The crops wouldn’t have been ruined unless the flood had risen higher.. Unless she did her hair differently she wouldn’t look quite nice.[r]
(1)CONDITIONAL CLAUSES I Put the verb in the brackets into the correct forms: If I see him, I (give) him a lift
2 You could make better progress if you (attend) class regularly If she had asked, you (accept) ?
4 I shouldn’t have believed it if I (not see) it with my own eyes Tell him to ring me if you (see) him
6 If she (not hurry) , she may be late
7 He could get a job easily if he (have) a degree
8 What you (do) if you found a burglar in your house?
9 He didn’t tell me that he was a vegetarian till halfway through the meal If he (tell) me earlier, I (cook) him something more suitable 10 Tom: Oh yes I heard the phone ringing
Peter: Well If you (hear) the phone ringing, why you (not answer) it? 11 You would catch the train if you (leave) earlier
12 If there (be) a lot of sunshine, I shall go sightseeing 13 If I ( not be) busy, I would have come to the party 14 If you had more practice, you (speak) French better
15 They (make) fewer mistakes if they were more careful 16 If he (have) more money, he will travel more
17 If we (invite) her, she may go dancing with us 18 If I finished the work in time, I (go) to the club
19 Unless they (pass) the exams, they would join the army 20 If today (be) Sunday, we would go to the seaside
II Match the beginnings of sentences in A with their ending in B: A
1 If Sally opens that door,
2 If Mike had listened to his father, I would quite like Juno
4 If Dave didn’t work so much, We would have arrived early If I were as lovely as Nancy, If teenagers want to have a party, The house wouldn’t have been
such a mess
9 Take one look at Alan
10 If you were as handsome as a film star
B
a if she wasn’t such a jealous type
b I’d probably have lots of boyfriends
c they usually wait until their parents go out
d and you’ll never forget his face
e he wouldn’t have got into trouble
f I still wouldn’t love you g she’ll get a nasty surprise h if the roads had been less
busy
i he wouldn’t get so tired j if the guests hadn’t been
careless
III Rewrite the following sentences to form first, second, third or mixed conditionals:
(2)2 Hurry up or you will be late
3 I saw it with my eyes; I believed it
4 He doesn’t clean his windscreen; he won’t be able to see the road She is very busy, so she can’t help me now
6 Start at once; or you’ll be late for the train
7 You didn’t arrive ten minutes earlier; you didn’t get a seat You can’t come or they won’t let you in
9 Today is a holiday so we don’t go to school
10 He couldn’t phone me because he didn’t know my phone number 11 You’re unfit because you don’t enough exercise
12 I got angry because he was rude to me
13 I might go to live Australia but I’ll have to find a job first 14 You only know about this because I told you
15 I didn’t tell her about it because she didn’t ask me
16 You don’t know about this program because you don’t watch television a lot 17 We’re not sitting outside because it’s raining
18 We’re friends again because he apologized to me
19 You didn’t hear what I said because you weren’t listening 20 I’m feeling ill because I ate too much
IV Use UNLESS in stead of IF
1 If you are not careful, you will cut yourself with that knife If you don’t like this one, I’ll bring you another
3 If she doesn’t hurry, she’ll be late
4 If we had more rain, our crops would grow faster
5 If you hadn’t sneezed, he wouldn’t have known that we were there If the flood had risen higher, the crops would have been ruined I’ll not be able to any work if I not have a quiet room The crops would have been ruined if the flood had risen higher If she did her hair differently she would look quite nice
10 If John had played for our football team, we would not have lost the game FEEDBACK:
I.
1 will give attended would you have accepted hadn’t seen see doesn’t hurry had would you had told/ would have cooked
10 had heard/ wouldn’t have answered 11 left 12 is 13 hadn’t been 14 would speak 15 would make 16 has 17 invite 18 would go 19 passed 20 were II.
1-g 2-e 3-a 4-i 5-h 6-b 7-c 8-j 9-d 10-f
III.
1 If I had known you were in hospital, I would have visited you If you don’t hurry up, you will be late
(3)5 If she weren’t very busy, she could help me now If you don’t start at once, you’ll be late for the train
7 If you had arrived ten minutes earlier, you would have got a seat If they let you in, you can come
9 If today weren’t holiday, we would go to school
10 If he had known my phone number, he would have phoned me
11 If you did more/ enough exercise, you would be fit/ wouldn’t be unfit 12 If he hadn’t been rude to me, I wouldn’t have got angry
13 If I find a job (first), I might go to live in Australia 14 If I hadn’t told you, you wouldn’t know about it 15 If she had asked me, I would have told her about it
16 If you watched a lot of/ more TV, you would know about this program 17 If it weren’t raining, we would be sitting outside
18 If he hadn’t apologized to me, we wouldn’t be friends again 19 If you had been listening, you have heard what I said
20 If I hadn’t eaten so much, I wouldn’t be feeling ill IV.
1 Unless you are careful, you will cut yourself with that knife Unless you like this one, I’ll bring you another
3 Unless she hurries, she’ll be late
4 Unless we had more rain, our crops would not grow faster
5 Unless you had sneezed, he wouldn’t have known that we were there Unless the flood had risen higher, the crops would not have been ruined I’ll not be able to any work unless I have a quiet room
8 The crops wouldn’t have been ruined unless the flood had risen higher Unless she did her hair differently she wouldn’t look quite nice