Conditional sentences: type 1

1. If I see him I (give) him a lift. 19. If he (go) on telling lies nobody will believe a
2. The table will collapse if you (stand) on it. word he says.
3. If he (eat) all that he will be ill. 20. Unless he (sell) more he won't get much
4. If I find your passport I (telephone) you at once. commission.
5. The police (arrest) him if they catch him. 21. If I lend you 10 when you (repay) me?
6. If he (read) in bad light he will ruin his eyes. 22. We'll have to move upstairs if the river (rise) any
7. Someone (steal) your car if you leave it higher.
unlocked. 23. If he (work) hard today can he have a holiday
8. What will happen if my parachute (not open)? tomorrow?
9. If he (wash) my car I'll give him 10. 24. Ice (turn) to water if you heat it.
10. If she (need) a radio she can borrow mine. 25. If you (not like) this one I'll bring you another.
11. If you (not go) away I'll send for the police. 26. Unless you are more careful you (have) an
12. If he (be) late we'll go without him. accident.
13. She will be absolutely furious if she (hear) about 27. Tell him to ring me up if you (see) him.
this. 28. If I tell you a secret, you (promise) not to tell it to
14. If you put on the kettle I (make) the tea. anyone else?
15. If you give my dog a bone he (bury) it at once. 29. If you (not believe) what I say, ask your mother.
16. If we leave the car here it (not be) in anybody's 30. If he (like) the house will he buy it?
way. 31. Unless I have a quiet room I (not be able) to do
17. He'll be late for the train if he (not start) at once. any work.
18. If you come late they (not let) you in. 32. She won't open the door unless she (know) who
it is.

Conditional sentences: type 2 16 I could tell you what this means if I (know) Greek.
1 If I had a typewriter I (type) it myself. 17 If everybody (give) 1 we would have enough.
2 If I (know) his address I'd give it to you. 18 He might get fat if he (stop) smoking.
3 He (look) a lot better if he shaved more often. 19 If he knew that it was dangerous he (not come).
4 If you (play) for lower stakes you wouldn't lose so 20 If you (see) someone drowning what would you do?
much. 21 I (be) ruined if I bought her everything she asked for.
5 If he worked more slowly he (not make) so many 22 If you slept under a mosquito net you (not be) bitten
mistakes. so often.
6 I shouldn't drink that wine if I (be) you. 23 I could get a job easily if I (have) a degree.
7 More tourists would come to this country if it (have) a 24 If she (do) her hair differently she might look quite
better climate. nice.
8 If I were sent to prison you (visit) me? 25 If we had more rain our crops (grow) faster.
9 If someone (give) you a helicopter what would you do 26 The whole machine would fall to pieces if you
with it? (remove) that screw.
10 I (buy) shares in that company if I had some money. 27 I (keep) a horse if I could afford it.
11 If he (clean) his windscreen he'd be able to see where 28 I'd go and see him more often if he (live) on a bus
he was going. route.
12 If you drove your car into the river you (be able) to get 29 If they (ban) the sale of alcohol at football matches
out? there might be less violence.
13 If you (not belong) to a union you couldn't get a job. 30 I (offer) to help if I thought I'd be any use.
14 If I (win) a big prize in a lottery I'd give up my job. 31 What would you do if the lift (get) stuck between two
15 What you (do) if you found a burglar in your house? floors?

Conditional sentences: type 3 10 If I (know) that you were coming I'd have baked a
1 If I had known that you were in hospital I (visit) you. cake.
2 The ground was very soft. But for that, my horse (win). 11 I (offer) to help him if I had realized that he was ill.
3 If you (arrive) ten minutes earlier you would have got a 12 If you had left that wasp alone it (not sting) you.
seat. 13 If I (realize) what a bad driver you were 1 wouldn't
4 You would have seen my garden at its best if you (be) have come with you.
here last week. 14 If I had realized that the traffic lights were red I (stop).
5 But for his quickness I (be) killed. 15 But for the fog we (reach) our destination ages ago.
6 I shouldn't have believed it if I (not see) it with my own 17 If you (not sneeze) he wouldn't have known that we
eyes. were there.
7 If he had slipped he (fall) 500 metres. 18 If you (put) some mustard in the sandwiches they
8 If he had asked you, you (accept)? would have tasted better.
9 If I (had) a map 1 would have been all right. 19 The hens (not get) into the house if you had shut the
door.
20 If he had known that the river was dangerous he (not 27 If I (be) ready when he called he would have taken
try) to swim across it. me with him.
21 If you (speak) more slowly he might have understood 28 She had a headache; otherwise she (come) with us.
you. 29 If she had listened to my directions she (not turn)
22 If he had known the whole story he (not be) so angry. down the wrong street.
23 I shouldn't have eaten it if I (know) that there was 31 Rome (be captured) by her enemies if the geese
ginger in it. hadn't cackled.
24 If I (try) again I think that I would have succeeded. 32 He would have been arrested if he (try) to leave the
25 You (not get) into trouble if you had obeyed my country.
instructions. 33 I (take) a taxi if I had realized that it was such a long
26 If you hadn't been in such a hurry you (not put) sugar way.
into the sauce instead of salt. 34 You (save) me a lot of trouble if you had told me
where you were

