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CONDITIONAL SENTENCES: TYPE I

Ex. 1: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.
1. You should not be (not be) angry if you know the reason.
2. We’ll send for the doctor if he feels (feel) worse.
3. Unless they turn the radio off, I will go (go) somewhere else.
4. Unless it is (be) a nice day, we won’t go out.
5. The grass will look better if you take care (take care) of it.
6. If you leave the gate open people will get in (get in).
7. If you ask her permission she won’t let (not let) you go.
8. If we leave before the breakfast we will catch (catch) the train.
9. If Tom rings (ring), tell him I will phone him.
10. If I have known (know) that you don’t like fish (not like fish), I (not buy ) won’t buy it.
Ex. 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses, using conditional sentence type 1.
1. If I see him I (give) will give him a lift.
2. The table will collapse if you (stand) stand on it.
3. Eat all or you (be) will be ill.
4. As long as I find your passport, I (telephone) will telephone you at once.
5. The police (arrest) will arrest him if they catch him.
6. If he (not read) doesn’t read in good light he will ruin his eyes.
7. Someone (steal) will steal your car if you leave it unlocked.
8. What will happen in case my parachute (not open)? Doesn’t open
9. Provided that he (wash) washes my car, I'll give him Ј10.
10. If she (need) needs a radio she can borrow mine.
11. As long as you (not go) don’t go away I (send ) will sent for the police.
12. I (be) will be very angry if he (make) makes any more mistakes.
13. Unless he (be) is early, we (go) will go without him.
14. She (be) will be absolutely furious as long as she (hear) hears about this.
15. If you ( put ) put on the kettle, I (make) will make the tea.
16. Imagine that you (give) give my dog a bone he (bury) will bury it at once.
17. Providing that we (leave ) leave the car here, it (not be) won’t be in anybody's way.
18. He (be) will be late for the train unless he (start) starts at once.
19. (come) Come in time or they (not let) won’t let you in.
20. If he (not tell) doesn’t tell the truth, everybody (not believe) won’t believe a word he says.
21. Unless he (sell) sells more, he ( not get ) won’t get much commission.
22. Provided that I (lend) lend you Ј10, when will you ( repay ) repay me?
23. We (have to move) will have to move upstairs unless the river (go) goes down any higher.
24. If he (work) works hard today, will he ( have ) have a holiday tomorrow?
25. Ice (turn) turns to water if you (heat) heat it.
26. If the house (burn) burns down we can claim compensation.
27. If you (not like) don’t like this one I (bring) will bring you another.
28. Unless you (be) are more careful you (have) will have an accident.
29. Tell him to ring me up if you (see) see him.
30. If I (tell) tell you a secret, will you (promise) promise not to tell it to anyone else?
31. If you (not believe) don’t believe what I say, (ask) ask your mother.
32. If he (like) likes the house will he (buy) buy it?
33. If you kindly (sit) sit down I (make) will make enquiries for you.
34. Unless I have a quiet room I (not be able) won’t be able to do any work.
35. She (not open ) won’t open the door unless she (know) knows who it is.
