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MIXED CONDITIONALS

There are four basic types of conditional sentences in English: zero, first, second and third.
Mixed conditionals combine the second and third conditional.

If I practise a lot, I always win. (zero)


If I practise a lot, I will win. (first)
If I practised a lot, I would win. (second)
If I had practised a lot, I would have won. (third)
I I had practised a lot last month, I would win now. (mixed)

There are four main kinds of conditionals:

 The Zero Conditional:


(if + present simple, ... present simple)
If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils.
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 The First Conditional:


(if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)
If it rains tomorrow, we'll go to the cinema.
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 The Second Conditional:
(if + past simple, ... would + infinitive)
If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
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 The Third Conditional
(if + past perfect, ... would + have + past participle)
If I had gone to bed early, I would have caught the train.

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Exercise 1 - Zero conditional

Complete the sentences with verbs in brackets.

Peter, what do you do if your parents are at home?


If my parents .................. at home at weekends, I have to help with housework.
(stay)

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If my mother .................. at home, I do the washing up or hoovering. (be)
If she .................. at home, I wash the car or work in the garden with my dad.
(not be)
If they .................. at home on weekdays, I do my homework first and then go
out. (be)
If my father .................................. in the evening, we play games on his
computer. (not work)
And what do you and your sister do if your parents are not at home?
We ............................... the housework if they leave the house. (not do)
I just .............. in bed if there is nothing to watch on TV. (lie)
Or I ................ with my friends on Skype if they feel like chatting. (chat)
My little sister usually .................. with her best friend if she comes to our
place. (play)
But she ................................ what to do if her friend can't come. (not know)

Exercise 2. Rewrite the following sentences using the Second


Conditional

Example: I’m not rich. I don’t live in a big house.

1. He eats a lot of sweets. He’s fat.

2. She smokes forty cigarettes a day. She coughs a lot.

3. He does not understand Portuguese. He won’t work in Brazil.

4. They don’t have a garden. They don’t grow vegetables.

5. I don’t have a boat. I won’t sail around the world.

Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense to form either a
First or a Second Conditional Clause.

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1. If it (rain) this weekend, we (not be able) to play tennis.

2. Give me Peter's letter. If I (see) him, I (give) it to him.

3. I have to work about 80 hours a week, so I'm very busy. But if I (have)

any spare time, I (take up) a sport like golf.

4. If I (be) taller, I (can) be a policeman, but I'm too short.


5 . Please start your meal. If you (not have) your soup now, it (go) cold.

6. What noisy neighbours you've got! If my neighbours (be) as bad as

yours, I (go) crazy.

7. If you (have) any problems, let me know and I (come) and help you

straight away.

8. You're a brilliant cook! If I (can) cook as well as you, I (open) a

restaurant.

9. If there (be) some nice fish in the supermarket, you (buy) some for

supper?

10. 'We have mice in the kitchen.' – 'If you (have) a cat, the mice soon

(disappear).'

Exercise 4. Complete the conditional sentences with the verbs in


brackets (with either the first, second, third or mixed conditionals).

We enough time if we wanted to see the castle. (have)

In case you a car, will you teach me to drive? (buy)

She angry if you had told her. (get)


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If they our product when we asked them, they would get a
discount now. (support)

Even if I him, he won't come. (ask)

It will be a disaster unless Joyce us. (help)

If you something to eat in the morning, you wouldn't feel sick


now. (have)

I wouldn't risk it if I you. (be)

The chicken isn't very good. It better if you had put some
spices on it. (taste)

I won't go to the dance unless you me. (join)

If the hotel in Paris had been full, we somewhere else. (stay)

If I got the job, I grateful to you. (be)

Unless she the test she will get her driving licence next week.
(fail)

Exercise 5. Complete the negative forms (with either the first, second,
third or mixed conditionals)..

How would you explain the meaning of this word if you it? (not
know)

We angry if you had refused the dinner. (not be)

If I were you, I it. (not take)

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If Ken the car, who will do it? (not mend)

If I in a hurry when I got up, I wouldn't catch the train. (not be)

She won't finish it on time if she right now. (not start)

Had I driven slowly, I . (not crash)

She would get fat if she eating. (not stop)

Had he not let me know, I him at the airport tomorrow morning.


(not collect)

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