TEST IF

1. Use the words to write sentences in the zero conditional.

0 when / it / rain / the garden / look green
When it rains, the garden looks green
1 when / the baby / cry / we / wake up
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2 if / you / cut yourself / it / hurt

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3 when / the sun / come up / it / get / warmer

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4 if / he / need / food / he / shop / at the market

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5 when / she / try / she / can / do / it

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6 if / Mike / argue / I / get / angry

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2 Match the two parts of sentences. They are in the first conditional.
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it snows tomorrow,
you burn the cakes,
he doesnt train harder,
she applies,
they dont come soon,
its OK with you,
I finish work tonight,

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a hell never get in the team.

b well leave without them.
c Ill have some free time tomorrow.
d well ski on the hill.
e Ill meet you at five.
f shell probably get the job.
g nobody will eat them.

3 Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets, using the second
conditional.
0 If he ..worked..... (work) harder, he ....would earn...(earn) more money.

1 If he .............................. (buy) some new clothes, he ........................................................................... (look)

better.
2 If they .............................. (train) harder, they ............................................................................ (win) more
games.
3 If the kids .............................. (not go) to sleep so late, it ............................................................................
(be)
easier to wake them up in the morning.
4 If we .............................. (leave) at 7 a.m., we ............................................................................ (arrive) on
time.
5 If our coach .............................. (not be) so tough, we .............................................................. (feel) less
nervous during the matches.
6 If he .............................. (drive) slowly, he ............................................................................ (be) less stressed.

4 Match the two parts of the sentences. They are in the third conditional.
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1 If he had driven more carefully,

faster.
2 If you hadnt eaten so much,

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a the flowers would have grown

b you would have understood.

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she had sung better,

we hadnt started so late,
it had rained more,
I had explained it better,
you had run,

c you wouldnt feel ill.

d he wouldnt have crashed.
e we would have been there by now.
f you would have caught the bus.
g she would have got into the choir.

5 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Hugh: So how are you, Mike?
Mike: Terrible.
Hugh: Well, I did tell you. If you .hadnt gone (not go) snowboarding you

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(not break) your hip!

Mike: It wasnt the snowboarding, Hugh. If I (2) ................................................................. (not ski) off
piste
then the avalanche (3) ................................................................... (not start).
Hugh: Anyway, now if you (4) ................................................... (do) what the doctors tell you,
you (5) ................................................... (be) out of hospital in three weeks.
Mike: But if I (6) ................................................... (have) to stay in hospital that long I (7)
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(go) mad!
Hugh: Yes, I understand. If I (8) ................................................... (be) to stay here for three weeks, I
(9) ................................................... (go) crazy, too!
Mike: You wait, as soon as I (10) ................................................... (get) out, I (11) ...................................................
(be)
straight back on my snowboard!
Hugh: You (12) ................................................... (dare), would you?

6 Offer advice for the following situations. Use If I were and the
suggestions in brackets.
0 Paul feels sick and has a temperature. (you / bed)
If I were you, Id go to bed.

1 Mark wants to start hang-gliding. (you / find an instructor)

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2 Jane doesnt like her job. (her / look at newspaper adverts)

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3 Pat wants to go on safari but cant find anyone to go with. (you / search the web)

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4 Bill and Zoe dont like city life. (them / move to the country)
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5 Jack wants to try rafting. (him / go rafting on the Tara River in Serbia)

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6 Alison is worried about the future of the planet. (you / join Greenpeace)
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7 Use the words to write sentences which express wishes or regret.

0 I / wish / could / try / parachuting ..I wish I could try parachuting.
1 He / wish / could / play / violin

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2 She / wish / had / not eat / so much

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3 I / wish / you / help / me

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4 If only / I / could / fl y / plane

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5 If only / she / not / bite / nails

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6 We / wish / had / not waste / so much / time

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