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.

1 If you (find) a skeleton in the cellar don't mention it to 19 You (not have) so many accidents if you drove more
anyone. slowly.
2 If you pass your examination we (have) a celebration. 20 If you (wear) a false beard nobody would have
3 What (happen) if I press this button? recognized you.
4 I should have voted for her if I (have) a vote then. 21 If she (leave) the fish there the car will get it.
5 If you go to Paris where you (stay)? 22 Unless they leave a lamp beside that hole in the road
6 If someone offered to buy you one of those rings, somebody (fall) into it.
which you (choose)? 23 You'll get pneumonia if you (not change) your wet
7 The flight may be cancelled if the fog (get) thick. clothes.
8 If the milkman (come) tell him to leave two pints. 24 If I had known that you couldn't eat octopus I (not
9 Someone (sit) on your glasses if you leave them there. buy) it.
11 What I (do) if I hear the burglar alarm? 26 She (be able) to walk faster if her shoes hadn't such
12 If you (read) the instructions carefully you wouldn't high heels.
have answered 27 I (bring) you some beer if I had known that you were
the wrong question. thirsty.
13 I could repair the roof myself if I (have) a long ladder. 28 If you had touched that electric cable you (be) dead.
14 Unless they turn that radio off I (go) mad. 29 If the story hadn't been true the newspaper (not print)
15 If you were made redundant what you (do)? it.
16 We'll have a long way to walk if we (run) out of petrol 30 I (not buy) those things if I were you.
here. 31 Dial 999 if you (want) Police or Ambulance.
17 If you shake that bottle of port it (not be) fit to drink. 32 You (not be) any use to me unless you learn to type.
18 I'll probably get lost unless he (come) with me. 33 If anyone attacked me, my dog (jump) at his throat.

