Conditional Review

Inverted Conditionals

100

Make this sentence inverted: If I had known he was lazy, I wouldn't have chosen him to be my project partner.

Had I known he was lazy....

200

Make this sentence inverted: In case Timmy moved to another city, he would move to Toronto.

Were Timmy to move to another city....

300

Make this sentence inverted: If something happens while we're on vacation, call my landlord

Should something happen while we're on vacation....

400

Make this sentence inverted: If I had not moved to the US, my English wouldn't have improved so much.

Had I not moved to the US...

500

Make this sentence inverted: If you were my friend, you wouldn't act like this.

Were you my friend, you wouldn't act like this.

If only / I wish

100

Make a sentence using I wish / If only

Clare has caught a bad cold. Yesterday she went out in the rain without an umbrella. (regret)

I wish / If only she she hadn't gone out in the rain without an umbrella.

200

Make a sentence using I wish / If only

I find it so difficult to make friends. (regret)

I wish I didn't find it so difficult to make friends

300

Make a sentence using I wish / If only

I'd like the baby to stop crying because I'm trying to sleep (complaint)

 If only the baby would stop crying

400

Make a sentence using I wish / If only

Lewis hurt his leg in a car crash. Yesterday he didn't drive carefully. (regret)

 I wish he'd driven more carefully

500

Make a sentence using I wish / If only

I don't like it when Jack leaves the door open.(complaint)

I wish Jack wouldn't leave the door open.

Mixed Conditionals

100

I ate a lot of pizza last night, so I feel terrible today.

If I hadn't eaten a lot of pizza last night, I wouldn't feel terrible today.

200

It's cold today, so I put on a jacket before I left.

If it weren't cold today, I wouldn't have put on a jacket before I left.

300

Yesterday was a bank holiday, so this week is short.

If yesterday hadn't been a bank holiday, this week wouldn't be short.

400

Sally cut her hair really short yesterday, so she is wearing a hat to hide her hair today.

If Sally hadn't cut her hair really short yesterday, she wouldn't be wearing a hat to hide her hair.

500

Samy's moves are a bit outdated, so she hired a new choreographer to improve her dancing.

If Samy's moves weren't a bit outdated, she wouldn't have hired a new choreographer to improve her dancing.

Miscellaneous

100

Rewrite using IF ONLY

I shouldn't have told him about the problem yesterday.

I wish I hadn't told him about the problem yesterday.

200

Rewrite using an inverted conditional

Without your help, I wouldn’t have found the house.

Had you not helped me,  I wouldn't have found the house.

300

Rewrite as a mixed conditional

I don't have much money so I didn’t buy a new suit.

If I had a lot of money, I'd have bought a new suit.

400

Rewrite using WISH

I don't like that people feed the animals in the zoo.

If only people wouldn't feed animals in the zoo.

500

Rewrite using an Inverted Mixed Conditional.

Art books are expensive so I couldn't afford them while I was studying.

Were Art books not expensive, I could have afforded them while I was studying.