CONDITIONAL
SENTENCES
1. If the machine ______________ (stop), press this
button.
2. Why didn’t you tell me? If you _______________
(tell) me, I would have helped you.
3. I can’t understand what he sees in her! If anyone
treated me like that, I
_________________
(be) extremely angry!
4. If you help me with this exercise, I
_______________ (do) the same for you one
day.
5. If it is too late when you arrive home,
___________________ (not wake) me up
6. If Bill hadn’t stolen the car, he _____________________
(not be) in prison now.
7. According to the timetable, if the
train__________________ (leave) on time, we will
arrive at
5.30.
8. Let me give you some advice. If you _____________
(smoke) less, you wouldn’t
feel so
tired.
9. If it _____________ (be) fine tomorrow, we will go
to the coast.
10. If we find a taxi, we __________________ (get)
there before the play starts.
11. If he has got temperature, ___________________
(call) the doctor
12. If you _______________ (invite) me, I would have
been able to come.
13. I don’t know how to play baseball, but I am sure
that if I did, I _____________
(play) a
lot better than anyone in this awful team.
14. If I phone you tonight, ___________________ (you /
be) in?
15. What bad luck! If Alan hadn’t fallen over, he
______________________ (win) the
race.
16. We have a suggestion to make. How would you feel
if we _______________
(offer) you
the job of assistant manager?
17. We would have visited the Prado Gallery if we
___________________ (have) time
18. If visitors don’t have an appointment,
___________________ (not send) them to my
office
19. We won’t stay indoors if the weather
___________________ (be) fine
20. I ___________________ (tell) you if you asked me
21. She would feel better if she ___________________
(eat) less
22. If she ___________________ (explain) him the
situation, he would have understood
it
23. If we miss the train, we ___________________
(take) a taxi
24. She ___________________ (give) you an answer if
you had asked more politely
25. If he won a lot of money, he ___________________
(fly) to Paris
26. If you had asked me I ___________________ (tell)
you
27. If you finish the letters, ___________________
(not post) them
28. If I am at home, I ___________________ (watch) the
movie
29. I would start learning now if I
___________________ (be) you
30. If Jack ___________________ (come) to the party, I
would have danced with him
2.- Complete the second sentence so that it has a
similar meaning to the first sentence.
1.- I don’t sleep well if I’m worried about something.
I
______________________ I’m worried about something.
2.- I didn’t see the match because my TV was
broken.
I
_________________________ if my TV hadn’t been broken.
3.- If you don’t obey the rules, I’m not going to
play.
I’m not
going to play unless ___________________________.
4.- She doesn’t have a hobby so she feels bored all
the time.
If she
____________________________ bored all the time.
5.- We went to the stadium because it was an important
game.
If it
hadn’t been an important game, we __________________________.
6.- I can’t go skiing because it’s very expensive.
If it
weren’t ___________________________________ skiing.
7.- Charles will teach us how to skateboard this
weekend if it doesn’t rain.
Unless
____________, Charles will teach us how to skateboard this weekend.
8.- I only heard one part of the act so I didn’t enjoy
it.
I’m sure I
______________________ if I had heard the whole of it.
9.- The sitcom wasn’t funny so I turned off the TV.
I wouldn’t
have turned off the Tv _______________________ funny.
10.- Paula found the film hilarious so she recommended
it to us.
If Paula
hadn’t found the film hilarious, she _____________________to us.
11.- He didn’t run so he missed the train.
If he’d
run ____________________________________.
12.- My mum left school when she was 16 so she didn’t
go to university.
If she
_________________________________________ to university.
13.- They didn’t see the concert because they didn’t
buy tickets.
If they
_________________________________________ the concert.
14.- If you don’t give up coffee, you’ll never sleep
well.
You’ll
never sleep well unless _________________________________.
15.- She didn’t fill in the application form correctly
so she didn’t get the job.
If she
_____________________________________________ the job.
16.- To become good at tennis you should practise.
If you
practise, you ______________________________ good at tennis.
17.- I don’t know why she doesn’t join a drama club.
If I were
her, ________________________________ a drama club.
18.- If you are a student you can always get special
reduced prices.
Unless
you are a student __________________________ reduced prices.
19.- Susana didn’t leave early, and so she missed the
bus.
If Susana
___________________, she ___________________ the bus.
20.- Supposing you had wings, what would you do?
What
____________________________________________ wings?
21.- I didn’t go to bed early, so I didn’t wake up at
7.00.
If I
______________________ early, I __________________ at 7,00.
22.- John advised Mary not to take the job.
“I
________________________ the job if I were you, Mary”, said John.
23.- Let’s go for a picnic if the weather is good.
Let’s go
for a picnic ___________________________ bad.
24.- I’ll give you a lift unless you want to walk.
I’ll
____________________________________ walk.
25.- No-one will see us if we don’t put the light on.
No-one
________________________________ the light on.
26.- You don’t revise before exams so you don’t get
good marks.
You
____________________________________ before exams.
27.- You lose things because you never tidy your room
You
_________________________________ your room.
28.- We won’t play cards because Jane and George
aren’t here.
We
____________________________________________ here.
3.- REPHRASE NEXT SENTENCES
1) I didn’t
go to Helen’s party because she didn’t invite me
2) We’ll go
to the beach unless it rains
3) Ann
can’t buy a new car because she hasn’t got enough money
4) You can
get access to the Intranet only by having a password
5) She
feels lonely since she hasn’t got any friends
6) Fernando
Alonso didn’t win the race because his motorbike broke down
7) Should
you require more information, ask at the desk
8) Jim missed the plane because he arrived
late at the airport
9) I don’t
have a modem so I can email you
10) I didn’t
send them a postcard because I hadn’t their new address
11) My dog
won’t bark unless it is unhappy
12) Unless
you want to go to bed early, we will go out
13) Unless
you slow, we are going to crash!
14)
You cannot go into
bars, unless you are 18
15)
In my country, unless
you can speak English, it’s hard to get a good job
16)
She’ll fail the exam if
she doesn’t study
17)
We’ll be late if we
don’t leave soon
18)
If I’m not feeling
better tomorrow I will go to the doctor’s
19)
If he doesn’t make the
payment in time, his car will be confiscated
20)
You will lose your job
if you don’t change your attitude and become friendlier