1If I ..................................... (have) a vacuum cleaner I'd have ....................... (be) faster.
2. What .you (do).....................................if you received an anonymous letter?
3. If I'd seen John I (greet).......................................him.
4. Open the door if John (ask)....................................... you to.
5. If they had had the opportunity they (make)................................... it.
6. I'd go if I (be) ............................you.
7. I'd put it if they (tell)........................... me to do it.
8. If they had known the answer they (write).. it.
9. If they (give)............................you a present, would you say thank you?
10. If you (speak) ........................ more slowly, he might (have, understand) .............................you.
11. If the baby ................... (be) a girl we ........................... (call) her Margaret..
12. The accident was mainly Tom's fault. If he (be) further away he (be able) to
stop in time.
13. He refused the job. He (refuse) even if they (offer) him twice as much.
14. If he (pay) .... me tonight I (have) .. enough money for the tickets.
1. If the factory closed down many people .......................(be) out of job.
2. What ............ you ................. (do) if somebody threw an egg at you?
3. They .......................... (not come) to the party if you invited them.
4. If it stopped raining we ............................ (be able) to go out.
5. If someone walked in here with a gun we ......................... (be frighten), I'm sure.
6. I...................................(not know) what to do if I lost my passport in a foreign country.
7. If I had had more money I ........................... (buy) a new car.
8. I .............................. (answer) if I had known the answer.
9. If I'd seen him I ............................... (greet) him.
10. If she had studied harder she ......................... (pass) her exams.
11. If the telephone had rung I .......................... (pick) up the receiver.
12. If I were rich, I............................(lye) in the sun on some tropical island.
13. If she were my girlfriend, I ............................. (escort) her home.
14. If I visited New York, I ............................ (have) dinner in the best restaurant now.
15. If I had known her before, I ........................... (not say) such nice things about her.
16. If you had seen the comedians you ........................ (laugh) up to now.
17. If the train had arrived earlier, I ....................... (get) soak all that time.
18. If he ............................. (get) a work permit), he ........................... (stay) for another eight months.
19. If you ............................leave the washing-up till tomorrow you (could, find) ........................... very stiky.
20. My mother .................................. (knit) a beautiful sweater if she ............................. (propose) it. (Refer to the past)
1. I've hung out the clothes. It's lovely and sunny; if it (stay) like this they (be) dry in two hours.
2. French is essential in this job. All the telephonists speak it. If they (not know) French they
(not understand) half the callers. 3. How did you do in the car rally? ~ We came in last actually;
but only because we got lost. If we (not got) lost we (come) in somewhere in the middle. We
certainly (not be) last. 4. I wasn't really surprised that we got lost because I knew that the
navigator couldn't map-read. ~ But if you (know) that why you (take) him as navigator? 5. This
flat would be all right if the people above us (not be) so noisy. 6. A group of spectators,
including myself, left the stand just before the end of the game. When we were half way down
the stairs a goal was scored and there was a great cheer from the spectators. If there (not be) a
goal the crowd (not cheer) 7. If the crowd (not cheer) we (not run) back up the stairs to see
what had happened. 8. If we (not run) back we (not crash) into the rest of the spectators on
their way down, and there (not be) this frightful accident. 9. If the pain (return) you'd better take
another pill. 10. If you aren't going to live in the house why you (not sell) it? If I (have) a house I
couldn't use I (sell) it at once. 11. No, I didn't know any Russian at that time. ~ But if you (not
know) Russian why you (offer) to give him Russian lessons? ~ Because I knew that he (refuse).
He always rejected my offers. 12. Tell him to bring his bicycle inside. If he (leave) it outside
someone (steal) it. 13. Why do people always wear dark clothes at night? If pedestrians (wear)
light coloured clothes drivers (see) them much more easily. 14. She must have loved him very
much because she waited for him for fifteen years. If she (not love) him she (not wait) so long.
15. He looked so small and weak that nobody asked him to do anything. If he (look) strong he
(be) expected to dig all day like everyone else. 16. The government are talking of pulling the
village down to make room for an airport. ~ If they (start) doing it the village people (resist)?
17. If you are catching an early train tomorrow you (like) to have breakfast at 7.00? 18. We'll
have to break the ice on the pond; otherwise the ducks (not be able) to swim. And if they (not be
able) to swim they (not be able) to get food. (Use can/could forms where possible.) 19.
When he left school he became a fisherman. His family didn't like it at all. They (be) much
happier if he (become) a greengrocer like his father. 20. They still say that if he (go) into the
green grocery business when he left school he (be) comfortably off now instead of being poor.
21. But he says that if he (have) his life again he (make) the same choice. 22. So many
parcels and no baskets! If I (know) that we were going to buy so much I (bring) a basket.
23. No one bathes here. The water is heavily polluted. If you (bathe) in it you (be) ill for a
fortnight. 24. 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. 25. Look at poor Tom trying to start his car by
hand again! If I (be) Tom I (get) a new battery. 26. I expect you'll see Jack at the lecture tonight.
If you (do) you please (remind) him about tomorrow's meeting? 27. The headmaster decided
that Peter was guilty and expelled him from the school. A more intelligent man (realize) that
Peter couldn't have been guilty. (if the headmaster had been more intelligent he ...) 28. But I
blame the real culprit even more. If he (admit) his guilt Peter (not be) expelled. 29. The only
thing I haven't got is a balcony. If I (have) a balcony I (grow) plants in pots. Then my flat (be)
perfect! 30. Jack rang while you were out. ~ Oh dear! If I (know) he was going to ring I (stay) at
home. 31. My unmarried friends are always telling me how to bring up my children. I sometimes
think that if they (have) children they (make) just as many mistakes as I do. 32. (At a cinema)
Ann: Don't worry. They get married in the end. Mary: Then you've seen it before! If you (tell) me
that we (go) to something else! 33. Be careful about the time. If you (spend) too long on the first
question you (not have) enough time to do the others properly. 34. We had a lot of trouble
putting the tent up. If it (not be) so windy perhaps it (not be) quite so difficult. 35. Ann (sitting
beside her open fire): I love open fires; if I (have) nothing but a radiator to sit beside I (get) quite
depressed. 36. Lucy, a student at a residential college: Couldn't I leave the hostel and get a flat,
mother? Mother: No, you couldn't. I know very well what (happen) if you (have) a flat. You (play)
the guitar all night and (miss) your classes in the morning; then you (fail) your exams and (have)
to repeat the year. And you (not feed) yourself properly and (get) run down. And then you
(catch) some infection and (die) of it, and we (have) to leave this district as the neighbours
(keep) saying that we had caused your death by letting you have your own way!
40. Finish the following sentences.
1. If you had a carpet on the stairs ... 2. If you should see a snake ... . 3. If I lived in the
country ... . 4. If you want to get to the station in time to catch the 8.10 train ... . 5. He was
sleepwalking. When I saw him going towafds the window I stopped him. If I hadn't stopped him
... . 6. She is simply terrified of rats. If she hears the rats running round your attics she ... . 7.
The milk wouldn't have turned sour if ... . 8. They were completely lost and didn't know which
way to turn; but for the dog ... . 9. If you took a course in computer programming ... . 10. Jack
(trying to phone Peter): I can hear the phone ringing. Peter must be out. If he were in he ... . 11.
If we have another puncture ... . 12. I could have walked more quickly if my suitcase ... . 13.
My room would be all right if it ... . 14. If you aren't going to use the car tomorrow, ...? 15. If you
don't like films why ...? 16. There were plenty of fish in the bay; if we'd had fishing lines .... 17.
The hijackers threatened to kill the pilot unless he ... . 18. We'll test your voice and if it is good
enough ... . 19. If buses and trains were free ... . 20. If children were allowed to do exactly as
they liked in school ... . '21. I'd have taken a photograph if ... . 22. Your job sounds awful. If I
were you ... . 23. If you thought he was unreliable why ...? 24. If I'd known that there was
going to be an electricity strike I ... . 25. If the price of petrol goes up ... . 26. You can camp in
this field provided ... . 27. Unless you isolate people with infectious diseases ... . 28. Everyone
was going much too fast. The pile-up wouldn't have been nearly so terrible if the drivers ... . 29.
They would have paid you more if ... . 30. If you don't boil water before you drink it ... . 31. He
expected absolute punctuality. He was furious if ... . 32. If you lived on the 40th floor and there
was a power strike ... . 33. We could have got seats ... . 34. Mother to little boy: If you don't eat
up your nice rice pudding ... . 35. Tom (looking at his watch): We'll have to go without Peter if ...
. 36. If you breathe a word of this to anybody ... .

