Exercises on Conditional Sentences Type 1

Partyvorbereitung
Some friends are planning a party. Everybody wants to party, but nobody's really keen on preparing and organising the party. So everybody comes up with a few conditions, just to make sure that the others will also do something. Choose the correct option to complete the Conditional Sentences Type I. If Caroline and Sue prepare/prepares/will prepare the salad, Phil decorate/decorates/will decorate the house. If Sue cut/cuts/will cut the onions for the salad, Caroline peel/peels/will peel the mushrooms. Jane hoover/hoovers/will hoover the sitting room if Aaron and Tim move/moves/will move the furniture. If Bob tidy/tidies/will tidy up the kitchen, Anita clean/cleans/will clean the toilet. Elaine buy/buys/will buy the drinks if somebody help/helps/will help her carry the bottles. If Alan and Rebecca organise/organises/will organise the food, Mary and Conor make/makes/will make the sandwiches. If Bob look/looks/will look after the barbecue, Sue let/lets/will let the guests in. Frank play/plays/will play the DJ if the others bring/brings/will bring along their CDs. Alan mix/mixes/will mix the drinks if Jane give/gives/will give him some of her cocktail recipes. If they all do/does/will do their best, the party is/are/will be great. Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type I) by putting the verbs into the correct form. If you (send) ___________ this letter now, she (receive) tomorrow.
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If I (do) ___________ this test, I (improve) ___________my English. If I (find) ___________your ring, I (give) ___________it back to you. Peggy (go)___________ shopping if she (have) ___________time in the afternoon. Simon (go)___________ to London next week if he (get) ___________a cheap flight. If her boyfriend (phone / not)___________ today, she (leave) ___________him. If they (study / not) ___________harder, they (pass / not) ___________the exam. If it (rain) ___________tomorrow, I (have to / not) ___________water the plants. You (be able/ not) ___________to sleep if you (watch) ___________this scary film. Susan (can / move / not) ___________into the new house if it (be / not) ___________ready on time.

Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 2

Janine is a daydreamer. She imagines what would happen if she won the lottery. Complete the Conditional Sentences Type II. If I would play/played the lottery, I would have/had a chance to hit the jackpot. If I would hit/hit the jackpot, I would be/were rich. If I would be/were rich, my life would change/changed completely. I would buy/bought a lonely island, if I would find/found a nice one. If I would own/owned a lonely island, I would build/built a huge house by the beach. I would invite/invited all my friends if I would have/had a house by the beach. I would pick/picked my friends up in my yacht if they would want/wanted to spend their holidays on my island. We would have/had great parties if my friends would come/came

to my island. If we would like/liked to go shopping in a big city, we would charter/chartered a helicopter. But if my friends' holidays would be/were over, I would feel/felt very lonely on my lonely island. Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type II) by putting the verbs into the correct form. If we (have) ___________a yacht, we (sail) ___________ the seven seas. If he (have)___________ more time, he (learn) ___________karate. If they (tell) ___________their father, he (be) ___________very angry. She (spend) ___________a year in the USA if it (be) ___________easier to get a green card. If I (live) ___________on a lonely island, I (run) ___________around naked all day. We (help) ___________you if we (know) ___________how. My brother (buy) ___________a sports car if he (have) ___________the money. If I (feel) ___________better, I (go) ___________to the cinema with you. If you (go) ___________by bike more often, you (be / not) ___________so flabby. She (not / talk)___________ to you if she (be) ___________mad at you.

Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 3

What a match your favourite team has lost again! So after the game, the supporters discuss what could have been different. Complete the Conditional Sentences Type III. If the midfielders would have passed/had passed the ball more exactly, our team would have had/had had more chances to attack. If the forwards would have run/had run faster, they would have scored/had scored more goals.

Their motivation would have improved/had improved if they would have kicked/had kicked a goal during the first half. The fullbacks would have prevented/had prevented one or the other goal if they would have marked/had marked their opponents. If the goalie would have jumped/had jumped up, he would have caught/had caught the ball. If the referee would have seen/had seen the foul, he would have awarded/had awarded a penalty kick to our team. Our team would have been/had been in better form if they would have trained/had trained harder the weeks before. The game would have become/had become better if the trainer would have sent/had sent a substitute in during the second half. If it would have been/had been a home game, our team would have won/had won the match. If our team would have won/had won the match, they would have moved/had moved up in the league. Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type III) by putting the verbs into the correct form. Use conditional II with would in the main clause. If you (study) ___________ for the test, you (pass) ___________ it. If you (ask) ___________me, I (help)___________ you. If we (go) ___________to the cinema, we (see)___________ my friend Jacob. If you (speak) ___________English, she (understand)___________ . If they (listen) ___________to me, we (be) ___________home earlier. I (write) ___________you a postcard if I (have) ___________your address. If I (not / break) ___________my leg, I (take part) ___________in the contest. If it (not/ start)___________ to rain, we (walk) ___________to the museum. We (swim) ___________in the sea if there (not / be) ___________so many sharks there. If she (take) ___________the bus, she (not / arrive) ___________on

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Exercise on Conditional Sentences with Auxiliaries

Complete the conditional sentences (type I). Remember to use the auxiliary verbs.

