Zero and 1st Conditionals
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
If it ... (NOT RAIN) for weeks, the grass in Princes St gardens ... (TURN) yellow.
If it DOESN'T RAIN for weeks, the grass in Princes St gardens TURN yellow.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
If I ... (TAKE) the bus every morning, I ... (NOT WALK) enough.
If I TOOK the bus every morning, I WOULDN'T WALK enough.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
If Walter Scott ... (NOT GET) sick as a child, he ... (MIGHT / NOT BECOME) a great writer.
If Walter Scott HADN'T GOT sick as a child, he MIGHT NOT HAVE BECOME a great writer.
(3rd conditional: he got sick as a child, and he became a great writer!)
Choose the correct verb form:
I wish I DIDN'T HAVE / HADN'T HAD to work today. It's such a nice day! I'd love to have a picnic lunch with my friends.
I wish I DIDN'T HAVE to work today. It's such a nice day! I'd love to have a picnic lunch with my friends.
- cleaning offices, homes, public spaces
- retail: stacking shelves, serving customers
- food service: working at fast food restaurants, clearing tables, pouring soft drinks, etc.Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
As long as your attendance ... (BE) over 85%, you ... (NOT GET) into trouble with your sponsor.
As long as your attendance IS over 90%, you WON'T GET into trouble with your sponsor.
(Note: please check with your own sponsor!)
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
If Robert Burns ... (NOT FALL) in love with Clarinda, he ... (NOT WRITE) such beautiful poems.
(Robert Burns: 1759-1796)
If Robert Burns HADN'T FALLEN in love with Clarinda, he WOULDN'T HAVE WRITTEN such beautiful poems.
(Check "Ae fond kiss", it's a gorgeous piece of poetry!)
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
If you really ... (WANT) to get fit, you ... (START) exercising a long time ago!
If you really WANTED to get fit, you WOULD HAVE STARTED exercising a long time ago!
(Mixed 2nd and 3rd: if you wanted to get fit NOW, you would have started exercising BEFORE NOW)
Choose the correct verb form:
I wish I DIDN'T HAVE / HADN'T HAD to work today. I could have joined my friends for a picnic lunch. Maybe next time!
I wish I HADN'T HAD to work today. I could have joined my friends for a picnic lunch. Maybe next time!
What's the difference between getting fired and being made redundant?
If you get fired, it's usually because you've done something wrong.
If you are made redundant, it's usually because your employer needs to cut costs.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
If you ... (PASS) your progress test, you usually ... (MOVE) to the next level class.
If you PASS a progress test, you usually MOVE to the next level class.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
If Tom ... (WIN) the Nobel Prize in Literature, he ... (BE) absolutely delighted!
If Tom WON the Nobel Prize in Literature, he WOULD BE absolutely delighted!
(We all believe in Tom!)
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
I ... (NOT TELL) you my secret if I ... (KNOW) you were such a gossip!
I WOULDN'T HAVE TOLD you my secret if I HAD KNOWN you were such a gossip!
(Standard 3rd conditional sentence! I told you my secret, I didn't know you were a gossip)
Complete the sentence with the correct verb form:
I wish there ... (NOT BE) so much noise coming from the building site next door. It's really annoying!
I wish there WASN'T / WEREN'T so much noise coming from the building site next door. It's really annoying!
If you hand in your notice at work, you...
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
If you ... (WANT) to make Maite happy, just ... (TALK) to her about bands like Suede or Radiohead.
If you WANT to make Maite happy, just TALK to her about bands like Suede or Radiohead.
(Muse or The Killers also do the trick!)
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
Imagine your boss ... (OFFER) you a promotion that you haven't applied for. ... (you TAKE) it?
Imagine your boss OFFERED you a promotion that you haven't applied for. WOULD YOU TAKE it?
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
If you ... (SELECT) a different tile, you ... (HAVE) to complete a different sentence.
If you HAD SELECTED a different tile, you WOULD HAVE to complete a different sentence.
(Mixed 3rd and 2nd: if you had selected a different tile BEFORE NOW, you WOULD HAVE to complete a different sentence NOW)
I wish my sister ... (CALL) me when she went shopping. We could have done it together.
I wish my sister HAD CALLED me when she went shopping. We could have done it together.
What do you call a criminal who sets things on fire?
Arsonist.
Put the words in order to make a conditional sentence.
spend time / French / If you / you / words and expressions. / around Sam, / a lot of / will learn
If you spend time around Sam, you will learn a lot of French words and expressions.
Put the words in order to make a conditional sentence.
Edinburgh in December, / in Princes St. Gardens. / If you / you would / had visited / the Winter Wonderland / have seen
If you had visited Edinburgh in December, you would have seen the Winter Wonderland in Princes St. Gardens.
Put the words in order to make a conditional sentence.
we would / If you / suffering in the heat! / the window, / all be / hadn't opened /
If you hadn't opened the window, we would all be suffering in the heat!
Choose the best option:
(a) I wish my brother stopped borrowing my things without telling me.
(b) I wish my brother would stop borrowing my things without telling me.
(b) I wish my brother would stop borrowing my things without telling me.
What do you call a criminal who commits fraud?
Fraudster.