10th Form Rephrasing exercises: If Clauses and Modal Verbs

A- Rephrase the following sentences using the first conditional. Make all the necessary changes.
The children mustn’t go near Nick’s dog. It bites them. If the children go near Nick’s dog, it will bite them.
1- He gets upset every time the team loses. If
2- Go on a diet and lose weight. If
3- Eat the right food and live longer. If
4- He may arrive earlier and help out his father. If

B- Rephrase the following sentences using the second conditional. Make all the necessary changes.

She doesn’t take the medicine, so she doesn’t get better. If she took the medicine, she would get better.
1-He’s got a bad cough because he smokes too much.
If __________________________________________________________________________________
2- I have a lot of work to do, so I can’t go.
If __________________________________________________________________________________
3-She is late because her car broke down.
If __________________________________________________________________________________
4-I don’t have much money, so I can’t buy expensive clothes.
I could______________________________________________________________________________
C- Rephrase the following sentences using the third conditional. Make all the necessary changes.
They waited for me and so we met. If they hadn’t waited for me, we wouldn’t have met.
1-He caught a cold because he didn’t put on his overcoat.
If _________________________________________________________________________________
2-I studied hard and so I went to medical school.
I_____________________________ if ____________________________________________________
3-She lost her glasses and so she couldn’t read the article.
If _________________________________________________________________________________
4-We didn’t forget because she rang us on Friday night.
We _______________________________ if ______________________________________________

D- Rewrite the following sentences inserting the adequate Modal verb in the place of the underlined phrase
and make the necessary transformations.
1- You are too fat. You had better start doing some exercise.
You are too fat. You ____________________________________________________________
2-The rain will probably stop soon.
The rain ______________________________________________________________________
3-Were you able to fix the television set? No, it was too complicated.
_______ you ______________________? No, it was too complicated.
4-The children didn’t have the courage to go near the bears.
The children ___________________________________________________________________
5-In some schools students are obliged to wear uniforms.
In some schools _________________________________________________________________
6-Am I allowed to take the day off?
______________________________________________________________________________?
Margarida Ribeiro