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Exercise I Complete the following sentences with the correct tense. Remember to pay attention to the conditions and its results.

1. If I go/ had gone (go) out tonight, I will go /would have gone (go) to the cinema.

2. If you get (get) back late, I will be (be) angry.

3. If we don’t see (not / see) each other tomorrow, we will see (see) each other next week.

4. If he had come / came (come), I would have been/ would be (be) surprised.

5. If we wait(wait) here, we will be (be) late.

6. If we go/ had gone (go) on holiday this summer, we will go/ would have gone (go) to Spain.

7. If the weather doesn’t improve (not / improve), we won’t have (not / have) a picnic.

II- Complete with the Second Conditional.

1) If he exercised (exercise), he would be healthier.

2) If I were (be) you, I would call the police.

3) I would buy (buy) a new jacket if I had some money.

4) I would help (help) him if I were you.

5) I would travel round the world if I won (win) the lottery.

6) If she had time, she would go (go) to the gym.

7) If I met (meet) an alien, I wouldn’t be scared.

8) If I went (go) to New York, I would visit the Empire State building

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1. If I won that money, I would spend it 2. If I met my favorite actor, I would ask him for an autograph If I found a bag full of money on a bus, I would give it to the police If I saw an alien, I would take a picture of it If I were alone in a desert island, I would go fishing every day If I saw a ghost, I would say hello If I saw a tiger in my garden, I wouldn’t touch it IV- Complete the sentences and decide which type of conditional sentence it is.

1. If I had (have) lots of money, I would sail round the world 2. If my sister sees (see) a puppy, she will love it 3. If I had packed (pack) the suitcases myself, I wouldn’t have left my swimsuit 4. We could/would sit (can/sit) in the garden if the weather were nicer 5. Would Fred have been (Fred/be) bored if you had taken him to the opera?

6. I will wait (wait) for you outside the cinema if I arrive early 7. Val and Cherie would move if they could find (can/find) a better house 8. I would have told (tell) him my name if he had asked 9. If the Children want to go to the zoo, will DAD take (Dad/take) them?

10. If the job was (be) interesting, would you work for this company?

11. They wouldn’t have believed him if he had told(tell) them the truth V. Rewrite the sentences. Use the third conditional 1. I didn’t say hello because I didn’t see her IF I had seen her, I would have said hello 2. We didn’t go out to dinner because Dad finished work late If Dad hadn’t worked late, We would have gone to dinner 3. She was angry because you didn’t call her If you had called her, She wouldn’t have been angry LICEO NACIONAL – ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 2013 Miss Gianinna SchadeP.

4. We didn’t hear about the accident because we didn´t watch the news If we had watched the news, we would have heard about the accident 5. You dropped the vase because he was nervous If he hadn’t been nervous, you wouldn’t have dropped the vase 6. We didn’t go to the beach because it rained.

If it hadn’t rained, We would have gone to the beach

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In context : According to each function and use, read the following sentences and

provide a suitable outcome for each one of the contexts . (Use conditional 3) Example:

Last week, the waiter brought me cold soup

Answer: If the waiter had manager.

brought me cold soup, I would have complained with the

1- The girl you wanted to date years ago is asking you out on a date.

If she had asked me on a date, I would have accepted (puede ser una respuesta parecida) 2- You were dating Marisa, but you cheated on her with Alice. Yesterday you discovered that Alice is pregnant.

If I had used a condom, Alice wouldn’t have gotten pregnant (puede ser una respuesta parecida) 3- My neighbors were playing loud music at 4 am last night _ If I had been in that situation, I would have called the police (puede ser una respuesta parecida) 4- I was overcharged at the supermarket If I had been overcharged at the super market, Iwould have complained to the manager (puede ser una respuesta parecida) 5- A drunk man knocked on my door last night because he thought that was his house __ If I had been in that situation, I would have called the police (puede ser una respuesta parecida) 6- I found a purse on the beach with $200 dollars in – and an address If I had found that purse, I would have kept it!

7- My best friend’s mother is flirting with me and gave me her telephone number. __If she had given me her telephone number, I would have called her II. Rewrite these sentences using conditional nº 3 1. I didn’t see the signal, so I didn’t stop __ If I had seen the signal , I would have stopped 2. I didn’t know your number, so I didn’t ring.

If I had known your number, I would have rung _ 3. She didn’t know you were in hospital, so she didn’t visit you.

If she had known you were at the hospital, She would have visited you. __ 4. We only came by bus because there were no taxis.

If there had been taxis, we wouldn’t have come by bus ________ LICEO NACIONAL – ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 2013 Miss Gianinna SchadeP.

5. She didn’t speak to him, possibly because she was so shy. __If she hadn’t been so shy, she would have spoke with him 6. Landlord: She threatened to set fire to her flat; that’s the only reason I asked her to leave.

If she hadn’t threatened him, He wouldn’t have asked her to leave. ___ 7. We didn’t visit the museum because we had no time.

If we had had time, We would have visited the museum __________ 8. I only came up the stairs because the lift wasn’t working.

If the lift had been working, I would have used the stairs _________ 9. We didn’t listen carefully; perhaps that’s why we made this mistake.

If we had listened carefully, We wouldn’t have made that mistake _______ 10. We got a lift, so we reached the station in time.

