English Grammar Conditional Sentences

If Clause Type I
if + Simple Present, will-Future Type I indicates what will happen, provided that a certain situation is given. It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled. Examples: If you send your order by fax, we will deliver the goods immediately. If you invite me for lunch, I will help you with your presentation. If I find her address, Ill send her an invitation.

If Clause Type II
if + Simple Past, would + infinitive Type II indicates what could happen if a present situation were different. It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled. Examples: If we had more employees, we would work more efficiently. If we delivered poor quality, we would not be the leading company in our business. If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.

If Clause Type III

if + Past Perfect, would + have + past participle It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past. Type III indicates what could have happened in the past if a situation would have been different then. Examples: If you had read the paper, you would have seen the advertisement. If I had taken the bus, I would have been late. If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation.

Exercises on Conditional Sentences Type 1 Some friends are planning a party. Everybody wants to party, but nobody's really keen on preparing and organising the party. So everybody comes up with a few conditions, just to make sure that the others will also do something. Complete the Conditional Sentences Type I. 1. If Caroline and Sue house. 2. If Sue mushrooms. 3. Jane furniture. 4. If Bob 5. Elaine bottles.
make hoover cut prepare

the salad, Phil

decorate

the the the

the onions for the salad, Caroline the sitting room if Aaron and Tim up the kitchen, Anita the drinks if somebody
organise clean help

peel

move

tidy buy

the toilet. her carry the

6. If Alan and Rebecca

look play mix

the food, Mary and Conor

let

the sandwiches. after the barbecue, Sue the DJ if the others the drinks if Jane
do give bring

7. If Bob 8. Frank 9. Alan recipes.

the guests in. along their CDs. him some of her cocktail

10. If they all

their best, the party

is

great.

Exercises on Conditional Sentences Type 1 Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type I) by putting the verbs into the correct form. 1. If you (send) 2. If I (do) 3. If I (find) 4. Peggy (go) afternoon. 5. Simon (go) flight.
send

this letter now, she (receive) this test, I (improve) your ring, I (give) shopping if she (have) to London next week if he (get)

w ill receive

it tomorrow.

my English. it back to you. time in the a cheap him. the exam. water the plants. this scary

6. If her boyfriend (phone / not) 7. If they (study / not) 8. If it (rain) 9. You (be able/ not) film.

today, she (leave) harder, they (pass / not)

tomorrow, I (have to / not) to sleep if you (watch)

10. Susan (can / move / not) ready on time.

into the new house if it (be / not)

Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 2 Janine is a daydreamer. She imagines what would happen if she won the lottery. Complete the Conditional Sentences Type II. 1. If I 2. If I 3. If I 4. I
w ould play w ould hit w ere w ould buy w ould ow n

the lottery, I the jackpot, I rich, my life

had w ere w ould change found w ould build

a chance to hit the jackpot. rich. completely. a nice one. a huge house by the a house by the beach.
w anted

a lonely island, if I a lonely island, I all my friends if I

5. If I beach. 6. I

invited w ould pick

had

7. I my friends up in my yacht if they their holidays on my island. 8. We

w ould have liked

to spend to my island.

great parties if my friends

came

9. If we helicopter.

to go shopping in a big city, we

w ould be

w ould charter

10. But if my friends' holidays my lonely island.

over, I

felt

very lonely on

Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 2 Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type II) by putting the verbs into the correct form. 1. If we (have) 2. If he (have) 3. If they (tell) 4. She (spend) green card. 5. If I (live) day. 6. We (help) 7. My brother (buy) 8. If I (feel) 9. If you (go) 10. She (not / talk)
had

a yacht, we (sail)

w ould sail

the seven seas. karate. very angry. easier to get a around naked all how. the money.

more time, he (learn) their father, he (be) a year in the USA if it (be) on a lonely island, I (run) you if we (know)

a sports car if he (have) better, I (go)

to the cinema with you. so flabby. mad at you. 3

by bike more often, you (be / not) to you if she (be)

Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 3 What a match your favourite team has lost again! So after the game, the supporters discuss what could have been different. Complete the Conditional Sentences Type III. 1. If the midfielders
had had w ould have passed

the ball more exactly, our team

w ould have scored

more chances to attack.

w ould have run

2. If the forwards goals.

faster, they if they

more a goal

3. Their motivation during the first half. 4. The fullbacks

had marked

had improved

had kicked

w ould have prevented

one or the other goal if they

had caught had aw arded

their opponents.
w ould have jumped w ould have seen

5. If the goalie

up, he

the ball. a penalty

6. If the referee kick to our team. 7. Our team

w ould have trained

the foul, he

had been

in better form if they harder the weeks before.

w ould have sent

8. The game better if the trainer substitute in during the second half. 9. If it
w ould have been had w on

had become

a the match. up in the

a home game, our team the match, they

had w on w ould have moved

10. If our team league.

Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 3 Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type III) by putting the verbs into the correct form. If you (study)
had studied

for the test, you (pass) me, I (help)

w ould have pa

it.

1. If you (ask) 2. If we (go) 3. If you (speak) 4. If they (listen) 5. I (write) 6. If I (not / break) 7. If it (not/ start) 8. We (swim) there. 9. If she (take)

you. my friend Jacob. . home earlier. your address. in the contest. to the museum. so many sharks on time. 4

to the cinema, we (see) English, she (understand) to me, we (be) you a postcard if I (have) my leg, I (take part) to rain, we (walk) in the sea if there (not / be) the bus, she (not / arrive)