IF CLAUSES

EXERCISES
A. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. What will you do, if you ___________________________ (win) the lottery?
2. If you ____________________ (refuse) my offer, I would be very surprised.
3. We can have lunch in the park, if it _______________________ (not/rain)
4. If you are hungry, we __________________________ (go) to a restaurant.
5. If I _________________________ (see) Paul, I would have told him to go home.
6. I ___________________________ (invite) you, for a drink if I didnt feel so tired.
7. He would pass the exam, if he ______________________ (study) more.
8. If he had been more careful, he _____________________ (avoid) the accident.
B. Rewrite as indicated below. The first one is already done as an example
1st Conditional
1. Don't keep making noise, or Ill call the headmaster.
I'll call the headmaster, if you keep making noise.
2. I dont talk to John because he doesnt apologize.
................................................................................................................., if he apologises.
3. He doesn't help you because you don't ask him.
He ............................................................................................................., if you ask him.
4. You don't get the best seats because you don't arrive early.
If you arrive early, you
5. He makes mistakes. He is not promoted.
If he doesnt make mistakes, he
6. Peter wants to go to the match. He goes alone.
If Peter wants to go to the match, he
2nd. Conditional
7. I don't buy a new video camera because I don't have enough money.
If I had enough money, I would buy a new video camera.
8. He doesn't invest much, that's why he is not a successful manager.
He would be a successful manager, if
9. You don't give up drinking. You don't feel well.
If you .. ................................................................................................................................. , you would feel much
better.
10. I don't do my homework because I don't know how to do it.
I would do my homework, if I
11. He only did that because you pushed him.
He wouldnt do that if you
12. The dog didn't bite the girl because the owner stopped it.
The dog ............................................................................................................................................ if the owner
didnt stop it.

13. You missed the lesson. The teacher reprehended you.

The teacher wouldnt reprehend you if you ....
3rd conditional
14. You didn't arrive early. You missed the train.
If you had arrived earlier, you wouldnt have missed the train.
15. I didn't hear the weather forecast. So, I didn't bring the umbrella.
If I had heard the weather forecast,...
16. You spent the night at the pub. You didn't study much.
If you hadnt spend all night at the pub, you ....
17.You didn't take your raincoat. That's why you got wet.
If you ................................................................................................................................................... , you wouldnt
have got wet.
18. She didn't give you a box of chocolates because she didn't know it was your birthday.
If she had known it was your birthday, she... .
19. You didn't spend he holidays with us, that's why you didn't enjoy yourself a lot.
If you ................................................................, you would have enjoyed yourself a lot.
C. Unless . Rewrite as indicated below. The first one is already done as an example.
1. If you dont read your messages, you wont receive e-mail greetings.
Unless you read your messages, you wont receive e-mail greetings.
2. If we didnt walk faster, we wouldnt get there in time.
Unless ...
3. If you didnt arrive early, you wouldnt get the best seats.
Unless...
4. If you dont try harder, youll never succeed.
Unless ...
5. If the weather doesnt get better, Ill stay at home.
Unless ...
6. You wont arrive on time if you dont hurry.
Unless...
7. This theatre will close if they dont get a subsidy.
Unless ...
8. If they hadnt lent me the money, I wouldnt have bought the house.
Unless ...
9. You dont come with me. I wont go to the party.
Unless ...
10. If I don't have to work late, I'll see you tomorrow.
I'll see you tomorrow, unless I __________________________
11. If she doesn't ask me, I will not tell Sue what you said.
Unless she ________________________________________
12. I wouldn't eat fish, if I weren't extremely hungry.
Unless I _________________________________________
13. We must hurry not to be late.
Unless we _______________________________________
14. I was told I had to work hard to pass the exam.

I was told unless I worked ___________________________

15. Children are only allowed to use the swimming pool if they are with an adult.
Unless .they _____________________________________________________
16. The doctor will not see you today, if it is not an emergency.
Unless it ________________________________________________________
17. I don't go to the party, if you don't come with me.
Unless you _____________________________________________________
18. He'll only answer if you ask him a question.
Unless you ______________________________________________________
19. I'll only help you if you ask me to.
Unless you _______________________________________________________
D. 1st; 2nd; 3rd Conditional - Re-write as indicated below. The first one is already done as an example.
1.

We rejected the offer because they didn't clarify their position.

If they had clarified their position, we wouldnt have rejected the offer.
2. I don't sell my car because they don't pay much money for it.
If they paid more money for my car ____________________________________
3. I'm sure you didn't leave your watch in my house, because I didn't find it.
If you had left your watch in my house, _______________________________
5. Be careful, or you'll get hurt.
You'll get hurt, if you ________________________________________________
6. She didn't give me the ring , because she didn't find it.
If she had found the ring, ______________________________________________
7. You don't feel better because you don't take much exercise.
If you took more exercise, ______________________________________________
8. She didn't apply for the job, because she didn't know about it.
If she had known about it, she ______________________________________
9. You must write the test carefully, not to repeat it all again.
If you write _________________________________________________________.
10. Hurry up or you'll miss the train.
You'll miss the train, if __________________________________________________
11. John doesn't drive carefully. He has had too many accidents.
If John drove _______________________________________________________ .
12. The weather isn't fine. We can't go to the beach.
If the weather was ___________________________________________________.
13. You didn't go to the party. I didn't dance with you.
If you had gone _____________________________________________________.
14. You don't spend your holiday in Spain. You don't learn how to dance the flamenco.
If you spent ________________________________________________________.
15. She didn't take my advice. She didn't feel happy .
She would have felt __________________________________________________.
16. You must run to catch the train.
If you don't run, ________________________________________________ .
17. They have to work harder, to succeed.
If they don't work harder, _____________________________________________.

E. Rewrite as follows (1st, 2nd, 3rd conditionals; unless). The first one is already done as an example.
1. Jane doesn't arrive on time. I don't talk to her.
But, if Jane arrived on time, I would talk to her.
2. We may see Henry, we give him your message.
If we see ...
3. You don't know how to swim, so you can't come with us.
If you knew ...
4. You can't find a good job, because you aren't qualified enough.
But, if you were qualified ...
Unless you ....
5. Francisco doesn't speak English. He doesn't find a job in England.
If Francisco spoke ...
Unless he speaks ....
6. You didn't apply for the job, that's why you didn't get it .
If you had applied...
7. She didn't find a good seat because she didn't come on time.
If she had come....

Good Work!!
Your teacher, Sara Santos