CONDITIONALS VARIATIONS. 1 Rewrite the sentences substituting for the words in italics a verb form as in above

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1 CONDITIONALS VARIATIONS 1 Rewrite the sentences substituting for the words in italics a verb form as in above If by any chance you die before retiring age, your widow will receive your pension for a period of 7 years after your death. If you should die before retiring your age, your widow will receive your pension for a period 7 years after your death. I ll cook the meal if you are prepared to do wash up. I ll cook the meal if you ll do the washing up 1. If by any chance your car needs any attention during the first time twelve months, take it to an authorized dealer. 2. If by any chance I am a little late coming home, don t wait up for me. 3. If the baby wakes up (though I doubt he will), give him some warm milk. 4. If by some unlucky chance the talks break down, there could be serious international crisis. 5. If by some remote chance he dares to show his face again, I ll shall give him a piece of my mind! 6. If he is willing to accept the nomination, a lot of electors will vote for him. 7. If you are prepared to take the trouble to read his letter carefully, you will see what he means. 8. If you are agreeable to wait a few more minutes, the doctor will see you without your making an appointment. 9. If my father is willing to give me permission, I shall spend a few months abroad. 10. What will you do if he refuses to give you permission? Type 1: alternative forms A Set your alarms clock, and you won t oversleep. B Set your alarm clock, or (else) you ll oversleep. In the sentences, the imperative construction is equivalent to an if clause. We can rewrite the sentences using if: A If you set your alarm clock, you won t oversleep. B If you don t set your alarm clock, you ll oversleep. 2 Rewrite the sentences beginning with the imperative form of the verbs in italics. 1. If you give him a little encouragement, he ll work really hard. 2. If you take a pill, you won t be seasick. 3. If you don t remember your wife s birthday, she ll be upset. 4. If you send her some roses, she ll forgive you. 5. If you don t put on some suntan oil, you ll get sunburnt 6. If you don t tell me the truth at once, I ll never trust you again. 7. If you just say you re sorry, we can forget the whole incident. 8. If you re not firm with the children, they ll misbehave. 9. If you lend me a fiver, I ll pay you back tomorrow. 10. If you don t practice speaking English regularly, you ll never become really fluent.

2 Review of type 1 conditions. 3 Complete the sentences following one of patterns for conditionals of type We ll just mange to catch the train if 2. If I see him again I.. 3. I will accept your explanation only if.. 4. If my bank manager will lend me the money, 5. What will happen? 6. If you don t hear from me by next Friday 7. If you work continues to improve, 8..only if you will promise not to tell anyone else. 9. Look up the answer in the key only if 10. What will he say if? 11. If the worst should come to the worst, 12. Give me time and Tentative suggestions and hypothetical conditions 4 Complete the sentences following one of patterns of type 2 conditionals. You should find that many of your sentences can be interpreted as tentative suggestions. 1. If you explained the situation to your solicitor, he 2. Perhaps he, if you spoke to him yourself. 3. If you changed your job, you 4. If you went to see a doctor, he. 5. If we bought a house in the country, we. 6. I m sure he would take the job on if. 7. If you took the shoes back to the shop, they. 8. If you read the book a second time, you. 9. If we all pooled our resources, we Situations 5 Answer the questions with conditional statements of type 2 1. What cities or places of interest would you visit if you went to America? 2. What would you do (or not to do) if you could live your life over again? 3. What would you say or do if someone called you a fool? 4. If the visitor came to your town, what places would you advise him to see? 5.what famous person would you like to meet if you had the chance? 6.which country would you choose if you decided to live abroad? 7. What changes would you make in your house, assuming you had lots of money? 8. What would you do if you saw a house on fire? 9. What would you do if you had something stolen? 10. Which books or gramophone records would you take with you if you went to live on desert island?

