English 9 – Second Quarter

Conditionals – sentences that express a condition or possibility. Each consists of an if clause and a result
clause

Examples: 1. If I finish early, I will watch the film.

2. If I were a millionaire, I would buy a beautiful car.

3. She wouldn’t have had an accident, if she had driven carefully.

TYPES OF CONDITIONALS

*CONDITIONAL SENTENCE TYPE 1 – used to talk about real and possible situations

*FORM: IF + SIMPLE PRESENT, will + base verb

Examples: a. If I have time, I will go shopping on the way home.

b. If it is a nice day tomorrow, we will go to the beach.

c. I will tell her the real score, if she comes.

TASK A. Complete these if- clauses by supplying result – clauses:

Example: If you leave me now, I will stop working.

1. If you have a problem, ______________________.

2. If he comes to see me tomorrow, _________________.

3. If you wake up early enough, ______________________.

4. If it rains tonight, _____________________.

5. If Ben comes late today, ________________.

TASK B. Complete each of the following sentences by supplying an if – clause:

Example: I’ll buy you a bottle of perfume, if you accompany me to the shopping mall.

1. I’ll love you forever, if _____________________.

2. My parents will be happy, if ______________.

3. We will dine at Max’s if _________________.

4. I can get a perfect score in English, if ___________________.

5. Grandmother will be very pleased, if ____________________.

TASK C. Work in small groups. Answer these questions:

1. If you receive a love letter from an anonymous admirer, how will you react?

2. If the jeepney strike pushes through tomorrow, how will you come to school?
*CONDITIONALSENTENCE TYPE 2 – used to talk about “unreal” or impossible things.

FORM: IF + SIMPLE PAST, would + base verb

Example: If I saw her, I would tell her to see you.

TASK A. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

1. If I (be) a star, I would help the needy.

2. He (buy) a house, if he had a job.

3. She (be) happy, if she married him.

4. If I (win) a lot of money, I would buy a big house in the country.

5. If you (answer) the questions correctly, you would get a high grade.

TASK B: Work in pairs to complete the following statements.

1. If I saw my friend cheating, ___________________.

2. If I were the president of our country, _________________.

3. If I had a million pesos, ______________________.

4. If my grandmother were alive, ________________.

5. If I were left alone in an island after a shipwreck, _____________________.

*CONDITIONAL SENTENCE TYPE 3 – used to talk about unreal past condition or its probable result in the
past.

FORM: IF + HAD + PAST PART, would + have + past part.

TASK A. Combine each clause in Column A with a clause in Column B to form a correct sentence:

Column A Column B

1. If Allan had given the reading report on time a. if we had not missed the train

2. If the students had read the story b. I would have been working in
Milan

3. We would have arrived on time c. He would have gotten a

higher grade.

4. Sophia would have gone d. they would have understood

the film.

5. I had accepted that promotion e. if she had been in your

position

TASK B. Complete these sentences to express past conditionals.

1. If you had taken your medicine this morning, __________________.

2. If you had only listened to my advice, ___________________.

3. If my eldest brotherhad topped the exams, _______________________.

4. If I had given my teacher a birthday gift, _____________________.

5. If you had come earlier to school today, ______________________.