Third Conditional I
Complete the sentence using the Third Conditional.
My cat didn´t look sick, so I didn´t take him to the vet. I would have...
I would have taken my cat to the vet if he had looked sick.
Complete the sentence with the correct verb in brackets. Use the first conditional.
If the farmer . . . that fruit too early, it . . . sweet. (pick, not taste)
If the farmer PICKS that fruit too early, it WON´T TASTE sweet.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Third Conditional.
I . . . (watch) the documentary if I . . . (not fall) asleep.
I WOULD HAVE WATCHED the documentary if I HADN´T FALLEN asleep.
Read the first sentence in each pair. Then come up with the continuation using the words given. Use conditionals or time clauses.
You should give your dog some water.
dogs / get / thirsty / if / it / be / hot
Dogs get thirsty if it is hot.
Write a question with the words below. Use the Zero Conditional.
What / happen / to snow / if / the weather / get warm
What happens to snow if the weather gets warm?
Complete the sentence using the Third Conditional.
Humans polluted the ocean, so the fish ate plastic. If humans...
If humans hadn’t polluted the ocean, the fish wouldn’t have eaten plastic.
Complete the sentence with the correct verb in brackets. Use the first conditional.
You . . . the sunrise unless you . . . at dawn. (get up, not see)
You WON´T SEE the sunrise unless you GET UP at dawn.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Third Conditional.
The mother bear . . . (attack) us if we . . . (go) near her young.
The mother bear WOULD HAVE ATTACKED us if we HAD GONE near her young.
Read the first sentence in each pair. Then come up with the continuation using the words given. Use conditionals or time clauses.
The children are very bored.
I / take / them / to the park / if / it / not be / freezing cold
I will take them to the park if it isn’t freezing cold.
Write a question with the words below. Use the First Conditional.
If / we / cut down / too many trees, / how / the atmosphere / change
If we cut down too many trees, how will the atmosphere change?
Complete the sentence using the Third Conditional.
Janet didn´t go home after school, so she didn´t walk the dog. Janet would...
Janet would have walked the dog if she had gone home after school.
Complete the sentence with the correct verb in brackets. Use the first conditional.
My grandfather . . . soon if he . . . in the shade. (not rest, get tired)
My grandfather WILL GET TIRED soon if he DOESN´T REST.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Third Conditional.
1. If you . . . (come) kayaking with us, you . . . (see) lots of dolphins.
2. The panther . . . (have) a good meal if it . . . (catch) the rabbit.
1. If you HAD COME kayaking with us, you WOULD HAVE SEEN lots of dolphins.
2. The panther WOULD HAVE HAD a good meal if it HAD CAUGHT the rabbit.
Read the first sentence in each pair. Then come up with the continuation using the words given. Use conditionals or time clauses.
School was cancelled because of the snow.
we / have / a test / if / it / not snow
We would have had a test if it hadn’t snowed.
Write a question with the words below. Use the Zero Conditional.
What / a river / become / if / it / flow / over a cliff
What does a river become if it flows over a cliff?
Complete the sentence using the Third Conditional.
The birds flew away because you made a loud noise. If you...
If you hadn’t made a loud noise, the birds wouldn’t have flown away.
Complete the sentence with the correct verb in brackets. Use the first conditional.
You . . . the peak of the mountain if you. . . for about three hours. (reach, climb)
You WILL REACH the peak of the mountain if you CLIMB for about three hours.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Third Conditional.
1. If people . . . (not hunt) the Pyrenean ibex, it . . . (not become) extinct.
2. The bird . . . (give) a warning call if it . . . (hear) the cat.
1. If people HADN´T HUNTED the Pyrenean ibex, it WOULDN´T HAVE BECOME extinct.
2. The bird WOULD HAVE GIVEN a warning call if it HAD HEARD the cat.
Read the first sentence in each pair. Then come up with the continuation using the words given. Use conditionals or time clauses.
It´s chilly, so we might eat inside.
we / not eat / outside / unless / it / warm up
We won’t eat outside unless it warms up.
Write a question with the words below. Use the First Conditional.
How / coral reefs / react / we / not stop / polluting the oceans
How will coral reefs react if we don’t stop polluting the oceans?
Complete the sentence using the Third Conditional.
1. I didn´t train my dog, so its behaviour didn´t improve. My dog´s behaviour...
2. The panda didn´t find a mate, so it didn´t have cubs. If the panda...
1. My dog´s behaviour would have improved if I had trained it.
2. If the panda had found a mate, it would have had cubs.
Complete the sentence with the correct verb in brackets. Use the first conditional.
We . . . unless the lake . . . . (freeze, not go skating)
5. won’t go skating, freezes
We WON´T GO skating unless the lake FREEZES.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Third Conditional.
1. If Grandpa . . . (not love) animals, he . . . (not become) a vet.
2. If the frog . . . (not kick) the wasp, it . . . (steal) his eggs.
1. If Grandpa HADN´T LOVED animals, he WOULDN´T HAVE BECOME a vet.
2. If the frog HADN´T KICKED the wasp, it WOULD HAVE STOLEN his eggs.
Read the first sentence in each pair. Then come up with the continuation using the words given. Use conditionals or time clauses.
1. Soon it will be light outside in the evenings.
when / summer / come, / the sun / set / later
2. What luck that it stopped raining!
if / it / not clear up, / we / not go / to the beach
1. When summer comes, the sun sets / will set later.
2. If it hadn’t cleared up, we wouldn’t have gone to the beach.
Write a question with the words below. Use time clauses.
1. After / a bee / drink / nectar, what / it / make
2. What / wind / create / when / it / move / across the ocean
1. After a bee drinks nectar, what does it make?
2. What does wind create when it moves across the ocean?