CONDITIONALS

conditional example time

zero conditional If you heat ice, it melts. any time

first conditional If it rains, I will stay at home. future

second conditional If I won the lottery, I would buy a car. future

third conditional If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a car. past

0 Conditional

IF	condition	result
	present simple	present simple
If	I miss the 8 o'clock bus	I am late for work.
If	I am late for work	my boss gets angry.
If	people don't eat	they get hungry.
If	you heat ice	does it melt?

result	IF	condition
present simple		present simple
I am late for work	if	I miss the 8 o'clock bus.
My boss gets angry	if	I am late for work.
People get hungry	if	they don't eat.
Does ice melt	if	you heat it?

I Conditional

IF	Condition	Result
	present simple	WILL + base verb
If	I see Mary	I will tell her.
If	Tara is free tomorrow	he will invite her.
If	they do not pass their exam	their teacher will be sad.
If	it rains tomorrow	will you stay at home?
If	it rains tomorrow	what will you do?

result	IF	condition
WILL + base verb		present simple
I will tell Mary	if	I see her.
He will invite Tara	if	she is free tomorrow.
Their teacher will be sad	if	they do not pass their exam.
Will you stay at home	if	it rains tomorrow?
What will you do	if	it rains tomorrow?

II Conditional

IF	condition	result
	past simple	WOULD + base verb
If	I married Mary	I would be happy.
If	Ram became rich	she would marry him.
If	it snowed next July	would you be surprised?
If	it snowed next July	what would you do?

result	IF	condition
WOULD + base verb		past simple
I would be happy	if	I married Mary.
She would marry Ram	if	he became rich.
Would you be surprised	if	it snowed next July?
What would you do	if	it snowed next July?

III Conditional

IF	condition	result
	past perfect	WOULD HAVE + past participle
If	I had seen Mary	I would have told her.
If	Tara had been free yesterday	I would have invited her.
If	they had not passed their exam	their teacher would have been sad.
If	it had rained yesterday	would you have stayed at home?
If	it had rained yesterday	what would you have done?

result	IF	condition
WOULD HAVE + past participle		past perfect
I would have told Mary	if	I had seen her.
I would have invited Tara	if	she had been free yesterday.
Their teacher would have been sad	if	they had not passed their exam.
Would you have stayed at home	if	it had rained yesterday?
What would you have done	if	it had rained yesterday?

Exercises:

I. Match the following words with the sentences

will, rained, rains, fail, will you, get, would buy, gets, taken, gone

1.What would you do if it................................on your wedding day?

2. If she comes I .......................................call you.

3.If I eat peanut butter I .......................................... sick.

4. What will you do if you ................................................. the history exam?

5. If they had not ..................................... the car I would have driven you.

6. If it snows .......................................... still drive to the coast?

7. He would have ........................................ with you if you had asked him.

8. If I won a million dollars I ....................................... my own airplane.

9. If I forget her birthday Andrea .................................... upset.

10. Jacob will pick you up at school if it ............................................ .

II. Put the verb in the cottect form:

1. (to be) If the weather ......... nice, we usually go swimming.

2. (to be) My family will go to the zoo if the weather ............ nice tomorrow.

3. (to buy) If I ...................a lottery ticket, I might win the lottery.

4. (to have) My brother usually drives to school if he .................gas in his car.

5. (to snow) If it ..................tomorrow, we can go skiing.

6. (to be) My sister will build a snowman if there .................enough snow tomorrow.

7. (to have) My mom will bake a cake if she ..................enough flour and sugar.

8. (to be) If there .......................milk in the refrigerator, I'll have milk with my cake.

9. (to eat) If my sister ..................all of the cake, I will get angry.

10. (to tell) My mother always punishes my sister if she .................a lie.

11. (not be) If the weather ...................nice tomorrow, we can stay home.

12. (not get) My brother can't drive to school if he ....................his car fixed.

13. (not be) If there .....................any milk in the refrigerator, I'll go to the supermarket.

14. (not snow) If it .........................tomorrow, we can't go skiing.

15. (not rain) My dad will wash his car if it .....................on Saturday.

16. (not go) If we .......................to school, my mom will get angry.

17. (not do) We can't learn anything if we ...........................our homework.

18. (not go) I will call you if she .....................to the movies, and we can go out together.

19. (not be) We should go jogging if it ..................raining outside.

20. (not ring) If the phone...................this afternoon, I can take a nap.

21. If the weather (to be).................nice, we would have gone swimming.
22. My family would have gone to the zoo if the weather (to be)..................nice yesterday

23. If I (to buy)......................a lottery ticket, I could have won the lottery.
24. My brother would have driven to school if he (to have)............................gas in his car.
25.My mom would have baked a cake if she (to have).....................enough flour and sugar.
26.My brother couldn't have driven to school if he (not get).....................his car fixed.
27.If it (not snow).......................last night, we couldn't have gone skiing today.
28.My dad couldn't have washed his car if today (not be).....................Saturday.

29.If we (not had).....................to go to work, we could have slept all day

30.We wouldn't have learned anything if we (not do)....................our homework.

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