43. Complete the sentences.

1. Sidney doesn't have many friends because he isn't outgoing enough. If he________more
outgoing,____________a lot of friends. 2. Alan feels tired all the time because he works too
hard. If he__________________so hard,_________________________so tired all the time.
3. Rita didn't enjoy her vacation because the weather wasn't warm. If the
weather________________warm, she _____________ _______________her vacation.
4. Julia arrived very late because she missed the bus. If she______________the bus,
she____________________ so late. 5. I'm very frustrated because I can't type fast enough.
If I______________________faster,_____________________ -__________so frustrated.
6. Ivan made a lot of mistakes because he wasn't paying attention. If
he____________________________attention, he ______ ______________________so many
mistakes. 7. Doris looks very confused because she doesn't understand today's grammar.
If she__________today's grammar, she_________________so confused.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.

Conditional sentences: type 1
1. If I see him I (give) him a lift.
2. The table will collapse if you (stand) on it.
3. If he (eat) all that he will be ill.
4. If I find your passport I (telephone) you at once.
 5. The police (arrest) him if they catch him.
6. If he (read) in bad light he will ruin his eyes.
7. Someone (steal) your car if you leave it unlocked.
8. What will happen if my parachute (not open)?
9. If he (wash) my car I'll give him 10.
10. If she (need) a radio she can borrow mine.
11. If you (not go) away I'll send for the police.
12. If he (be) late we'll go without him.
13. She will be absolutely furious if she (hear) about this.
14. If you put on the kettle I (make) the tea.
15. If you give my dog a bone he (bury) it at once.

