CONDITIONAL 1, 2, 3

NOTES &
EXERCISES Part 2
 There are 3 types of conditional:
Type 1: Probable
Pattern:
IF/Unless + Simple Present + Simple Future
Type 2: Not possible /contradiction of the present situation
Pattern: If + S + Verb 2 (S. Past) ... +
S + Would + Verb 1 (Past Future)
Or If + S + WERE + Noun/Adj.+ S + Would +
V1..

Type 3 : Impossible / contradiction to the past

Pattern:If + S + Had + Verb 3 (Past Perfect) + S +
Would Have + Verb 3 (Past Future Perf)
 Without If
I. SHOULD + S + Verb 1..., S + Will + V1...
If you study hard, you will pass the test
Should you study hard, you will pass the test.
II. WERE + S + Adj./Noun/ TO-Verb 1 , S + Would +
V1
If I were you, I would try my best.
Were I you, I would try my best.
III. HAD + S + Verb 3 , S + Would Have + V 3.
If he had studied hard, he would have passed
Had he studied hard, he would have passed
 Rewrite the sentences using without if
conditional
1.Your boss sounds like a real tyrant. If I were
you, I would look for another job.
Were I you, I would look for another job.
2...If you had used a computer, you could have
finished the work in half the time.
Had you used a computer, you could have...
3...If you need to reach me, I’ll be in the
confrence room.
Should you need to reach me, I’ll be in the
confrence room.
1.If the weather is good, we will leave the town
tomorrow.
Should the weather be good, we will leave
the town tomorrow.
2.If he doesn’t invite me, I won’t come.
Should he not invite me, I won’t come.
3.If she invited us, we would come.
Were she to invite us, we would come.
4.He would go if it didn’t rain.
Were it not to rain, He would go.
5.If you hadn’t visited me, I would have felt sad.
Had you not visited me, I would have felt sad.
 Rewrite the sentences using UNLESS
1.If the workers weren’t so slow, they could finish it in
time.
Unless the workers were so slow, they could finish
it in time.

2.If the front door had not been locked, I would not
have rung the bell.
Unless the front door had been locked, I would not
have rung the bell.

3.If you didn’t have a permit, you couldn’t get a job.

Unless you had a permit, you couldn’t get a job.
 QUIZ : Rewrite using IF, Without If & Unless
1.This school has many rules to obey. If you (not
obey)... the rules, you (be)..punished.
If you don’t obey the rules, you will be punished.
Should you not obey, you will be punished.
Unless you obey the rules, you will be punished.

2.The garden looks clean because he keeps it well.

If he didn’t keep the garden well, it would not look
clean.
Were he not to keep the garden well, it would not
look clean.
Unless he kept the garden well, it would not look
clean.
3.I wore a thick coat, so I didn’t feel cold.
If I hadn’t worn a thick coat, I would have felt
cold.
Had I not worn a thick coat, I would have felt
cold.
Unless I had worn a thick coat, I would have
felt cold.
POP QUIZ:
Name an animal which has good memory as
domestic dog or pigeon
Find the sentence that can be changed into
conditional form
It was Sunday. I never get up early on
Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time.
Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the
window. It was dark outside. ‘What a day!’ I
thought. ‘It’s raining again!’ Just then, the
telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. ‘I’ve just
arrived by train,’ she said. ‘I’m coming to see you.’
‘But I’m still having my breakfast’ I said. ‘What are
you doing?’ she asked. ‘I’m having breakfast,’ I
repeated ‘Dear me,’ she said. ‘Do you always get
up so late? It’s one o’clock!’
1.If it is Sunday, the writer (I) will never
get up early.

2.If it had not rained, he would not have

stayed in bed (he would not got up very
late).

