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CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

FILL IN THE BLANKS USING THE SUITABLE FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS
1. If you _____________ (find) a skeleton in the cellar dont mention it to anyone.
2. If you pass your examination we _____________ (have) a celebration.
3. What _____________ (happen) if I press this button?
4. I should have voted for her if I ______________ (have) a vote then.
5. If you go to Paris, where _______ you ________ (stay)?
6. If someone offered to buy you one of those rings, which ________ you _________ (choose)?
7. The flight may be cancelled if the fog _____________ (get) thick.
8. If the milkman ____________ (come) tell him to leave two pints.
9. Someone ____________ (sit) on your glasses if you leave them there.
10. You would play better bridge if you ____________ (not talk) so much.
11. What ___________ I _________ (do) if I hear the burglar alarm?
12. If you ____________ (read) the instructions carefully you wouldnt have answered the wrong
question.
13. I could repair the roof myself if I _____________ (have) a long ladder.
14. Unless they turn that radio off I ____________ (go) mad.
15. If you were made redundant what __________ you __________ (do)?
16. Well have a long way to walk if we _____________ (run) out of petrol here.
17. If you shake that bottle of port it _____________ (not be) fit to drink.
18. Ill probably get lost unless he ____________ (come) with me.
19. You _________________ (not have) so many accidents if you drove more slowly.
20. If you _______________ (wear) a false beard nobody would have recognized you.
21. If she _____________ (leave) the fish there the car will get it.
22. Unless they leave a lamp beside that hole in the road somebody ___________ (fall) into it.
23. Youll get pneumonia if you _______________ (not change) your wet clothes.
24. If I had known that you couldnt eat octopus I __________________ (not buy) it.
25. If they ____________ (hang) that picture lower people would be able to see it.
26. She _______________ (be) able to walk faster if her shoes didnt have such high heels.
27. I _______________ (bring) you some beer if I had known that you were thirsty.
28. If you had touched that electric cable you _______________ (be) electrocuted.
29. If the story hadnt been true the newspaper _______________ (not print) it.
30. I _________________ (not buy) things on the instalment system if I were you.
FINISH THESE SENTENCES TAKING CARE TO USE THE CORRECT TENSES AND MAKE
THEM HAVE A SENSE
1. If he had taken my advice
2. If you ate less
3. Well send for the doctor if
4. If she practised more
5. If there isnt enough wine in that bottle
6. If you had checked the petrol before we started
7. This clock wouldnt have run down if
8. Try on the blue one if
9. If these gates are locked
10. If we leave before breakfast
11. If the river rises any higher
12. Her life might have been saved if
13. If the volcano starts erupting
14. The grass would look better if
15. Unless it is a nice day
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REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR MEANING. MAKE


THE NECESSARY CHANGES
Im sorry 1 havent got a car.
I wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I dont know her address, so 1 cant write to her.
If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
We didnt visit the museum because we didnt have time.
If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Im sorry we accepted the invitation.
If only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .
I didnt open the door because I didnt know it was you.
If I ..
If your friend doesnt come before ten, he will miss the train.
Unless .
If the tickets dont arrive we wont be able to go.
Unless ..
What a pity I didnt have time to see you last week.
I wish
Im sorry I didnt go shopping with you.
If only
I didnt invite Beth. I had forgotten her telephone number.
If .
You wont understand the problem if you dont listen carefully.
Unless .
I dont earn much money. Its a pity I cant buy a new car.
If .
I didnt make a note of it in my diary, so I forgot about it.
If .................................................................................................
Its such a pity you cant come along!
I wish ..............................................................................................
He didnt revise for the test so he failed.
If ...........................................................................................................
I didnt go to the gym yesterday because my foot hurt.
If ....................................................................................................
I am sorry I didnt remember your birthday.
I wish ...................................................................................
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