FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONAL

Karen Roberts is thinking about what will happen if she stops smoking. Use the notes to
make sentences about what will happen to Karen:

if/stop smoking/eat more.

if/need bigger clothes/look awful.

If __________________________________.

If __________________________________.

if/eat more/get fat.

if /look awful/feel depressed.

If __________________________________.

If __________________________________.

if/get fat/need bigger clothes.

if/feel depressed/start smoking.

If __________________________________.

If __________________________________.

Complete the first conditional sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

If you ______________ (not/leave) immediately ______________ (be) late.

If your family ______________ (move) to Madrid, which school ______________ (you/go) to?
______________ (go) home if you ______________ (feel) ill?
______________ (can) I smoke in here if I ______________ (open) the window?
If people ______________ (not/stop) using their cars so much, the world ______________ (run
out) of oil.
Anita Bowers likes to day-dream. She is always imagining different projects and plans.
Look at the notes and make sentences about what her life would be like:

if/sell my house/buy a farm.

if/have lots of milk/make good cheese.

If __________________________________.

If __________________________________.

if/buy a farm/keep cows.

if /make good cheese/win prizes.

If __________________________________.

If __________________________________.

if/keep cows/have lots of milk.

if/win prizes/be on TV.

If __________________________________.

If __________________________________.

Complete the second conditional sentences using the correct form of the verbs in
brackets:

My brother ______________ (get) into the team if he ______________ (train) harder.

If I ______________ (have to) go to the hospital, I ______________ (not/go) to that one.
Your car ______________ (be) a lot safer if you ______________ (buy) some new tyres.
If I ______________ (not/eat) so much ______________ I (feel) much fitter.
What ______________ (you/buy) if you ______________ (win) the lottery this weekend?

 Find the mistake and correct the sentence.

If I will come to the party, will you give me a lift home?

I had have a couple of days in bed if I were you. You look awful!
I wouldn't have cooked so much food if I had knew they weren't coming.
If you pressed that button, you get extra sugar.
He might has stayed if you hadn't shouted at him.
Complete the sentences with your ideas using first and second conditionals.

My parents would be angry if _____________________________________________________ .

If I go out this weekend, __________________________________________________________ .
I wouldn't go out with someone if they ______________________________________________.
If I have a party for my eighteenth birthday __________________________________________ .
I'll be happy if __________________________________________________________________ .
Make sentences using either the first or second conditional:

If I ______________ (eat) less pasta I ______________ (lose) a lot of weight. [QUITE POSSIBLE]
If Rome ______________ (be) less polluted life ______________ (be) more pleasant. [UNLIKELY]
If you ____________ (cross) the road now you ______________ (get) run over. [QUITE POSSIBLE]
If subway ______________ (be) more efficient I ______________ (use) it more often. [UNLIKELY]
If you ______________ (like) ice cream you ______________ (enjoy) Rome. [QUITE POSSIBLE]
What ______________ you (do) if I ______________ (give) you a plane ticket? [UNLIKELY]
Make sentences in the first or second conditional:

The air is so polluted that I dont go jogging.

If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
I may move to the country. Then Ill work from home.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
The trains are so crowded that I never get a seat.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
Banning alcohol would make the underground safer.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
They are thinking of raising train fares. Ill have to cycle to work!.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .

FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CONDITIONAL

Match the following sentences:

1 If she had more time

A hed ride it to school

2 If she has the new videogame

B shell let you play

3 If I were rich

C Id buy a sports car

4 He would have phoned the police

D she would have known the result

5 If he had a motorbike

E Ill tell you

6 If she had watched the tennis match

F shed learn another language

7 If I find the letter

G if hed seen the robbery

Read the text. Then complete the sentences in the first, second or third conditional:
Andrew Chances mother was horrified when she received her sons internet shopping
bill. Thirteen-year old Andrew had spent nearly 1.000.000 on eMall, an American
internet shopping site. Andrew used his parents password to get into the site. He then
bought a Rolls Royce, a Van Gogh painting and an antique bed. Im in big trouble,
the worried teenager said yesterday

If Andrews parents ___________________ (not/buy) him the computer, he wouldnt have

shopped on the Internet.
Andrew would make more friends if he __________________ (spend) less time on the Internet.
If his parents __________________ (find out) earlier, Andrew would have spent less money.
If Andrews mother doesnt pay, she __________________ (have to) go to prison.
Andrew ____________________ (not/get) into trouble if he hadnt used his parents password.
If I _______________ (be) Andrews mother, Id sell his computer.
If teenagers _________________________ a computer (have) theyll want to surf the Internet.
Rewrite the sentences in the first, second or third conditional:

He cant find his wallet so hes angry.