If it doesn't rain, we (can / go) ___________ swimming tomorrow. If you train hard, you (might / win) ___________first prize. If we go to Canada next year, we (can / improve) ___________our English. I (may / go) ___________to the disco in the evening if I do the washing-up now. If we go on holiday next week, I (not / can / play)___________ tennis with you. If you see Gareth tomorrow, you (should / tell)___________ him that you love him. If my parents go shopping in the afternoon, I (must / look)___________ after my little sister. He (must / be) ___________a good drummer if he plays in a band. If you are listening to the radio after 10 pm, you (should / turn)___________ the volume down. If you like that shirt, you (can / have) ___________it. To illustrate the use of different tenses, similar examples are used in the exercise. Complete the Conditional Sentences Type I according to the information in brackets. If it (rain /still - action going on now) ___________, (stay imperative) ___________here for another while. If it (stop - completed action) ___________raining, we (go - future) ___________. If it (start - fact) ___________raining, we always (close - fact) ___________the windows. If it (rain / should - not very likely) ___________, please (close imperative)___________ the windows. If it (rain - future action) ___________, the windows (must / close -

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Complete the Conditional Sentences Type I according to the information in brackets. If we (visit - fact) ___________our grandparents, we always (go fact) ___________to the restaurant in their street. If my sister (speak - action going on now) ___________on the phone, I (call - future)___________ you later on. You (go / can) ___________outside if you (do - completed action) ___________your homework. If we (get - future action) ___________the loan, our house (build future action / passive voice) ___________this autumn. I always (ask - fact) ___________my mother if I (know / not - fact) ___________what to do. Study the following situations. In every sentence, the 'if' clause expresses a general situation in the present (Type II). Decide, however, whether the consequences refer to the present (Conditional I) or past (Conditional II). I am trying to reach Sue on the phone now, but I'm afraid she is not there because If she (be) ___________at the office, she (answer) ___________the phone. A couple of minutes ago, I tried to reach Sue on the phone, but I'm afraid she is not there because If she (be) ___________at the office, she (answer)___________ the phone. I want to ring a friend now, but I don't know his phone number. If I (know) ___________his phone number, I (ring) ___________him. A week ago, I wanted to ring a friend, but I don't know his phone number.If I (know) ___________his phone number, I (ring)___________ him. A friend tells me what she is planning to do. I don't think what she is planning is a good idea.If I (be) ___________you, I (do / not)___________ this. A friend tells me what she did. I don't think what she did was a good idea.If I (be) ___________you, I (do / not) ___________this. Somebody tells me that Sarah is on holiday in Italy at the

moment. This cannot be true because I'm seeing her in town tonight.If Sarah (be)___________ in Italy, I (see / not)___________ her in town tonight. Somebody tells me that Sarah is on holiday in Italy at the moment. This cannot be true because I saw her in town last night.If Sarah (be) ___________in Italy, I (see / not)___________ her in town last night. My brother feels like he is getting the flu. I tell him You (get / not) ___________the flu if you (eat)___________ more fruit. A few weeks ago, my brother had the flu. I tell him You (get / not) ___________the flu if you (eat) ___________more fruit. Study the following situations. In every sentence, the 'if' clause expresses a situation in the past (Type III). Decide, however, whether the consequences refer to the present (Conditional I) or past (Conditional II). It didn't rain yesterday. So I had to water the plants yesterday.If it (rain) ___________yesterday, I (water / not)___________ the plants. It didn't rain yesterday. So I am watering the plants now.If it (rain) ___________yesterday, I (water / not) ___________the plants now. I went to bed late last night. So I am still tired now.If I (go)___________ to bed earlier yesterday, I (feel / not) ___________so tired now. I went to bed late last Tuesday. So I was very tired the following day.If I (go) ___________to bed earlier that Tuesday, I (feel / not)___________ that tired the following day. After a night out, I want to drive home now. I haven't drunk any alcohol.If I (drink) ___________alcohol, I (drive / not) ___________. After a night out last weekend, I drove home. I hadn't drunk any alcohol.If I (drink)___________ alcohol, I (drive / not) ___________. We won the match last week. So when we came home, we looked really happy.We (look / not) ___________that happy if we (win / not) ___________the match. We've just won a match. So we look really happy now.We (look / not) ___________that happy if we (win / not)___________

the match. My daughter is blamed for having done something. She tells me now that she didn't do it. I believe her.She (tell) ___________me if she (do) ___________it. Last year, my daughter was blamed for having done something. She told me that she hadn't done it. I believed her.She (tell) ___________me if she (do) ___________it.