SECOND CONDITIONAL 37.1 Put the verb into the correct form. 1. They would be rather offended if I __________ to sse them. (not/go) 2. lf you took more exercise, you ____________ better. (feel) 3. lf I was offered the job, I think I ____________ it. (take) 4. I’m sure Any will lend you the money. I’d be very surprised if she _____________ (refuse) 5. If I sold my car, I ______________ much money for it. (not/get) 6. A lot of people would be out of work if the factory _____________ (close down) 7. What would happen if I _______________ that red button? (press) 8. Liz gave me this ring. She ______________ very upset it I lost it. (be) 9. Mark and Carol are expecting us. They would be disappointed if we ________________ (not/ come) 10. Would Tim mind if I _________________ his bicycle without asking him? (borrow) 11. lf somebody _______________ in here with a gun, I’d be very frightened. (walk) 12. I’m sure Sue __________________ if you explained the situation to her. (understand) 37.2 You ask a friend questions. Use What would you do if...? 1. (Maybe one day your friend will win a lot of money.) What __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. (Your friend's car has never been stolen but perhaps one day it will be.) What __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. (Perhaps one day your friend will lose his/her passport.) What __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. (There has never been a fire in the building.) What __________________________________________________________________________________ 37.3 Answer the questions in the way shown 1. A: Shall we catch the 10.30 train? B: No. (arrive / too, early)
If we caught the 10.30 train, we'd arrive too early.
2. A: Is Ken going to take the examination? B: No. (fail) lf he __________________________________________________________________________ 3. A: Why don't we stay at a hotel? B: No. (cost too much money) lf ______________________________________________________________ 4. A: Is Sally going to apply for the job? B: No. (not / get it) lf _______________________________________________________________________ 5. A: Let's tell them the truth. B: No. (not / believe us) If ___________________________________________________________________ 6. A: Why don't we invite Bill to the party? B: No. (have to invite his friends too) __________________________________________________________
37.4 Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.
1. lf you took more exercise, _________________________________________________________________ 2. I’d feel very angry if _____________________________________________________________________ 3. If I didn't go to work tomorrow, ____________________________________________________________ 4. Would you go to the party if _______________________________________________________________ 5. If you bought some new clothes, __________________________________________________________ 6. Would you mind if ______________________________________________________________________ 38.1 Put the verb into the correct form. 1. If I ________________ his number, I would phone him. (know) 2. I ___________________ that coat if I were you. (not/buy) 3. I ____________________ you if I could, but I’m afraid I can't. (help) 4. We would need a car if we ___________________ in the country. (live) 5. If we had the choice, we ___________________ in the country. (live) 6. This soup isn't very good. It ________________ better if it wasn't so salty. (taste) 7. I wouldn't mind living in England if the weather ___________________ better. (be) 8. If I were you, I_______________ (not wait). I ___________________ now. (go) 9. You're always tired. If you _________________ (not/go) to bed so late every night, you wouldn’t be tired all the time. 10. I think there are too many cars. If there ________________ so many cars (not/be), there ______________ (not/be) so much pollution. 38.2 Write a sentence with If... for each situation. 1. We don't visit you very often because you live so far away. If you __________________________________, we _____________________________________________ 2. He doesn't speak very clearly – that's why people don't understand him. If he ________________________ more _____________________, people ________________________ 3. That book is too expensive, so I'm not going to buy it. If the book _________________________________, I ________________________________________ 4. We don't go out very often because we can't afford it. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. lt’s raining, so we can't have lunch in the garden. _______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. I have to work tomorrow evening, so I can't meet you. _______________________________________________________________________________________
THIRD CONDITIONAL
39.1 Put the verb in the correct form. 1. I didn't know you were in hospital. If I ____________ (I/know), I _________________ (I/go) to visit you. 2. Ken got to the station in time to catch his train. If _________________________ (he/miss) it, _______________________ (he/be) late for his interview. 3. It's good that you remimded me about t Ann's birthday. __________________________ (I/forget) if __________________________________ (you/not/remind) me. 4. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my address book with me when I was in New York. If ____________________ (I/have) your address, _________________________ (I/send) you a postcard. 5. A: How was your holiday? Did you have a nice time? B: It was OK, but ________________ (we/enjoy) it more, if ______________________________ (the weather/be) better. 6. I took a taxi to the hotel but thee traffic was very bad. ___________________________ (it/be) quicker if ________________________________ (I/walk) 7. I’m not tired. If ___________________
(I/be) tired, I _____________________ (go) home now.
8. I wasn’t tired last linght. If __________________ (I/be) tired, I _________________ (go) home earlier. 39.2 Write a sentence with if for each situation. 1. I wasn't hungry, so I didn't eat anything. _____________________________________________________ 2. The accident happened because the driver in front stopped so suddenly. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I didn't know that George had to get up early, so I didn't wake him up. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. I was able to buy the car only because Jim Ient me the money. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Margaret wasn't injured in the crash because she was wearing a seat belt. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. You din’t have any breakfast – that's why you are hungry now. ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. I didn't get a taxi because I didn't have any money on me. ________________________________________________________________________________________ I WISH 38.3 Write sentences beginning I wish... 1. I don't know many people (and I'm lonely).I wish I knew more people. 2. I don't have a key (and I need one). _________________________________________________________ 3. Ann isn't here (and I need to see her). _______________________________________________________ 4. It's cold (and I hate cold weather). __________________________________________________________ 5. I live in a big city (and I don't like it). _________________________________________________________ 6. I can't go to the party (and I'd like to). ________________________________________________________ 7. I have to work tomorrow (but I'd like to stay in bed). ____________________________________________ 8. I don't know anything about cars (and my car has just broken down). ________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. I‘m not lying on a beautiful sunny beach (and that's a pity).
