Conditionals

In this exercise you have to put the verb into the correct form. 1. I was offered the job, I think I….( take ) it. IF she sold her car, she…. (not / get) much money for it. Would George be angry if I ….( take) his bicycle without asking? I’m sure she ….. ( understand)if you explained the situation to her. If someone …… (walk) in here with a gun, I’d be very frightened. Ann gave me this ring. She ….. (be )terribly upset if I lost it. What would happen if you ……(not/go)to work tomorrow?

Key 1.If I was offered the job, I think I would take it. IF she sold her car, she wouldn’t get much money for it. Would George be angry if I took his bicycle without asking? I’m sure she would understand if you explained the situation to her. If someone walked in here with a gun, I’d be very frightened. Ann gave me this ring. She would be terribly upset if I lost it. What would happen if you didn’t go to work tomorrow?

This time you have to make question Perhaps one day a millionaire will ask you to marry him /her. What would you do if……… Perhaps one day you will lose passport in a foreign country. What……………. Perhaps one day somebody will throw an egg at you. What……………….. Perhaps one day your car will be stolen. What……….. Perhaps one day some body will park his car on your foot. What…….

Key What would you do if a millionaire asked you to marry him/her? What would you do if you lost your passport in a foreign country? What would you do if somebody threw an egg at you? What would you do if your car was stolen? What would you do if somebody parked his car on your foot?

Now you have to write sentences with I wish…… I can’t give up smoking (but I’d like to). I wish I……… I haven’t any cigarettes(and I need one). I wish…… George isn’t here (and I need him). I wish George….. It’s cold (and I hate cold weather).I wish…. I live in London (and I hate London). I …… I have to work tomorrow (but I’d like to stay in bed). I……

Key I wish I could give up smoking. I wish I had a cigarette/some cigarettes. I wish George was here. I wish it weren’t/ wasn’t so cold. I wish I didn’t live in London. I wish I didn’t have to work tomorrow.

Now you have to read a situation and write a sentence with if. The accident happened because the driver in front stopped so suddenly. If the driver in front ………. I didn’t wake George because I didn’t know he wanted to get up early. If …… I was able to buy the car because Jim lent me the money. If…… She wasn’t injured in the crash because she was wearing a seat- belt. If….. You’re hungry now because you didn’t have breakfast. If…..

Key Hadn’t stopped wouldn’t have happened. If I had known George wanted to get up early, I would have woken him. If Jim hadn’t lent me the money, I wouldn’t have been able to buy the car. If she hadn’t been wearing a seat- belt, she would have been injured in the crash. If you’d had breakfast, you wouldn’t be hungry now.

Please select or type the correct answer. Our hotel room was nice but it would have been better I f it ……… a balcony. had had has… would have .. John…………… an actor now, if his mother and father hadn’t encouraged him to act. Wouldn’t have been wasn’t wouldn’t been This hotel…………… perfect, if it had a swimming pool. Would be Would have been Will be I wish I……….. so much television. I should do something else in my free time. Wouldn’t watch Didn’t watch Don’t watch I can’t stand living in this street. I wish I …………. somewhere else. Live Lived Would live

I wish it………… so windy. I feel afraid to cycle in such a strong wind I wish it………… so windy. I feel afraid to cycle in such a strong wind. Wouldn’t be Hadn’t been Wasn’t I don’t see my friends very often. I wish I …. more time to spend with them. Had Would have have Would you have taken the job if they…….. it to you? Had offered would have offered offered If ……. as a sports writer, I’d be able to go to all the big sports events. I’d work I worked I work