40327 first second and third conditionals

NAME _______________________________

CONDITIONALS

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DATE _______________________________

1st CONDITIONAL
If + present simple,
WILL + infinitive

We use the 1st Conditional for real future possibilities.

If I study, I will pass the exam.

2nd CONDITIONAL
If + past simple,
WOULD + infinitive
EXERCISES
We use the 2nd Conditional for future situations that are hypothetical.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
Transform the sentences. Use the first, second
third conditional.
If I studied,
I would pass theorexam.
verbs in brackets. Use the 1st, 2nd or 3rd conditional
.
1. If we were famous, we ............................. (earn) a lot of money.
2. Jane ................................ (not tell) me, if I hadn´t asked her.

I didn´t go to the café so I didn’t see Roger.
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3rd CONDITIONAL
You never check

3. If I can, I.................................. (help).

4. I wouldn´t have known, if you................................ .(not phone)
If +me.
past

your writing so you make a lot of mistakes.
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perfect,

WOULD + have + past participle

5. Peter and Amy would get married, if they........................(can).

We
3rd Conditional
unreal
past
situations.
6. use
We the
.......................

(have) afor
holiday
next
year,
if we work hard
this year.

If I had studied, I would have passed the exam.

7. What........................you ................ (do) if you saw a ghost?
8. If we............................... (not can) get there tonight, we will have
have to stay in a hotel.

He didn´t know she was allergic to fish so he took her to a
seafood
restaurant.
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Let´s
run
or
we´ll
miss
the
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bus.

9. If your documents............................(be) in order you will leave at
once.

I have to look after my cousin. Otherwise, I won´t go out with my
friends
next
Saturday.
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10. If he.............................. (help) us with the job, it will take us an
hour.

Eat
healthy
food
or
you´ll
get
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11. If your phone............................ (not work), you will use mine.
12. ...................Mary.................. (arrive) in time if she gets the ten o
´clock train?
13. If he had tried to leave the country, he ..................................
(stop) at the frontier.
14. If you play the drums at night, the neighbours..........................
(complain).
15. If you want to get a job, you.................................(need) a work
permit.
16. If I were in his shoes, I...........................(buy) the car.

ill.

He didn´t buy the bike because he didn’t have enough money.
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I passed the exam only because Tom had helped
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me.

I would wear my new shoes, but they aren’t comfortable.
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Sue didn’t miss the train because I woke her up in time.
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