36. Should you require anything else please (ring) ring the bell for the attendant.
Ex.3 . Rewrite the following sentences , using the given word.
1. I shan't wake if the alarm clock doesn't go off .
Unless I wake up, the alarm won’t go off.
2. Hurry up or you'll be late for school.
If you do not hurry up, you’ll be late for school.
Unless you hurry up, you’ll be late for school.
3. Unless Tom takes his library book back tomorrow, he has to pay a fine.
If Tom doesn’t take his library book back tomorrow, he will have to pay a fine.
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4. I'll get you a job in this company provided ( that ) you like
If you like, I’ll get you a job in this company.
5. You must learn hard , otherwise you'll fail your exam .
If you don’t learn hard, you’ll fail the exam.
6. If he had free time , we would take him round the city .
Were he to have free time, we would take him around the city
7. If you don't go to bed earlier , you will feel tired tomorrow .
Go to bed earlier, otherwise you’ll feel tired tomorrow.
8. If he doesn't pay me tonight , I won't have enough money for the tickets .
Unless he pay me tonight, I won’t have enough money for the tickets.
9. As long as you remember your password you'll be no danger.
Provided that you remember your password you’ll be no danger
10 . Unless she stays a fortnight , she can't find a cheap room.
If she doesn’t stay a fortnight, she won’t find a cheap room.
Stays a fortnight, otherwise she won’t find a cheap room.
11. He doesn't get a work permit otherwise he won't stay for another six months.
If he doesn’t get a work permit, he won’t stay for another six months.
12. Providing that he agrees to let me go on working after marriage , I'll marry him .
If he agrees to let me go on working after marriage, I’ll marry him
Unless he doesn’t agree to let me go on working after marriage, I’ll marry him.
13. If I were you, I would take her advice.
Were I you, I would take her advice.
14. He wouldn’t finish his work on time if nobody helped him.
Were anybody to help him, he would finish his work on time.
15. They would travel around the world if they had much time and money.
Were they to had much time and money, they would travel around the world.
Ex.4 . Put the verbs into the correct form .
1. I'll look for your notebook and if I ( find ) find it , I ( give ) will give you a ring .
2. If your child ( feel ) feels too hot during the night , ( turn ) turn down the center heating .
3. We ( not wake ) won’t wake unless we ( hear ) hear the alarm .
4. ( Stay ) Stay here now or you ( feel ) will feel sorry afterwards.
5. Provided that you ( be ) are on diet , you ( keep ) will keep fit .
6. ( Take ) Take these tablets at once otherwise you ( get ) will get worse .
7. She ( not sleep ) won’t sleep well if she ( not drink ) doesn’t drink a little wine .
8. If it ( freeze ) freezes tonight the roads ( be ) will be very slippery tomorow .
9. They ( get ) will get higher salary providing that they ( work ) work hard .
10. You can use my phone if yours ( not work ) doesn’t work.
11. We ( be ) will be in time as long as we ( get ) get a lift .
12. Unless London airport ( not be ) isn’t clear of fog , we ( not land ) won’t land there

