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The document provides examples of conditional sentences with different verb tenses and asks the reader to identify the most suitable verb forms in each sentence. It also asks the reader to rewrite some sentences using conditional structures. The exercises focus on practicing correct use of verb tenses and forms in conditional sentences in English.

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CONDITIONALS First

The document provides examples of conditional sentences with different verb tenses and asks the reader to identify the most suitable verb forms in each sentence. It also asks the reader to rewrite some sentences using conditional structures. The exercises focus on practicing correct use of verb tenses and forms in conditional sentences in English.

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CATE L A N G U A G E P R A C T I C E

Underline the most suitable verb forms in each sentence.

a) If the machine stops/will stop, you press/will press this button.


b) 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!
c) If you help/helped me with this exercise, I will/would do the same for you one
day.
d) According to the timetable, if the train leaves/left on time, we will/would
arrive at 5.30.
e) If it is/will be fine tomorrow, we go/will go to the coast.
f) If we find/found a taxi, we will get/would get there before the play starts.
g) It's quite simple really. If you take/will take/took these tablets every day, then
you lose/will lose/lost/would lose weight.
h) I don't like this flat. I think I am/I will be/I'd be happier if I live/will live/would
live/lived in a house in the country.
i) I don't know how to play baseball, 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!
j) If I phone/will phone/phoned you tonight, are you/will you be/would you be in?

2 Underline the most suitable verb forms in each sentence.

a) Why didn't you tell me? If you told/had told me, I had helped/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) If 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) We 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) If 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!
GRAMMAR 7 CONDITIONALS

3 Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb f o r m .

a) Why didn't you phone? If I (know) ....had known 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 from Hungary.
c) If we (have) some tools, we (be able)
to repair the car, but we haven't got any with us.
d) If you (not help) me, I (not pass)
the exam.
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) with the money if I
(win) the lottery.
g) If Mark (train) harder, he (be)
a good runner.
h) If Claire (listen) to her mother, she (not marry)
David in the first place.

4 Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown. Do not change the meaning.

a) I didn't have an umbrella with me and so I got wet.


I wouldn't have got wet if I'd had an umbrella with me
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) Make me some coffee, and I'll give you one of my biscuits.
If
f) If you hadn't told me about Sue's hair, I wouldn't have noticed.
Unless
g) If you see Peter, tell him to be here at 8.00.
Should
h) I wouldn't accept if you asked me to marry you!
If you were

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