CONDITIONAL

SENTENCES (1)

1. Write a suitable tense of the verbs in brackets.


1. You will be ill if you _________________________ (eat) so many sweets.

2. I ____________________________ (go) if I had known.

3. If my car ______________________________ (not break) down, I wouldn’t have caught
the train.

4. If she were older, she ___________________________ (have) more sense.

5. If you _________________________ (read) that book carefully, you would understand
it.

6. If the children _____________________________ (be) good, they can stay up late.

7. She ____________________________ (buy) those boots if they were not so expensive.

8. You ____________________________ (kill) yourself if you always work as hard as that.

9. If they had waited for a while, they _______________________________ (find) me.

10. I’m sure she will do well if she ____________________________ (go) to the University.

11. If it ______________________(fine) tomorrow, I’ll play tennis.

12. I’m sure Liza would go out with you if you ______________________ (ask) her nicely.

13. We _______________________________ (enjoy) the play better if it hadn’t been so long.

14. If you don’t shut that window, we all ________________________ (die) of cold.

15. I would have come yesterday if I ___________________________ (have) nothing to do.

16. If men ________________ (be) only more reasonable, there would be no more war.

2. Which of these sentences belong to the first type of conditionals?

3. Which of these sentences belong to the second type of conditionals?
4. Which of these sentences belong to the third type of conditionals?

 ANSWERS


1. You will be ill if you eat so many sweets.

2. I would have gone if I had known.

3. If my car hadn’t broken down, I wouldn’t have caught the train.

4. If she were older, she would have more sense.

5. If you read that book carefully, you would understand it.

6. If the children are good, they can stay up late.

7. She would buy those boots if they were not so expensive.

8. You will kill yourself if you always work as hard as that.

9. If they had waited for a while, they would have found me.

10. I’m sure she will do well if she goes to the University.

11. If it is fine tomorrow, I’ll play tennis.

12. I’m sure Liza would go out with you if you asked her nicely.

13. We would have enjoyed the play better if it hadn’t been so long.

14. If you don’t shut that window, we will all die of cold.

15. I would have come yesterday if I had had nothing to do.

16. If men were only more reasonable, there would be no more war.

First type of conditionals: 1, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14.

Second type of conditionals: 4, 5, 7, 12, 16.

Third type of conditionals: 2, 3, 9, 13, 15.