CONTENT:
-CONDITIONALS 0 1 2 3 RULE
-CONDITIONALS EXERCISE
-WISH AND IF ONLY
-SONGS WITH THE CONDITIONALS
A. Write the type of the conditional for each sentence. The first one is done for you.
1. If you heat butter, it melts. (__0__)
2. If our team had won the match, it would have moved up the league. (____)
3. Dad will take me to the zoo next week if he has time. (____)
4. If I were rich, I would travel all over the world. (____)
5. If I lived in Boston, I would go to The Museum of Science every now and then. (____)
6. If I had had enough money, I'd have bought the car you sold. (____)
7. If I watch too much TV, I get terrible headaches. (____)
8. I will miss Khémisset if I go to the USA. (____)
9. If she spoke good English, she would apply for this job. (____)
10. If Morocco produced petrol, the country would be richer. (____)
2. If our team had won the match, it would have moved up the league. (____)
3. Dad will take me to the zoo next week if he has time. (____)
4. If I were rich, I would travel all over the world. (____)
5. If I lived in Boston, I would go to The Museum of Science every now and then. (____)
6. If I had had enough money, I'd have bought the car you sold. (____)
7. If I watch too much TV, I get terrible headaches. (____)
8. I will miss Khémisset if I go to the USA. (____)
9. If she spoke good English, she would apply for this job. (____)
10. If Morocco produced petrol, the country would be richer. (____)
KEY: 1. (0), 2. (3), 3. (1), 4. (2), 5. (2), 6. (3), 7. (0), 8. (1), 9. (2), 10. (2)
B. Match sentence parts on the left with those on the right to make appropriate sentences:
1. If I lived in Italy,
2. If all the good people were clever, 3. If we had gone to the beach 4. Babies often cry 5. If your car had airbags and air-conditioning, 6. I would have written to you, 7. We won't go on picnic, 8. If wishes were horses, 9. Unless we go over our notes, 10. If you push this button, |
a. we will not do well on the test
b. beggars would ride. (Proverb) c. I would speak Italian. d. the computer will start. e. If you had given me your email f. when they see unfamiliar faces. g. and all clever people were good, the world would be nicer than ever (Elizabeth Wordsworth) h. unless the weather is fine next week i. I'd certainly buy it. j. we might have enjoyed ourselves. |
KEY: 1. c, 2. g, 3. j, 4. f, 5. i, 6. e, 7. h, 8. b, 9. a, 10. d.
C. Fill in the blanks with the right conditional.
1. I (cook) …………………… if you (do) ………………… the washing up.
2. If you (pay) ……………….more attention in class, you (understand) …………………… the lesson. Now you need someone to help you understand it.
3. She (get)…………………an allergy when she (eat) ……………………chocolate.
4. I did not have your address. If I (have) …………………… it I (send) ……………………… you the present.
5. "If I (be) ………………… a Brazilian without land or money or the means to feed my children, I (burn) ……………………down the rain forests too." (Sting: English Singer)
6. When I was in Kent State I ate out a lot. If I (learn) …………………… how to cook, I (eat) …………………… out all the time.
7. If you (drive) …………………… through the red light, you (get) …………………… a ticket.
8. You (can not) ……………………. attend the meeting unless you (be) ………………. invited.
9. If I (have)………………… a lot of money, I (travel) ………………….a lot. I (give) …………………… some to charity as well.
10. If there (be) ………………… enough rain last year, we (have) …………………… a good harvest.
11. What (your life be) …………………… like if you (be) ……………… born the opposite sex?
12. If you (be) ………………… in Italy, you (pass) ……………………for an Italian.
13. I (help) …………………… you if you (ask) ……………………… me.
14. What (you do) …………………if you (oversleep) …………… the day of the exam?
15. If you (take) ……………………a taxi, you (can) …………………… get there in time.
16. I usually (have) ……………………a shower when I (get) ………………… up in the morning.
17. My parents (learn) ……………………how to read and write, if they (go) …………………to school.
18. I am scared of flying. I always think that if the plane (crash) …………………, I (certainly die) ……………………
19. I (not/live) ……………………… in Khémisset if I (hate) ……………………it. It’s my hometown and I like it.
20. If you (not/ go) …………………… to New York, you (never see) ………………The Statue of Liberty.
2. If you (pay) ……………….more attention in class, you (understand) …………………… the lesson. Now you need someone to help you understand it.
