Conditionals

CONDITIONALS 1. The following sentences contain mistakes. Rewrite them so that they are correct. a) I´ll lend you my scarf provided you don´t lose it. __________________________________________________ b) I´ve bought some food in case Marianne and John came round for dinner. __________________________________________________ c) If I had known you were coming to London; I would pick you up at the airport. __________________________________________________ d) If I told you I love you, what would you have said? __________________________________________________ e) Unless Brian will instruct us otherwise, we will close the shop at seven. __________________________________________________ f) Should he have rung, tell him I´ll meet him in the library. __________________________________________________ g) Had I known you´d been shopping, I would not go myself. __________________________________________________ 2. Make conditional sentences for the following situations. a) John lost his job. b) Alice has been transferred to another department. c) Ten workers have been laid off. 3. Mixed conditionals: Match columns A and B to form mixed conditionals. a) If he had accepted their offer, 1) he´d be coverd in grease. b) If he realised how little work she does, 2) he´d be rich by now. c) If he wasn´t going on holiday tomorrow, 3) he´d have fired her long ago. d) If he hadn´t been mending the car, 4) he might have agreed to come with us. 4. Rewrite the following using mixed conditionals as in the example. a) I don´t have a secretary, so I did all the typing myself. If I had a secretary, I wouldn´t have done all the typing myself.

b) He didn´t follow my advice; that´s why the work isn´t finished yet. __________________________________________________ c) He can´t have been arguing with his boss all morning; he looks far too relaxed. __________________________________________________ d) She does´nt have the money, otherwise she would have given me the loan. __________________________________________________ e) I realise I wasn´t very polite to the boss, but I´m planning to leave this job anyway. __________________________________________________ 5. Write a wish for each of the following sentences, as in the example. a) You want to buy a new car, but you haven´t got enough money. I wish I had enough money (to buy a new car). b) You didn´t follow your friend´s sensible advice. __________________________________________________ c) You lost your lecture notes. __________________________________________________ d) You want to ask a friend to help you, but he´s our fo the country. __________________________________________________ 6. Finish the sentences in your own way. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h)

If I could turn the clock back, ………. If I had lots of money,……… If only I ………. If I could go anywhere, ………. I wish I could ………. I wish I hadn´t ………. I wish you would ………. I wish I were ……….

Answers: EXERCISE 1

a) I´ll lend you my scarf provided you don´t lose it. b) I´ve bought some food in case Marianne and John come round for dinner. c) If I had known you were coming to London, I would have picked you up at the airport. d) If I told you I love(d) you, what would you say? e) Unless Brian instructs us otherwise, we will close the shop at seven.

f) Should he ring, tell him I´ll meet him in the library. g) Had I known you´d been shopping, I wouldn´t have gone myself. EXERCISE 3

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EXERCISE 4

a) b) c) d)

If he´d followed my advice, the work would have been finished (by now). If he had been arguing with his boss all morning, he wouldn´t look so relaxed. If she had the money, she would have given me the loan. If I wasn´t planning to leave this job anyway, I wouldn´t have been rude to the boss.

EXERCISE 5 b) I wish I´d followed my friend´s advice. c) I wish I hadn´t lost my lecture notes. d) I wish my friend wasn´t out of the country, (so I could ask for his help). EXERCISE 6 a) ….. I´d go to university instead of going straight into a job. b) ….. I would collect modern art. c) ….. hadn´t thrown away that winning lottery ticket. d) ….. I´d go to Tierra del Fuego. e) ….. dance. f) ….. taken his advice. g) ….. stop behaving like a spoilt child. h) ….. good at tennis.