CONDITIONALS

S 1st CONDITIONAL

If + present simple,
WILL + infinitive

We use the 1st Conditional for real future possibilities.

If I study, I will pass the exam.

2nd CONDITIONAL

If + past simple,
EXERCISES
WOULD + infinitive

We use the 2nd Conditional for future situations that are hypothetical.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Transform the sentences. Use the first, second
If I studied, I would pass theorexam.
verbs in brackets. Use the 1st, 2nd or 3rd conditional . third conditional.

1. If we were famous, we would earn (earn) a lot of money. 1. I didn´t go to the café so I didn’t see Roger.
If I had gone to the café, I would have seen Rogers.
2. Jane wouldn´t have told (not tell) me, if I hadn´t asked her.
2.
You never check your writing so you make a lot of
3. If I can, I will help (help). 3 CONDITIONALmistakes.
rd

If you checked your writing, you wouldn´t make a

4. I wouldn´t have known, if you hadn´t phone (not phone) me.
If + past perfect, mistakes.
WOULD
5. Peter and Amy would get married, if they could (can). + have + past 3.
participle
He didn´t know she was allergic to fish so he took her
to a seafood restaurant.
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situations. If he had known she´s allergic to fish, he wouldn´t have
year. taken her to a seafood restaurant.
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you saw the exam.
a ghost? 4. Let´s run or we´ll miss the bus.
If we don´t run, we will miss the bus.
8. If we can´t (not can) get there tonight, we will have to stay in
a hotel. 5. I have to look after my cousin. Otherwise, I won´t go
out with my friends next Saturday If
9. If your documents are (be) in order you will leave at once. I don´t look after my cousin, I won´t go out with my
friends next Saturday.
10. If he helps (help) us with the job, it will take us an hour.
6. Eat healthy food or you´ll get ill.
11. If your phone doesn´t work (not work), you will use mine.
If you don´t eat healthy, you will get ill

12. Will Mary arrive (arrive) in time if she gets the ten o´clock
7. He didn´t buy the bike because he didn’t have enough
train?
money.
If he had enough money, he would have bought the bike.
13. If he had tried to leave the country, he would have stopped
(stop) at the frontier.
8. I passed the exam only because Tom had helped me.
If tom hadn´t helped me, I wouldn´t have passed the
14. If you play the drums at night, the neighbours will complain
exam.
(complain).

9. I would wear my new shoes, but they aren’t comfortable.

15. If you want to get a job, you will need (need) a work permit.
If my shoes were comfortable, I would wear them.
16. If I were in his shoes, I would buy (buy) the car.
10. Sue didn’t miss the train because I woke her up in time.
If I hadn´t woken Sue up in time, she would have missed
the train.