________________________________________________________________________________________ 38.4 Write your own sentences beginning I wish... . 1. (somewhere you'd like to be now – on the beach, in New York, in bed etc.) I wish I ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. (something you'd like to have – a computer, a job, lot of money etc.) _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. (something you'd like to be able to do – sing, speak a language, fly, etc.) _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. (something you'd like to be – beautiful, strong, rich etc.) ________________________________________________________________________________________ 39.3 Imagine that you are in these situations. For each situation, write a sentence with I wish 1. You’ve eaten too much and now you feel sick. You say: _________________________________________ 2. There was a job advertised in the newspaper. You decided not to apply for it. Now you think that your decision was wrong. You say: ___________________________________________________________ 3. When you were younger, you didn't learnt to play a musical instrument. Now you regret this. You say: ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. You’ve painted the gate red. Now you think that it doesn’t look very nice. You say: ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. You are walking in the country. You would like to take some photographs but you didn’t gring your camera. You say: ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. You have some unexpected guests. They didn’t tell you they were coming. You are very busy and you are not prepared for them. You say: ________________________________________________________________________________
MIXED CONDITIONALS 1. Choose the most suitable tense a) If the machine stops/will stop, you press / will press this button.
a) I can't understand what he sees in her! If anyone treats/will treat treated me like that, I am/will be/would be extremely angry! b) If you help me/helped me with this exercise, I will do/would do the same for you one day. c) According to the timetable, if the train leaves/left on time we will/would arrive at 5.30. d) If it is/it will be fine tomorrow, we go/we will go to the coast. e) If we find/found a taxi, we will get/would get there before the play starts. f)
It's quite simple really. If you take/will take/took these tablets every day, then you lose/will lose/lost/would
lose weight. g) I don't like this flat. I think I am/I will be/I'd be happier if I live/I will live/I would live/I lived in a house in the country. h) I can't play football, but I'm sure that if I will/do/did, I play/ will play/would play a lot better than anyone in this awful team! i)
If I phone/will phone/phoned you tonight, are you/will you be/would you be in?
2. Choose the most suitable tense a) Why didn’t you tell me? If you told / had told me, I had / would have helped you. b) If Bill didn’t steal / hadn’t stolen the car, he wasn’t / wouldn’t be / hadn’t been in prison now. c) If Ann wasn’t driving / didn’t drive / hadn’t driven so fast, her car didn’t crash / wouldn’t crash / wouldn’t have crashed into a tree. d) Let me give you some advice. If you smoked / would smoke / had smoked less, you didn’t feel / wouldn’t feel / wouldn’t have felt so tired. e) What bad luck! If Alan didn’t fall / hadn’t fallen / wouldn’t fall over, he won / would win / would have won the race. f) I f you invited/had invited me last week, I was able / had been able / would have been able to come. g) I’m sure your letter hasn’t arrived yet. If it came / had come I ‘m sure I noticed / had noticed / would have noticed it. h) W e have a suggestion to make. How do you feel / would you feel if we offered / would offer / had offered you the job of assistant manager? i) I f you lent / had lent us the money, we paid / would pay / had paid you back next week. j) Terry never catches anything when he goes fishing. And if he catches /caught / had caught a fish, he throws/ would throw it back. 3. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense. a) Why didn’t you phone? If I _________________ (know) you were coming, I________________ (meet) you at the airport. b) It’s a pity you missed the party. If you ______________ (come) you ________________ (meet) my friends. c) If we ______________ (have) some tools, we _______________ (be able) to repair the car, but we haven’t got any with us. d) Thank you for your help. If you ___________________ (not help) me, I ___________________ (not pass) the examination. e) It’s a beautiful house, and I ____________________ (buy) it if I ___________________ (have) the money, but I can’t afford it
f) I can’t imagine what I _______________ (do) if I _________________ (win) the football pools or a lottery. g) Mark isn’t a serious athlete. If he _____________ (train) harder, he _________________ (be) quite a good runner. h) If Claire______________ (listen) to her mum, she _________________ (not marry) David in the first place. i) It rained every day on our holiday. If we ___________________ (not take) the television with us, we ___________________ (not have) anything to do. j) Jim is so untidy! If he________________ (buy) some new clothes, he ________________ (not look) so bad! 4. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same. a) I didn’t have an umbrella with me and so I got wet. I wouldn’t _______________________________________________________________________________ b) I’ll call the police if you don’t leave me alone! Unless __________________________________________________________________________________ c) In the snowy weather we don’t go to school. If ______________________________________________________________________________________ d) Without Jack’s help, I wouldn’t have been able to move the table. If ______________________________________________________________________________________ e) You drink too much coffee, that’s why you can’t sleep. If you ___________________________________________________________________________________ f) You press this button to stop the machine. If ______________________________________________________________________________________ g) Make me some coffee, and I’ll give you one of my biscuits. If ______________________________________________________________________________________ h) If you hadn’t told me about Sue’s hair, I wouldn’t have noticed. Unless __________________________________________________________________________________ i) If you see Peter, tell him he should be here at 8.00. if you should _____________________________________________________________________________ j) I wouldn’t accept if you asked me to marry you! If you were ______________________________________________________________________________