If we hadn’t gotten a lift, we wouldn’t have reached the station in time __________ 11. You washed it in boiling water; that’s why it shrank.

If you hadn’t washed it in boiling water, I wouldn’t have shrunk _____________ 12. We missed the train because we were using an out-of-date timetable If we hadn’t used an out of date timetable, we wouldn’t have missed the train. ____

III. Conditional sentences. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1. Why didn’t you tell me? If you had told (tell) me, I would have helped you.

2. I can’t understand what he sees in her! If anyone treated me like that, I would be (be) extremely angry!

3. If you helped me with this exercise, I would do(do) the same for you one day.

4. If Bill hadn’t stolen the car, he wouldn’t have been (not be) in prison now.

5. According to the timetable, if the train left (leave) on time, we would arrive at 5.30.

6. Let me give you some advice. If you smoked (smoke) less, you wouldn’t feel so tired.

7. I’m really sick! If it __was (be) better, we would go to the coast.

8. If we found a taxi, we _ would get (get) there before the play starts.

9. If you __ had invited (invite) me, I would have been able to come.

10. I don’t know how to play baseball, but I am sure that if I did, I _ would play (play) a lot better than anyone in this awful team.

11. If I phoned you tonight, __would you be (you / be) in?

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Reported Speech I- Directions: Change each question from direct speech to reported speech.

Example: "Are you a teacher?" (a man is asking you a question) He asked if I was a teacher.

1. "Are you working tomorrow?" (a woman is asking you a question) She asked me if I was working the following day ______ .

2. "Has he ever played golf." (a man is asking a woman a question about her brother) He asked her if he had played golf before _______________ .

3. "Do you think the car is okay?" ( a woman is asking a male mechanic a question) She asked the mechanic if he thought the car was ok ____________.

4. "Do you have your homework?" ( a teacher is asking her students a question) The teacher asked the class if they had their homework______________.

5. "Can I borrow your car?" (a female friend name Donna is asking you a question) Donna asked me if she could borrow my car ________________.

6. "Will you be at home later today?" (a man is asking a female friend a question) He wanted to know if she would be at home later that day _________________.

7. "Did the package arrive yet?" (a man is asking his assistant a question) He wanted to know if the package had arrived yet _________________.

8. "Has he ever been married?" (a woman is asking a friend a question about a man) She wanted to know if he had been married before _________________.

9. "Are watermelons still on sale?" (a woman is asking a store employee a question) She wanted to know if Watermelons were still on sale 10. "Is anyone sitting there?" (a woman in a theater is asking you a question) A woman asked me if someone was sitting there II-

Change the following sentences into reported speech.

1. The spokesman said: “I can’t understand why billiards has been prohibited.”

He said that he couldn’t understand why billiards had been prohibited _______________ 2. Gihan exclaimed: “We have had too many prohibitions.”

He said that they had too many prohibitions _______________________________ 3. The young lady said: “I did not make such a mistake.”

She said that she hadnt’t made such a mistake _________________________________ 4. She said: “We’ll go and get some food.”

She said that they would go and get some food _____________________________ 5. Winston Churchill said: “I wake up at six every day” He said that he woke up at six every day ____________________________________ 6. A company representative said: “This probably won’t happen.”

He said that that probably wouldn’t happen _________________________________ 7. A farmer said: “If the situation goes on like this, we will lose the consumers’ confidence for ever”.

He said that if the situation went on like that, they would lose the consumer’s confidence for ever III. Transform these sentences from reported speech into direct speech 1. She told her mother that she was going to the market / she said : Im going to the market _______________________________________________________ 2. His friends told me that they would go home the following Sunday / his friends said : We will go home next Sunday _______________________ LICEO NACIONAL – ENGLISH DEPARTMENT 2013 Miss Gianinna SchadeP.

3. The teacher told Mark he had been very regular in his work / the teacher said : You have been very regular in your work _____________________________________________ 4. Marc told me that he had finished his work / Marc said : I have finished my work ____________________________________________________ 5. The teacher said the earth moves around the sun / the teacher said : The earth moves around the sun (fact)___________________________ 6. He said that she was not going home that day / he said : I am not going home today ______________________________________________ 7. He asked me if I had brought the pens / he asked : Did you bring the pens? ______________________________________________ 8. She told me to clean and tidy my room Clean and you’re your room !!! __________________________

Transform the adverbs of time into their reported speech form.

1) Emily: "Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow."

The following day ___________________________________________________ 2) Helen: "I was writing a letter yesterday."

The day before __________________________________________________ 3)

Robert: "My father flew to Dallas last year."

The year before ____________________________________________________ 4) Lisa: "Tim went to the stadium last week."

The week before ___________________________________________________ 5)

Patricia: "My mother will celebrate her birthday next weekend."

The following weekend ____________________________________________________________ 6) Jason and Victoria: "We will do our best in the exams tomorrow."

The following day ________________________________________________ 7) Alex to Willy: "are you going to go to that party the day after tomorrow?"

2 days from now/ 2 days after_______________________ 8) Helen: "My sister is going to go to a party next year" The following day __________________________________________________ 9) Mark "I will take a bus to Valparaiso today" That day ______________________________________________________________ 10) Patt " Mark was in Italy last week " The week before ________________________________________________

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