3. She (get)…………………an allergy when she (eat) ……………………chocolate.
4. I did not have your address. If I (have) …………………… it I (send) ……………………… you the present.
5. "If I (be) ………………… a Brazilian without land or money or the means to feed my children, I (burn) ……………………down the rain forests too." (Sting: English Singer)
6. When I was in Kent State I ate out a lot. If I (learn) …………………… how to cook, I (eat) …………………… out all the time.
7. If you (drive) …………………… through the red light, you (get) …………………… a ticket.
8. You (can not) ……………………. attend the meeting unless you (be) ………………. invited.
9. If I (have)………………… a lot of money, I (travel) ………………….a lot. I (give) …………………… some to charity as well.
10. If there (be) ………………… enough rain last year, we (have) …………………… a good harvest.
11. What (your life be) …………………… like if you (be) ……………… born the opposite sex?
12. If you (be) ………………… in Italy, you (pass) ……………………for an Italian.
13. I (help) …………………… you if you (ask) ……………………… me.
14. What (you do) …………………if you (oversleep) …………… the day of the exam?
15. If you (take) ……………………a taxi, you (can) …………………… get there in time.
16. I usually (have) ……………………a shower when I (get) ………………… up in the morning.
17. My parents (learn) ……………………how to read and write, if they (go) …………………to school.
18. I am scared of flying. I always think that if the plane (crash) …………………, I (certainly die) ……………………
19. I (not/live) ……………………… in Khémisset if I (hate) ……………………it. It’s my hometown and I like it.
20. If you (not/ go) …………………… to New York, you (never see) ………………The Statue of Liberty.
KEY: 1. will cook/do, 2. had paid/would have understood, 3. gets/eats, 4. had had/would have sent, 5. were/would be burning, 6. had learned/wouldn’t have eaten, 7. drive/will get, 8. can't/are, 9. had/would travel, 10. had been/would have had, 11. would be/had been, 12. were/would pass, 13. would have helped/had asked, 14. would do/overslept, 15. take/can, 16. have/get, 17. would have learnt/had gone, 18. crashed/would die, 19. wouldn’t live/hated, 20. don’t go/will see.
D. Rewrite these sentences using "I WISH" and "IF ONLY":
1. I have an old car.
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
2. It doesn't rain enough in the Sahel.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
3. Our soccer team lost the match.
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
4. It's very cold in here.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
5. I didn't learn how to cook.
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
6. Our neighbors threw a noisy party.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
7. Many people in Morocco don't know how to read and write.
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
8. I forgot to turn off my phone while in the mosque.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
9. Many people don't respect the road code.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
10. The lecture was boring.
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
2. It doesn't rain enough in the Sahel.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
3. Our soccer team lost the match.
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
4. It's very cold in here.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
5. I didn't learn how to cook.
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
6. Our neighbors threw a noisy party.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
7. Many people in Morocco don't know how to read and write.
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
8. I forgot to turn off my phone while in the mosque.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
9. Many people don't respect the road code.
I wish …………………………………………………………………………….
10. The lecture was boring.
If only …………………………………………………………………………….
KEY: 1. If only I had a car
2. I wish it rained enough in the Sahel.
3. If only it had won the match.
4. I wish were hot in here.
5. If only I had learnt how to cook.
6. I wish they hadn't thrown a noisy party.
7. If only all the people in Morocco knew how to read and write.
8. I wish I turned my phone off.
9. I wish everyone respected the road code.
10. If only the lecture were interesting.
E. Click on the links bellow to listen to songs with conditional sentences:
Katie Melua |
If you were a sailboat |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpl_sF2K7A4
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Beyoncé |
If I were a boy |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WkXPPLiZOY
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