First Conditional
I won't organise the party unless you arrange the food.
LONG
I'll organise the party ..... arrange the food.
as long as you
I think it would be a good idea to speak to the manager first.
WERE
If ..... speak to the manager first.
I were you I would
I were you I'd
He was sick because he ate too much.
been
He ... if he hadn't eaten so much.
wouldn't have been sick
I only told you because I thought you would be interested.
TOLD
I ..... you if I thought you weren't interested.
would not have told
You had better change your jacket as it might get cold in the evening.
CASE
You had better change your jacket just ... gets cold in the evening.
IN CASE IT
If you do the washing up I'll make the coffee.
PROVIDED
I'll make the coffee ..... the washing up.
provided you do
I advise you to stop eating junk food.
WOULD
If ... stop eating junk food.
I WERE YOU, I WOULD
I learnt to swim because you encouraged me.
never
I ......................................... to swim if you hadn't encouraged me.
would never have learnt
The reason I haven't got much money is because they didn't give me promotion.
POOR
If they had given me promotion I ..... now.
wouldn't be so poor
If Monika is in Cambridge in June, she must visit her grandmother.
HAPPENS
If Monika ... in Cambridge in June, she must visit her grandmother.
HAPPENS TO BE
She will come to the conference if she doesn't have to make a speech.
LONG
She will come to the conference ... she doesn't have to make a speech.
AS LONG AS
What would you do if you won the lottery?
TO
If you ... the lottery, what woud you do?
WERE TO WIN
Olivia did not concentrate so she made a lot of mistakes.
would
If Olivia ……...........................…………...........................… made fewer mistakes.
had concentrated she would have
He didn't win the race because he isn't a fast runner.
would
If he were a fast runner, he ............................ the race.
would have won
I regret studying politics at university.
studied
I ... politics at university.
wish I hadn't studied
I won't be able to get to work if George doesn't give me a lift.
UNLESS
... me a lift, I won't be able to get to work.
UNLESS GEORGE GIVES
You're tired because you keep staying up late.
WERE
If ..... to bed earlier, you wouldn't be so tired.
you were to go
I didn't know about your problem so I didn't offer to help.
have
If I'd known about your problem, ................................................. to help.
I would have offered
I don't know whether they bought a house yesterday. They might show it to us today.
If.................
If they they had bought a house yesterday, they would show it to us today.
It was a mistake not to apply for the job.
wish
I ……...........................…………...........................…… for the job.
wish I had/I’d applied
I'll call the police if the neighbours don't stop shouting.
stop
I'll call the police ................................... shouting.
unless the neighbours stop
She took a coat because she feared it might get cold.
CASE
She took a coat ... cold.
IN CASE IT GOT
Pepito failed the FCE exam because he hadn’t studied.
would
If Pepito had studied, ... the FCE exam.
he wouldn't have failed
He didn't pass his exams, so he can't find a job.
able
If he had passed his exams, he ... a job.
would be able to find
Buying those jeans was not a sensible thing for me to do yesterday.
only
If ……...........................…………...........................…… those jeans yesterday
only I had not/hadn’t bought