If he could _____________________________________________________________________ .
He may be late, but he can meet us at the Blue Note Caf.
If hes _________________________________________________________________________ .
An old woman saw him burgle the house. Thats why hes in prison.
If she __________________________________________________________________________ .
He wants to be rich and famous. Then hell be happy.
If he ___________________________________________________________________________ .

 Put the verbs into the correct form:

I _______________ (give) you a cigarette if I had one but I'm afraid I haven't.
This soup would taste better if it __________________ (have) more salt in it.
If you _________________ (not/go) to bed so late every night, you wouldn't be so tired all the
time.
I wouldn't mind living in England if the weather _______________________ (be) better.
I'd help you if I ________________ (can) but I'm afraid I can't.
If I were you, I __________________ (not/marry) him.
We would happily buy that house if it _______________ (not/be) so small.
If I ______________________ (know) that you were ill last week, I'd gone to see you.
Tom ______________________ (not/enter) for the examination if he had known that it would be
so difficult.
Tom got to the station in time. If he ____________________ (miss) the train, he would have
been late for his interview.
It's good that Ann reminded me about Tom's birthday. I _______________________ (forget) if
she hadnt reminded me.
We might not have stayed at this hotel if George _____________________ (not/recommend) it
to us.
I'd have sent you a postcard while I was on holiday if I ___________________ (have) your
address.
If I was offered the job, I think I ____________________ (take) it.
I'm sure Tom will lend you some money. I would be very surprised if he ______________
(refuse).
Many people from the village would be out of work if that factory ____________________
(close) down.
If she sold her car, she ___________________ (not/get) much money for it.
They're expecting us. They would be disappointed if we __________________ (not/come).
Would George be angry if I __________________ (take) his bycicle without asking?
Ann gave me this ring. She __________________ (be) terribly upset if I lost it.
If someone ____________________ (walk) in here with a gun, I'd be very frightened.
What would happen if you _______________ (not/go) to work tomorrow?
I'm sure she _________________________ (understand) if you explained the situation to her.

 Rephrase the following sentences:

Toby told her a lie, so Sue decided not to go out with him again. (Told)
If ________________________________________ to Sue she'd have gone out with him again.
I was unable to be here on time because of the traffic. (Hadn't)
If it _______________________________________________________ here on time.
Our school hasn't got any computers because it can't afford them. (If)
Our school would ______________________________________ afford them.
Green mixed with yellow is blue. (Get)
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
The baby didn't cry so we had a good sleep.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
I haven't got a pen so I can't write down the address.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
You should have started your project earlier. You're so far behind now.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
She made a lot of mistakes because she didn't concentrate hard enough.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
Tom was tired. He had an accident with his car.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
Whenever you heat an egg it boils.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
You overslept because you went to bed so late.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
The trains are so crowded that I never get a seat.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
I wasn't worried about the test because I had done a lot of revision.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
My team mates are so bad that we lose all the matches we play.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
She has not enough time to read your essay on poetry.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .
They broke up because she cheated on him.
If _____________________________________________________________________________ .

 Write a new sentence with the same meaning using unless:

The club isnt open to everyone. You are all allowed in only if youre a member.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
I dont want to go the party alone. Im going only if you go too.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
Dont worry about the dog. It will attack you only if you move suddenly.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
Ben isnt very talkative. Hell speak to you only if you ask him something.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
Today is a public holiday. The doctor will see you only if its an emergency.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
Listen carefully or you wont know what to do.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
You must try a bit harder or you wont pass the exam.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
She must apologize to me or Ill never speak to her again.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
You have to speak very slowly or he wont be able to understand you.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
Business must improve soon or the company will have to close.
_______________________________________________________________________________ .
Choose the correct word or expression for each sentence:

Im playing tennis tomorrow unless/providing it rains.

Im playing tennis tomorrow unless/providing it doesnt rain.
I dont mind if you come home late unless/as long as you come in quietly.
Im going now unless/provided you want me to stay.
I dont watch TV unless/as long as Ive got nothing else to do.
Children are allowed to use the swimming pool unless/providing they are with an adult.
Unless/provided they are with an adult, children are not allowed to use the swimming pool.
We can sit here in the corner unless/as longs youd rather sit over there by the window.

 Complete these conditional sentences:

Unless you say youre sorry________________________________________________________ .

If I miss the plane_______________________________________________________________ .
He wouldn't have had an accident if ________________________________________________.