3.If he had not said that he was having

breakfast, his aunt Lucy wouldn’t have
known that he always gets up so late.
 'VIII. Rewrite the sentences using the fact, conditional if,
without if, unless, otherwise or, but
1.We don't have any matches so we can't light a fire.
If we had some matches, we could light a fire.
Were we to have some matches, we could light a fire.
We don't have any matches otherwise we could light a
fire.
we could light a fire but We don't have any matches
2. It's a pity we don't have any steak to cook over our
camp fire.
If we had any steak, we could (would) cook over our
camp fire.
Were we to have any steak, we could cook over our
camp fire.
3. 'We got a lift, so we reached the station in time.
If we hadn’t got a lift, we would not have reached the station in
time.
Had we not got a lift, we would not have reached the station in
Unless we had got a lift, we would not have reached the station
4. You washed it in boiling water that’s why it shrank.
If you hadn’t washed it in boiling water, it would not have
shrunk.
Had you not washed it in boiling water, it would not have
shrunk.
Unless you had washed it in boiling water, it would not have
shrunk.
5, We missed the train because we were using an out of date
timetable.
If we hadn’t used / hadn’t been using an out of date timetable,
we wouldn’t have missed the train.
Had we not used an out of date timetable, we wouldn’t have
missed.....
Unless we had used an out of date timetable, we wouldn’t have
missed....
 POP QUIZ!
Was born on August 29, 1958 as the eighth of ten children in
Gary, Indiana, an industrial suburb of Chicago, to an African
American working-class family,
He had been influenced by the work of contemporary
musicians such as Little Richard, James Brown, Jackie
Wilson, Diana Ross, David Ruffin, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire,
Sammy Davis, Jr., The Islet' Brothers, and the Bee Gees.
He was also an admirer of performers from the
English music hall tradition, such as Benny Hill and Charlie
Chaplin.
His unique contributions to music, dance, and fashion along
with a highly publicized personal life, made him a prominent
figure in popular culture for over four decades.
On June 25, 2009, he collapsed at his rented mansion at
100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills district of Los
Angeles.
Michael Joseph Jackson a.k.a M.J.
6. Had it not rained all the time, he would have enjoyed his visit.
If it hadn’t rained all the time, he would have enjoyed his visit.
Unless it had rained all the time, he would have....
Fact: He didn’t enjoy his visit because it rained all the time.
7. Were my house not guarded by two Alsatian dogs, it would
be broken into every night.
If my house were not guarded by 2 Alsatian dogs, it would be
broken into every night.
Unless my house were guarded by 2 Alsatian dogs, it would
be broken into every night.
Fact: My house is guarded by 2 Alsatian dogs, so it isn’t
broken into every night.
8. I would have visited you, but I didn't know that you were at
home.
If I had known that you were at home, I would have visited
you.
Had I known that you were at home, I would have visited you.
I didn’t visit you, so I didn't know that you were at home.
9. I couldn't have finished the work without your help.
If you hadn’t helped (me), I couldn’t have finished the work.
Had you not helped me, I couldn’t have finished the work.
Unless you had helped me, I couldn’t have finished the
work.

10. Cathy turned down the volume on the tape player,

Otherwise, the neighbors probably would have called to
complain about the noise.
If Cathy hadn’t turned down the volume on the tape player,
the neighbours probably would have called to complain
about the noise.
Had Cathy not turned down the volume......, the neighbours
probably would have..
Unless Cathy had turned down...., the neighbours probably
would not have called
 Mixed Types
Change the verbs in brackets.
1.I've hung out the clothes. It's lovely and sunny; if it
(stay)........... like this they (be).......... dry in two
hours.
if it stays like this they will be dry in two hours.

2 French is essential in this job. All the telephonists

speak it. If they (not know).......... French they (not
understand)............................the callers.
If they did not know French they would not
understand the callers.
 don’t you sell
3. If you are not going to live in the house why you (not sell)......................
it?
If I (have)..........
had a house I couldn't use I (sell).................
would sell it at once.
weren’t in class?
4.'' A: What would you be doing right now' if you (be, not)............
would sleep / would be sleeping
B: I (sleep)...............
S. A: Why is Peggy Adams in class today?
B: I don't know, but I’m sure she (be not)....................absent
won’t be unless she
has
(have).......... a good reason.
spend too long on the
6. Be, careful about the time. If you (spend)...............
won’t have enough time to do the others
first'questions you (not have)...............
properly,
7. Why do people always wear dark clothes at night? If pedestrians
wore
(wear)................ would see them
light colored clothes drivers (see).................
much more easily.‘

8. No, I didn't know any Russian at that time:

didn’t know Russian why you (offer).......................to
But if you (not know).................... did you offer
give him Russian lessons?
9. If the pain (return)...........
returns you'd better take another pill.

had a balcony I
10. The only thing I haven't got is, a balcony. If I (have).......
(grow).................
would growplants in pots. Then my flat (be)..............
would be perfect.
11. How did you do in the car rally?
We came in last actually; but only because we got lost. if we (not got
)..................lost
hadn’t got we (come).......................
would haveingot somewhere in the
middle. We certainly (not be)..........................
would not have lastbeen
I wasn't really surprised that we got lost, because I knew that.the
navigator couldn't map-read.
But if you (know)...................
knew that’s why you (take)....................
did you take him
as navigator.
12.Helen is sick because she didn't follow the doctor‘s orders. But if
she (follow) ................... she (not be)............... sick now
had followed wouldn’t have been sick
13.Tell him to bring his bicycle inside. If he (leave).............. it
leaves
outside someone (steal).....................
will steal it.
14. If you are catching an early train tomorrow you
(like)............................
would you liketo have breakfast at 7?
15. We'll have to break the ice on the pond; otherwise the ducks
(not be able)................... to swim. And if they (not be
won’tto
able) ................. beswimablethey (not be able)..................... to get
can’t swim
food: can’t get