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Level: adult elementary
Grammar: Conditional Sentences
1a Read the e-mail.
Dear Stacey,
So glad to hear your first interview went well! You know (1) I worry about you if
you don't get in touch right away, so I was relieved to hear your news. It's great
that they want you to go to New York for another interview! (2) If you need a
ride to the airport on Saturday, I'll be happy to take you. I'm so glad Don told you
about this position. (3) If he hadn't mentioned it, you wouldn't have had the
opportunity to interview for such an exciting job. I know moving to New York or
even to Europe is a big step, but it will be great for your career. (4) If I had a
chance like that, I would certainly take advantage of it. Let me know if you need
a ride, and I'll give you a call later this evening.
Kate

1b Match the conditionals to the sentences.

1 zero conditional _____
2 1st conditional ____
3 2nd conditional _____
4 3rd conditional _____

1c Complete the table with the tenses and functional descriptions. Choose from the
following: simple present, simple past, simple future, past perfect, would, would have;
factual, probable, possible, unreal/imaginary
zero conditional

If + present ... ______

1st conditional

If + ______ ... ______

2nd conditional

If + _____ ... ______

3rd conditional

If + _____ ... ______

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2 Make sentences using the first conditional with the following clues.
1 No time, no work.
If you dont have time, you wont be able to do the work.
2 No credit card number, no delivery of product.
3 No suit, no party.
4 No ticket, no show.
5 No guarantee, no free repair.
6 No lifejacket, no boat trip.

3a Make a questionnaire with the second conditional. Ask your partner.

1 What/do/if / have a clone of yourself?
What would you do if you had a clone of yourself?
2 What/ your house be like/ if/ build your dream home?
3 Who/engage in conversation/ if / have chance to meet?
4 What /like to see / if / see your own future?
3b Click on the image below to watch the video and listen to the song called What If
by Coldplay.

Listen again and write if sentences from the song.

What if there was no life, nothing wrong, nothing right.

4 Write sentences using the third conditional.

1 Cristobal Coln /discover America/ if /Queen Isabel / believe his theory.
2 The Titanic /not sink/ if the ship/ not hit an iceberg.

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3 We /not see / the first man on the moon/ if TV not be invented.

5 Fill in the missing tenses. Use the verbs in parentheses.

1 If I had seen Tim at the party I _____ (tell) him the news.
2 Ice melts if you _____ (heat) it.
3 If I _____ (have) more money I would buy a new car.
4 We wouldn't have gotten stuck here if I _____ (remember) to put gas in the car.
5 If you call me from the airport, I _____ (come) and pick you up.
6 If you cook broccoli too long it _____ (smell) bad.
7 Carla _____ (give) you my number if you had asked her.
8 If I _____ (be) late for a meeting I would certainly apologize.

6 Combine the phrases using zero, first, second or third conditional according to how
likely the event is.
e.g. I win 5 million dollars buy a mansion If I won 5 million dollars I would buy a
mansion.
1 I be younger learn to dance
2 Ice Age not happen dinosaurs not die
3 buildings designed properly not damaged by earthquakes
4 I become a doctor help many people
5 you stay in the sun too long get burned
6 you not cut down the tall tree in our garden, built a tree house in it

7a Click on the image below to listen to and read the poem by Rudyard Kipling called
If.

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7b Write 5 if sentences from the poem.

8 About you. Use the cues to write true conditionals about yourself.
1 win lottery If I won the lottery I would buy...
2 be born in another country
3 sleep late tomorrow
4 lose my car keys
5 forget a close friend's next birthday
6 live in New York City
7 not pass my driving test
8 be born the opposite sex

SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER KEY

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ANSWER Key - CONDITIONAL CLAUSES

1b
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1c
zero conditional

If + simple present ...

simple present

factual

1st conditional

If + simple present ...

simple future

probable

2nd conditional

If + simple past ... would

possible

3rd conditional

If + past perfect ... would

have

unreal / imaginary

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2 If you don't give your credit card number, the product will not be delivered.
3 If you don't wear a suit, you won't be allowed in the party.
4 If you don't have a ticket, you won't be able to see the show.
5 If you don't have a guarantee, you won't receive a free repair.
6 If you don't wear a life jacket, you won't be able to go on the boat trip.
3a
2 What would your house be like if you build your dream home?
3 Who would you engage in conversation if had the chance to meet them?

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4 What would you like to see if you could see your own future?

3b
"What If?"
What if there was no lie
Nothing wrong, nothing right
What if there was no time
And no reason, or rhyme
What if you should decide
That you don't want me there by your side
That you don't want me there in your life
What if I got it wrong
And no poem or song
Could put right what I got wrong
Or make you feel I belong
What if you should decide
That you don't want me there by your side
That you don't want me there in your life
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's right
Let's take a breath, jump over the side
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's right
How can you know it, if you don't even try
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's right
Every step that you take
Could be your biggest mistake
It could bend or it could break
That's the risk that you take
What if you should decide
That you don't want me there in your life
That you don't want me there by your side
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's right
Let's take a breath, jump over the side
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's right
How can you know when you don't even try
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's right
Oh - Ooh ooh-ooh, that's right,
Let's take a breath, jump over the side.
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's right,
You know that darkness always turns into light.

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Ooh-ooh, that's right

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1 Cristobal Coln would have discovered America if Queen Isabel had believed his
theory.
2 The Titanic wouldn't have sunk if the ship had not hit an iceberg.
3 We wouldn't have seen the first man on the moon if TV had not been invented.

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1 would have told
2 heat
3 had
4 had remembered
5 will come
6 smells
7 would have given
8 was / were

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1 If I were younger, Id learn to dance.
2 If the Ice Age had not happened, dinosaur wouldnt have died.
3 If buildings were designed properly, they wouldnt be damaged by arthquakes.
4 If I became a doctor, Id help many people.
5 If you stay in the sun too long, youll get burned.

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6 If you hadnt cut down the tall tree in our garden, we wouldve built a tree house on
it.

7b

"If"
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
By Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936).

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