t you bring your car to work? If I (have) ……………….…… a car, I (bring) ……….................... it to work.
3. I’ll wash the glasses in this nice hot water. ~ No, don’t. If you (put) …………………. them into very hot water, they (crack) ……………………..
4. If I (travel)………….………… a long way, I always (fly)…………..……….. .
5. If I (see) ………………… a tiger walking across Hyde Park, I (climb) ……………………..……. a tree. ~ That (not be) ………….…..………. any use. The tiger (climb) …………………..….…… after you.
6. If you (feel) …..………….…. too hot during the night, (turn) ……..……. down the central heating.
7. Tom: Jack is a translator ; he translates 1,000 words a day and gets £1,000 a week, which he says is not enough to live on.
Bill: Well, if he (want) ……………..………. more money, he (have) ……………………. to do more work. Advise him to translate 2,000 words a day.
8. If you (finish) ………………………. with your dictionary, I’d like to borrow it.
9. I expect it will freeze tonight. ~ If it (freeze) …………………tonight, the roads (be) …………………….. very slippery tomorrow.
10. If we (work) …………………….. all night, we (finish) …….……………… on time ; but we have no intention of working all night.
11. That book is overdue. If you (not take) ………….………….. it back tomorrow, you (have) ……………………. to pay a fine.
12. My dog never starts a fight. He never (growl) ……………………. unless the other dog (growl) …………………….. first.
13. Tom: I woke up to find the room full of smoke ;but I knew exactly what to do. Ann : If I (wake) ……..………………. up to find the room full of smoke, I (have) …………..………….. no idea what to do.
14. Husband : But I’m not going on a diet.Why should I go on a diet
Wife: If you (go) ……………………. on a diet, you (lose) ……………………. weight.
15. Ann: Your clothes are years out of date. Why don’t you throw them away ?
Mary: Don’t be ridiculous ! If I (throw) …….………………….. my clothes away, I (have) ……………….. to ask my husband for £ 10,000 to buy new ones.
16. Ann: what he (say) …………………………. if you (ask) …….………….. him for £ 10,000 ?
Mary: He (be) ……………………….. too horrified to speak at first. But when he’d recovered from the shock, he probably (start) …………..…..……………… talking about a divorce.
17. He’s staying at the Savoy in London. ~
Is he very rich? ~ I suppose he is. If he (be) ………………….……. a poor man, he (not stay) …………………….… at the Savoy.
18. But I don’t want to buy an elephant! ~ I know that. But where you (go) ……….………….…… if you (do) ……………..…. want to buy one?
Conditional sentences: types 2 and 3
Ex2: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
1. It’s lucky he had his torch with him. If he (not have) …..………………. it, he (fall) ………………………..……… down the cellar steps.
2. If someone (ring) ……………………. my doorbell at 3 a.m., I (be) …………..………….. very unwilling to open the door.
3. If I (see) …………………….. a python in Picadilly, I (assume) …….…………………… it had escaped from a circus.
4. Why don’t you buy a season ticket? ~ Because I lose everything. If I (buy) ……………………..… a season ticket, I (lose) ……..………………. it.
5. The paraffin heater was perfectly safe. There (not be)……………..…………… a fire if the children (not knock) ………………….……. it over.
6. Jack: They get £ 1,500 a week.
Tom: They can’t get £ 1,500 a week. If they (do) ………..................., they (not be) ……………..……………. striking for £ 1,200.
7. Ann: George is fourteen.
Tom: He must be older than that. He’s in full-time job. If he (be) .……………….. only fourteen, he still (be) ………………………. at school.
8. He was not very happy at school because he was a bookish boy, not at all interested in games. If he (play) ……….……………... games like the other boys, he (have) ……………………….…… a much better time.
9. Prime Minister on golf course: I’m not at all worried about the situation. If I (be) ……………..….... worried, I (not play) ………………………. golf at this moment.
10. She was sent to prison only because she refused to pay the fine; if she ( pay) ………………………. the fine, she (not be) ……………………. sent to prison.
11. She didn’t tell me that she was a vegetarian till half way through the meal. If she (tell) ………………..…….. earlier, I (cook) …….………………. her something more suitable.
12. Why you didn’t say that you were short of money? If I (know) ………………..……… , I (lend) ………………………... you some.
13. This room’s freezing because the fire has only just been lit. ~ If it (be lit) ……………….……… this morning as I suggested, the room would be warm enough to sit in now.
14. It was the drug, not the disease, that killed him. He would still be alive today if he (not take) ………………..…… that drug.