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 CONDITIONAL SENTENCES: TYPE II
I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D
1. If I ………….….a lot of money now, I …………..a new car.
A. have/ will buy B. have/ would buy C. had/ will buy D. had/ would buy.
2. If I ……………you, I …………………….do that.
A. am/ will B. were/would C. were/ will D. had been/ would.
3. If I were offered the job, I think I ………………………….…. it.
A. take B. will take C. would take D. would have taken.
4. I would be very surprised if he…………………….…………..
A. refuses B. refused C. had refused D. would refuse.
5. Many people would be out of work if that factory………..down.
A. closes B. had closed C. closed D. would close.
6. If she sold her car, she ……………………..… much money.
A. gets B. would get C. will get D. would have got.
7. They would be disappointed if we………………………………….
A. hadn’t come B. wouldn’t come C. don’t come D. didn’t come.
8. Would John be angry if I ……………..…. ……his bicycle without asking?
A. take B. took C. had taken D. would take.
9. She ………………….….terribly upset if I lost this ring.
A. will be B. would be C. were D. had been.
10. If someone…………in here with a gun, I would be very frightened.
A. would walk B. walks C. had walked D. walked.
11. What would happen if you ……………..to work tomorrow?
A. don’t go B. didn’t go C. won’t go D. wouldn’t go.
12. We ‘ll get wet if we ……………………………….out.
A. go B. did go C. went D. had gone.
13. If I go shopping, I …………………….…some food.
A. Buy B. will buy C. would buy D. would have bought.
14. If I find it, I ……………………..………you.
A. will tell B. would tell C. had told D. told.
15. What would you do if you……………a million dollars?
A. would win B. win C. had won D. won.
16. If we took the 6: 30 train, we………………………………too early.
A. would arrived B. arrived C. will arrived D. would arrive.
17. You won’t pass the examination……………you study more.
A. as long as B. unless C. if D. whether.
18. If I were in your place, I ……………………….a trip to England.
A. will make B. had made C. made. D. would make.
19. If I …………………..…….. you , I’d save some of your lottery winning.
A. be B. were C. am D. was
20. If I had enough money, I …………………… abroad to improve my English.
A. will go B. should go C. would go D. should have go to
21. If it ………………... convenient, let’s go out for a drink tonight.
A. be B. was C. were D. is
22. If you ……………..…. time, please write to me.
A. have B. have had C. had D. has
23. If you had the chance, ……………………………… you go finishing?
A. did B. would C. may D. do
24. Trees won’t grow ……………………... there is enough water.
A. if B. when C. unless D. as
25. If you stay up late the previous night, you ………. sleepy the next morning.
A. feel B. to feel C. feels D. will feel
26. If Peter …………………, Sarah will be sad because she wants to meet him very much
A. comes B. do not come C. does not come D. will come
27. If you…………………………Tom , tell him I have a message for him.
A. will meet B. would meet C. meet D. met
28. If you …………too hot during the night , turn down the central heating.
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 A. will feel B. felt C. feel D. feels.
29. If you ……………….……with your dictionary, I ‘d like to borrow it.
A. finish B. finished C. will finish D. are finishing.
30._____they stronger, they could lift the table
A. If B. Should C. Were D. Had
II/ Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.
1. If I had a typewriter I (type) would type it myself.
2. Were I (know) to know his address I'd give it to you.
3. He (look) would look a lot better if he shaved more often.
4. If you (play) played for lower stakes you wouldn't lose so much.
5. If he worked more slowly he (not make) wouldn’t make so many mistakes.
6. I shouldn't drink that wine if I (be) were you.
7. More tourists would come to this country if it (have) had a better climate.
8. If I were sent to prison would you (visit) visit me?
9. If someone (give) gave you a helicopter what would you do with it?
10. I (buy) would buy shares in that company if I had some money.
11. Were he (clean) to clean his windscreen he'd be able to see where he was going.
12. If you drove your car into the river would you (be able) be able to get out?
13. If you (not belong) didn’t belong to a union you couldn't get a job.
14. If I (win) won a big prize in a lottery I'd give up my job.
15. What would you (do) do if you found a burglar in your house?
16. I could tell you what this means if I (know) knew Greek.
17. If everybody (give) gave Ј1 we would have enough.
18. He might get fat if he (stop) didn’t stop smoking.
19. If he knew that it was dangerous he (not come) wouldn’t come.
20. If you (see) saw someone drowning what would you do?
21. I (be) would be ruined if I bought her everything she asked for.
22 If you slept under a mosquito net you (not be) wouldn’t be bitten so often.
23. I could get a job easily if I (have) had a degree.
24. If she (do) did her hair differently she might look quite nice.
25. If we had more rain our crops (grow) would grow faster.
26. The whole machine would fall to pieces if you (remove) removed that screw
27. I (keep) would kept a horse if I could afford it.
28. I'd go and see him more often if he (live) lived on a bus route.
29. If they (ban) banned the sale of alcohol at football matches there might be less violence.
30. I (offer) offered to help if I thought I'd be any use.
III. Rewrite these sentences, beginning with WERE
1. I would love him if I were you.
-> Were I you, I would love him.
2. If you came home soon, you would be able to meet my girl.
-> Were you to come home soon, you would be able to meet my girl.
3. Lisa would find the milk if she looked for it in the fridge.
->Were Lisa to look for it in the fridge, she would find the milk.
4. If I were a bird, I should fly home at once.
->Were I a bird, I should fly home at once.
5. If you spoke louder, your classmates would understand you.
->Were you to speak louder, your classmates would understand you.
6. If I were you, I would take her advice.
->Were I you, I would take her advice
7. He wouldn’t finish his work on time if nobody helped him.
->Were nobody not to help, he wouldn’t finish the work on time.
8. They would travel around the world if they had much time and money.
->Were they to have mmuch time and money, they would travel around the world.