3 Unreal conditions(present time) 6 Write sentences based on the given facts. We don t have any wood, so we can t light a fire. If we had some wood, we could light a fire. 1. Since she doesn t love him, she won t marry him. 2. Our teacher explains things clearly, so we understand his lessons. 3. As I haven t a watch, I can t tell you the time. 4. Britain doesn t export enough, so she has a constant balance of payments problem. 5. Since I know the meaning of the word, I don t have to look it up. 6. This exercise is easy, so everyone will get the correct answers. 7. I know the answer so I can tell you. 8. We haven t any matches so we can t light the fire. Type 2: variations 7 Review of type 2 conditions: Complete the sentences following one of the patterns for conditionals of type What... If you were in my shoes? 2. If, I wouldn t think of changing my job. 3. If my father were to say such a thing to me,.. 4. How would you react if...? 5. If only you would read more carefully,. 6. If you were to say in England just few months longer,.. 7. Do you think i would be telling you this if..? 8. I wouldn t buy the picture even if. 9. T might only add to our difficulties if 10. Even if he knew the truth, what? 11. If only he would admit he was wrong, I d much rather you Type 3 8 Type 3 unreal conditions (past time reference): Write sentences like a above, based on the given facts, e.g. As you didn t explain your problem to me, I wasn t able to help you. If you had explained your problem to me, I would have been able to help you. 1. He didn t give me his number, so I couldn t telephone him. 2. As the sun was in the right direction, the photographs came out very well. 3. The shop didn t pack the goods properly, so they got damaged. 4. He didn t remember what had been said because he wasn t paying attention. 5. He wasn t able to answer all the questions, so he didn t pass the examination.

4 9 Write sentences like above, basing your conditional clause on the given fact, and adding a suitable main clause, e.g. She didn t take the medicine. If she had taken the medicine, she would have felt much better. 1. He passed his examination. 2. We didn t get there on time. 3. She didn t read the book. 4. We understood what he was saying. 5. The rocket didn t go into orbit. 10 Complete the sentences following the one of patterns for conditionals of type 3 1. I would have enjoyed the party much more if 2. It if the sea hadn t been so rough. 3. Would you have been able to come next Tuesday if..? 4. If you had taken my advice, 5. If I realized that you were really serious in what I said,.. 6. If it hadn t been for the fact that his father has influence,.. 7. If he were to have told me the truth in the first place,.. 8. Would you have lent him the money if? 9. What difference would it have made, even if..? 10. If the fire brigade had arrived but a quarter of an hour earlier I m sure she wouldn t have married him if 12. If., we would have left without them. Conditionals : general review 11 Rewrite the sentences making an inversion in the conditional clauses 1. If you should need to consult me again, you can contact me at this number. 2. The hospital can switch to an emergency generator if the nee should arise. 3. If you should be late once again, you ll lose your job. 4. If it were not for the fact that his father is on the board of directors, he never have got the job. 5. If such a merger were ever to be proposed, it would undoubtedly be referred to the monopolies commission. 6. If it were not for the expense involved, i would go there by car. 7. If it hadn t been for your laziness, you could have finished the work by now. 8. If he had taken a little more time to think, he might have acted more sensibly. 9. If the driver of the train hadn t reacted so quickly, the accident would have been much worse.

5 12 Complete the sentences following any correct sequence of tenses 1. If only you wouldn t now be such a difficult position 2. If, tell him I m out 3. I can t understand why, unless he thinks we are all fools. 4. If you are succeed in your career,.. 5. So long as.., swimming in this river is fairly safe. 6. If you were to explain the situation to him, I m sure 7. Is there any point in your coming with us if? 8. How, if you didn t know my address? 9. Should Mr Smith ring up while I m at lunch I can t possibly advise you properly unless 11. If, I shall blame you for it. 12. If you knew the answer, why..? 13. My neighbour said I could borrow his lawn-mover provided that 14. If anything has occurred to make you change your mind, 15. When, supposing we left immediately? 16. Had it been anyone but you that spoke to me in such way, 17. How I wish. 18. Make a note of the telephone number in case you. 19. If,you have only to say so. 20. If you really have been studying English for so long, it s about time you 13 Finish each of the sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the one printed before it. 1. It s my opinion that you should take more exercise. If I 2. Without his wife s constant support he would never have achieved his ambition. If he. 3. But for his presence of mind there might have been a serious accident. If it 4. Considering all the problems, it s a miracle we succeeded. If one. 5. Without proper lessons, you could pick up a lot of bad habits. If you. 6. It would be a waste of everyone s time to discuss the question any further. If we 7. Given favourable weather all the yachts should have reached the half-way stage by the weekend. Provided that 8. You won t get a loan without being able to offer some security. You. unless 9. Follow the instructions carefully and you won t have any problems. As long as 10. For us to have given up at that stage would have been an admission of total defeat. If we