Conditional sentences: mixed types
Ex3 : Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
1. I had no map; that’s why I got lost. If I (have) …………….……… a map, I (be) …………………….…….. all right.
2. If I (come) ………………………. across two men fighting with knives, I (call) ………………………….. the police. ~ But this is a very peaceful area.
3. The job is much worse than I expected. If I (realise) ………………………… how awful it was going to be, I (not accept) ………………………….…….. it.
4. A university degree is a useful thing. If I (have) ………..………… a university degree, I now (sit) …………….…………… in a comfortable office instead of standing at a street corner selling newspapers
5. The launching of the rocket was delayed half an hour by bad weather. If the weather (be) ……………………… good, they (launch) …………………………. it at 8.30 instead of at 9.00.
6. You’d better take day off if you (not feel) …………………….. well tomorrow.
7. I’m sorry you didn’t tell me that dogs were allowed in the hotel; if I (know) …………………., I (bring) …………..………….. my dog. He (enjoy) …………….…….…… the walk.
8. He says he refused the job, but that this was nothing to do with the salary. He (refuse) ………………… even if they (offer) …..………. him twice as much.
9. (Tom is putting his coat on.) Ann: If you (go) …………………….. out, would you buy me some eggs?
10. Unless Tom (take) ……………………….. his library book back tomorrow, he (have) ………….……….. to pay a fine.
11. You must never blow a gas light. Do you know what (happen) ………..……………. if you (blow) ………………………. out a gas light?
12. We train the children to file out of the classroom quietly, because if a whole class (rush) …………….…………. at the door, someone (get) ……………………….. hurt.
13. What time of the year do you think it is in this picture? Summer? ~ No, it must be winter. If it (be) …………………….… summer, the people (not sit) …………..……………. round that big fire.
14. I overslept; that’s why I’m half an hour late; and if my phone (not ring) ……………….…….. at nine o’clock, I might still be in bed.
15. Your notes are almost illigible. Why don’t you type them? If you (type) ……..…………… them, they (be) ………..…………… a lot easier to read.
16. If only we (have) …………….………. a light! It’s depressing waiting in darkness!
17. If the earth suddenly (stop) ……….………..……… spinning, we all (fly) ………………………….. off it.
18. I’ve hung out the clothes. It’s lovely and sunny; if it (stay) ………………….…… like this, they (be) ………………..… dry in two hours.
19. When he left school, he became fisherman. His family didn’t like it at all. They (be) ……..……..…………..… much happier if he (become) ……………………. a greengrocer like his father.
20. I can hear the speaker all right but I wish I could see him too. If he (stand) ………………………. on a barrel, we all (see) ……….………………. him and that (be) ………………………… much better.
Ex4: Rewrite the sentences using if constructions. Follow the given example.
Example: He smokes too much; perhaps that’s why he can’t get rid of his cough.
If he didn’t smoke so much, he might get rid of his cough.
Or If he smoked less, he might get rid of his cough.
1. She’s very shy; that’s why she didn’t enjoy parties.
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2. It might rain. If it does, everyone can eat inside.
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3. He doesn’t take any exercise; that’s why he is so unhealthy.
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4. They speak French to her, not English, so her English doesn’t improve.
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5. The children mustn’t go near John’s dog. It’ll bite them.
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6. The shops don’t deliver now, which makes life difficult.
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7. Sara may fail her driving test. But she can take it again.
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8. I didn’t see the signal, so I didn’t stop.
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9. You didn’t tell me we have run out of bread, so I didn’t buy any.
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10. We haven’t the central heating, so the house is rather cold.
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11. I haven’t a map, so I can’t direct you.
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12. It rained all the time. Perhaps that’s why he didn’t enjoy his visit.
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13. She didn’t speak to him, possibly because she was shy.
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14. You washed it in boiling water; that’s why it shrank.
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Ex5: Which word makes more sense? Put in ‘if’ or ‘unless’.
1. Rachel will be pleased …………. she passes her driving test.
2. The bus won’t stop …………… you ring the bell.
3. I can’t read your writing ………… you print clearly.
4. Emma will be upset ………….. she doesn’t get the job.
5. You can’t go into reception ………….. you’ve got a ticket.
6. Don’t bother to ring me …………… it is important.
Ex6: Rewrite these conditional sentences using ‘unless’ instead of ‘if’.
1. If you don’t isolate people with infectious diseases, the diseases will spread.
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2. If Tom doesn’t take his library book back tomorrow, he will have to pay a fine.
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3. I won’t wake up if I don’t hear the alarm.
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4. If I don’t have a quiet room, I can’t do my work.
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5. You’ll be any use to me if you don’t learn to type.
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6. I wouldn’t bring the picture if I didn’t like it.
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7. Don’t leave the TV on if you aren’t watching it.
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- Enseignant: hadia hakem