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CONDITIONAL SENTENCES: TYPE III
Ex. 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.
1. If I had known that you were in hospital I (visit) would have visited you.
2. The ground was very soft. But for that, my horse (win) would have won.
3. If you (arrive) had arrived ten minutes earlier you would have got a seat.
4. You would have seen my garden at its best if you (be) had been here last week.
5. But for his quickness I (be) would have been killed.
6. I shouldn't have believed it if I (not see) hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.
7. If he had slipped he (fall) would have fell 500 metres.
8. If he had asked you, would you (accept) have accepted?
9. If I (had) had had a map I would have been all right.
10. If I (know) had known that you were coming I'd have baked a cake.
11. I (offer) would have offered to help him if I had realized that he was ill.
12. If you had left that wasp alone it (not sting) wouldn’t stung you.
13. If I (realize) had realized what a bad driver you were I wouldn't have come with you.
14. If I had realized that the traffic lights were red I (stop) would have stopped.
15. But for the fog we (reach) would have reached our destination ages ago.
16. If you had told me that he never paid his debts I (not lend) wouldn’t have lent him the money.
17. If you (not sneeze) hadn’t sneezed he wouldn't have known that we were there.
18. If you (put) had put some mustard in the sandwiches they would have tasted better.
19. The hens (not get) wouldn’t have got into the house if you had shut the door.
20. If he had known that the river was dangerous he (not try) wouldn’t have tried to swim across it.
21. If you (speak) had spoken more slowly he might have understood you.
22. If he had known the whole story he (not be) wouldn’t have been so angry.
23. I shouldn't have eaten it if I (know) had known that there was ginger in it.
24. If I (try) had tried again I think that I would have succeeded.
25. You (not get) wouldn’t have got into trouble if you had obeyed my instructions.
26. If you hadn't been in such a hurry you (not put) wouldn’t have put sugar into the sauce instead of salt.
27. If I (be) had been ready when he called he would have taken me with him.
28. She had a headache; otherwise she (come) would have come with us.
29. If she had listened to my directions she (not turn) wouldn’t have turned down the wrong street.
30. If you (look) had looked at the engine for a moment you would have seen what was missing.
Ex.2: Rewrite these sentences, using conditional sentence
1. He doesn't work over time , so he doesn't earn as much as I do .
If he worked overtime, he would earn as much as I do.
2. The shops don't deliver now , which makes life difficult .
If the shops delivered now, it makes life easier.
3. I spend much time travelling to work as I don’t live near my office .
If I live near my office, I wouldn’t spend much time travelling to work.
4. Providing you bring my books back on time , I'll lend you some .
Unless you bring my books back on time, I’ll lend you some.
Bring my books back on time, or else I won’t lend you anymore.
If you bring my books back on time, I’ll lend you some.
5. He 's very thin ; that why he feels the cold so much .
If he wasn’t very thin, he wouldn’t feel the cold so much.
6. We didn't listen carefully ; perhaps that's why we made this mistake .
If we had listened carefully, we wouldn’t have made this mistake.
7 . We got a lift , so we reach the station on time .
If we hadn’t got a lift, we couldn’t have reached the station on time.
8. She has no ladder so she can't get over the wall .
If she had a ladder, she could get over the wall.
9. He's fat because he doesn't take any exercise .
If he took some exercise, he wouldn’t be fat.
10.He was punished because of his bad behavior.
Had he behaved badly, he wouldn’t have been punished.
11.I won’t give the ball back to you if you don’t stop playing football here.
Unless you stop playing football here, I won’t give the ball back.
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 Stop playing football here, or else I won’t give the back.
12.You want to keep fit, you must play sports.
Unless you don’t want to keep fit, you must play sports.
13. If you missed the programme you couldn't really understand their intension.
Unless
14.She can meet him if he arrives before eleven.
So long as he arrives before eleven, she can meet him.
15.I could hold a big party due to my Mom’s help.
Had it been for my mom’s help, I could not hold a big party.
16. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the bus.
If he had hurried, he wouldn’t have missed.
17.If I met the author one day, I'd ask him to sign my copy of this book.
Were I to meet the author one day, I’d ask him to sign my copy of this book.
18.He always has his nose in a book and never pays attention to what I say.
If he didn't always have his nose in a book, he would pay attentionn to what I say.
19. Thanks to his aunt’s legacy(tài sản kế thừa) of £10.000 he was able to buy the house he wanted.
Had it been for his aunt’s legacy, he wouldn’t be able to buy the house he wanted.
20. He didn’t attend the seminar simply because he was not informed.
If he had been informed, he would have attended the seminar simply.
21. She forgot to add salt, so the food was tasteless.
If she hadn’t forgotten to add salt, the food wouldn’t have been tasteless.
22. Be careful or you may fall.
If you .
23. If you hadn’t helped him, he couldn’t have gained such marvelous result.
He couldn’t have gained such marvelous result ,but for your help.
24. If Nam arrived on time, we could start early.
Were Nam to arrive on time we could start early.