6 KEY 1. 1 If your car should need 2 If I should be 3 If the baby should wake up, give 4 If the talks should break down 5 If he should dare to show 6 If he will take 8 If you will wait 9 If my father will give 10 if he won t give? 2. 1 Give him and he ll work; 2 take/and you won t be; 3 Remember of she ll be; 4 Send forgive; 5 Put on or you ll get; 6 Tell/or I ll never trust; 7 Just say and we can forget; 8 Be firm or they ll misbehave; 9 Lend and I ll pay; 10 Practise/or you ll never become. 3. * I we leave immediately. 2, I ll tell him what you said. 3 you will support it with evidence. 4, I shall buy a new car next month. 5 they can t reach an agreement? 6, you can assume I m not coming.7, you will be ready to the take the examination next term. 8 I will let you into the secret 9 it is really impossible for you to work it out yourself. 10 he ever discovers the truth? 11 we can give up the idea completely. 12 and I ll find a solution. 4. *I, he would be able to advise you much better than I can. 2 would take a different view, 3, you d probably earn a lot more a lot more money elsewhere. 4, he d soon tell you whether it was serious or not. 5, we d certainly need o buy ourselves a car. 6, we d show them round. 7 if we agreed to pay him a bit more. 8, they would change them for you. 9, you d begin o appreciate what the writer is trying to say. 10, we d have enough money o rent a comfortable flat If I went to America, I d visit 2 If I could live my life over again, I d 3 If someone called me a fool, I d 4 If a visitor came to my town, I d 5 If I had the chance, I d 6 If I decided to live abroad, I d 7 If I had he money, I d 8 If I saw a house on fire, I d 9 If I had something stolen, I d 10 If I went to live on a desert island, I d 6. 1 If she loved him, she would many him. 2 If our teacher didn t explain things clearly, we wouldn t understand his lessons. 3 If I had a watch, I could tell you the time. 4 If Britain exported enough, she wouldn t have a constant balance of payments problem. 5 If I didn t know the meaning of the word, I d have to look it up. 6 If his exercise were difficult (or weren t easy), not everyone would get he correct answers. 7 If I didn t know the answer, I couldn t ell you. 8 If we had some matches, we could light he fire. 7. I wish I could speak Why? Because if I could, 2 I wish I had a car. Why? Because if I did, 3 She wishes her parents approved Why? Because if they did, 4 I wish I were Why? Because if I were, 5 I wish you liked Why? Because if you did, 8. I wish you d hurry up. 2 It s time we were leaving. 3 I wish I knew his opinion. 4 I d rather you kept it a secret 5 I wish you weren t going 6 I d rather you didn t smoke 7 It s time he found 8 My parents would rather we lived 9 It s high time the weather improved. 10 I wish you d stop making

7 9. *1 What would you do about the problem? 2 If were earning a good salary, 3, I would tell him to mind his own business. 4 a stranger asked you how old you were? 5, you d understand what he writer is trying to say. 6, your English would probably show a noticeable improvement. 7 I didn t have to? 8... I could afford it. 9 we asked yet another person s opinion. 10, what could he do about it? 11, his friends might be more sympathetic. 12 said exactly what you think If he had given, I could have telephoned 2 If the sun hadn t been, he photographs wouldn t have come out 3 If he shop had packed., they wouldn t have got damaged. 4 I le would have remembered if he had been paying 5 If he had been able, he would have passed 11. *1 If he had passed, he would have gone to university. 2 If we had go there, we wouldn t have found the doors locked in our faces. 3 If she had read, she would have understood what I mesnt.4 If we hadn t understood, we would have asked him to explain again. 5 If the rocked had gone, it would have marked a step for ward in space research. 12. *1 He would have passed if he had taken a little more care. 2 We would have got there if we had left just fifteen minutes earlier. 3 She would have read if she had been able to get a copy. 4 We wouldn t have understood if he hadn t explained in laymen s terms. 5 The rocked would have gone if the third stage had fired successfully If hadn t failed, he wouldn t be talking 2 If you had remembered, we could open 3 If we hadn t missed, we wouldn t be waiting 4 If there hadn t been, we wouldn t be able 5 If you had taken..., you wouldn t be