Conditional sentences: type 2

1 If I had a typewriter I (type) it myself.
2 If I (know) his address I'd give it to you.
3 He (look) a lot better if he shaved more often.
4 If you (play) for lower stakes you wouldn't lose so much.
5 If he worked more slowly he (not make) so many mistakes.
6 I shouldn't drink that wine if I (be) you.
7 More tourists would come to this country if it (have) a better climate.
8 If I were sent to prison you (visit) me?
9 If someone (give) you a helicopter what would you do with it?
10 I (buy) shares in that company if I had some money.
11 If he (clean) his windscreen he'd be able to see where he was going.
12 If you drove your car into the river you (be able) to get out?
13 If you (not belong) to a union you couldn't get a job.
14 If I (win) a big prize in a lottery I'd give up my job.
15 What you (do) if you found a burglar in your house?

Conditional sentences: type 3

1 If I had known that you were in hospital I (visit) you.
2 The ground was very soft. But for that, my horse (win).
3 If you (arrive) ten minutes earlier you would have got a seat.
4 You would have seen my garden at its best if you (be) here last week.
5 But for his quickness I (be) killed.
6 I shouldn't have believed it if I (not see) it with my own eyes.
7 If he had slipped he (fall) 500 metres.
8 If he had asked you, you (accept)?
9 If I (had) a map 1 would have been all right.
10 If I (know) that you were coming I'd have baked a cake.
11 I (offer) to help him if I had realized that he was ill.
12 If you had left that wasp alone it (not sting) you.
13 If I (realize) what a bad driver you were 1 wouldn't have come with you.
14 If I had realized that the traffic lights were red I (stop).
15 But for the fog we (reach) our destination ages ago.

Conditional sentences: mixed types Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.

Translate the sentences into Romanian

1 If you (find) a skeleton in the cellar don't mention it to 6 If someone offered to buy you one of those rings,
anyone. which you (choose)?
2 If you pass your examination we (have) a celebration. 7 The flight may be cancelled if the fog (get) thick.
3 What (happen) if I press this button? 8 If the milkman (come) tell him to leave two pints.
4 I should have voted for her if I (have) a vote then. 9 Someone (sit) on your glasses if you leave them there.
5 If you go to Paris where you (stay)? 11 What I (do) if I hear the burglar alarm?
12 If you (read) the instructions carefully you wouldn't 23 You'll get pneumonia if you (not change) your wet
have answered clothes.
the wrong question. 24 If I had known that you couldn't eat octopus I (not
13 I could repair the roof myself if I (have) a long ladder. buy) it.
14 Unless they turn that radio off I (go) mad. 26 She (be able) to walk faster if her shoes hadn't such
15 If you were made redundant what you (do)? high heels.
16 We'll have a long way to walk if we (run) out of petrol 27 I (bring) you some beer if I had known that you were
here. thirsty.
17 If you shake that bottle of port it (not be) fit to drink. 28 If you had touched that electric cable you (be) dead.
18 I'll probably get lost unless he (come) with me. 29 If the story hadn't been true the newspaper (not print)
19 You (not have) so many accidents if you drove more it.
slowly. 30 I (not buy) those things if I were you.
20 If you (wear) a false beard nobody would have 31 Dial 999 if you (want) Police or Ambulance.
recognized you. 32 You (not be) any use to me unless you learn to type.
21 If she (leave) the fish there the car will get it. 33 If anyone attacked me, my dog (jump) at his throat.
22 Unless they leave a lamp beside that hole in the road
somebody (fall) into it.

66 Conditional sentences: mixed types

Finish these sentences, taking care to use the 16 If you don't put enough stamps on a letter, the person
correct tenses. who gets it . . .
1 If he had taken my advice . . . 17 He would lend it to you if . . .
2 If you ate less . . . 18 Unless this hotel gets another cook . . .
3 We'll send for the doctor if . . . 19 If the storm becomes worse . . .
4 If she practiced more . . . 20 If your uncle sees you . . .
5 If there isn't enough wine in that bottle . . . 21 If you tried to climb it without a guide . . .
6 If you had checked the petrol before we started . . . 22 If you didn't shake the camera so much, your
7 This clock wouldn't have run down if . . . photographs . .
8 Try on the blue one if . . . 23 I'd have brought my coat . . ..
9 If these gates are locked . . . 25 He would have given her diamonds i f . . .
10 If we leave before breakfast . . . 26 If you had asked his permission . . .
11 If the river rises any higher . . . 27 If the fire had been noticed earlier . . .
12 Her life might have been saved if . . . 28 If you had any sense . . .
13 If the volcano starts erupting . . . 29 You would have been angry if . . .
14 The grass would look better if . . . 30 If he had put the flowers into water at once . . .
15 Unless it is a nice day . . . 31 I should have ordered more coal if . . .