Mix conditional sentences

I. Put the verbs in the correct form .
1. Of course , I'm not going to give her a diamond ring . If I ( give ) gave her a diamond ring , she ( sell)
would have sold it .
2. If the baby is a girl , we ( call ) would have called Ann .
3. She was sent to prison only because she refused to pay the fine . If she ( pay ) paid the fine , she ( not be )
wouldn’t have been sent to prison .
4. Why didn't you say that you were short of money ? If I ( know ) knew I ( lend ) would have lent you some
.
5. He talks as if he ( be ) would be a billionaire .
6. Why don't you raise a cat . If you ( keep ) kept a cat , the mice ( not run ) wouldn’t have run everywhere
7. What time of the year do you think it is in the picture ? ( Summer ?)
No , it must be winter . If it ( be ) was summer , the people ( not sit ) wouldn’t have sit round that big fire
8. If only we ( have ) had had a light . It's depressing waiting in darkness !
9. He acted as though he ( be ) would be my boss .
10. I'm sorry . You didn't tell me that dogs were allowed to the hotel . If I ( know ) knew I ( bring) wouldn’t
have brought my dog .
11. Lan was late for the meeting . If only she ( come ) came in time , she ( have ) would have had a chance
( listen ) to listen to the Priminister's speech .
12. If Jack ( not agree ) don’t agree to help , we'll have to manage without him .
13. His parents ( pay ) paid the fine , otherwise he ( put ) would be put into the prison .
14. If they (work ) worked at night , they ( finish ) would have finished in time . But they have no intention
of working all night .
15. It's a pity he never patented his invention . If he ( patent: lấy bằng sáng chế ) patented it , he ( make )
would have made a lot of money .

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ANSWER KEY. I

1 will give 2 stand 3 eats 4 will telephone

5.will arrest 6 reads 7 will steal 8 doesn't open
9 washes 10 needs 11 don't go 12 makes
13 is 14 hears 15 will make 16 will bury
17 won't be 18 doesn't start 19 won't let or don't let (habit)
20 goes 21 sells 22 will you repay 23 rises
24 works 25 turns/will turn 26 burns 27 don't like
28 will have 29 see 30 will you promise
31 don't believe 32 likes 33 will make
34 shan't/won't be able 35 knows 36 ring

ANSWER KEY. II

1 would type 2 knew 3 would look 4 played

5 wouldn't make 6 were 7 had 8 would you visit
9 gave 10 would buy 11 cleaned 12 would you be able
13 didn't belong 14 won 15 would you do 16 knew
17 gave 18 stopped 19 wouldn't come 20 saw
21 would/should be 22 would not be bitten 23 had
24 did 25 would grow 26 removed 27 would keep
28 lived 29 banned/were to ban 30 would offer
31 got 32 painted 33 changed 34 would you spend
35 had 36 wasn't

ANSWER KEY.III

(should in the following answers may be replaced by would; contractions may be used in the affirmative
and negative.)
1 should have visited 2 would have won 3 had arrived
4 had been 5 should have been 6 had not seen
7 would have fallen 8 would you have accepted 9 had had
10 had known 11 should have offered 12 would not have stung
13 had realized 14 should have stopped 15 should have reached
16 should not have lent 17 had not sneezed 18 had put
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19 would not have got 20 would not have tried 21 had spoken
22 would not have been 23 had known 24 had tried
25 would not have got 26 would not have put 27 had been
28 would have come 29 would not have turned 30 had looked
31 would have been captured 32 had tried 33 should have taken
34 would have saved 35 had not called 36 would not have burnt

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