CONDITIONALS

Autor: Enrique Hinojosa

- (type 0) Universal or General Truths (100%)

If you heat water, it boils.
Pres.
Pres.
Water boils if you heat it / Water boils when you heat it.
- (type I) Probable Conditions (50%)
If you help me, I will finish it soon.
Pres.
Future
I will finish it soon if you help me.
- (type II) Unlikely Conditions (10-15%)
If I didnt have to study, I would go to the concert.
Past
conditional
I would go to the concert if I didnt have to study.
- (type III) Impossible Conditions (0%)
If you had come to the party, you would have enjoyed.
Past perfect
perfect conditional
You would have enjoyed if you had come to the party.
OTRAS PARTCULAS QUE SE PUEDEN USAR EN FRASES CONDICIONALES
Unless (a no ser que)
(a menos que)

Unless it stops raining, I wont go anywhere.

I wont go anywhere unless it stops raining.

Provided that (siempre que)

You can stay here provided that you keep silent.
=As long as (a condicin de que)
Even if (incluso si)

Even if it is raining, we will play the game.

We will play the game even if it is raining.

In case (en caso de que / por si) I will take the umbrella in case it rains.
Or (o)

Hurry up or we will be late for the meeting.

When (cuando)

Oil floats when you pour it on water.

When you pour oil on water, it floats.

Otherwise
(de lo contrario)

Take some money for the bus, otherwise you will have to walk.
= If you dont take some money with you, you will have to walk

If only (si slo / ojal)

If only I had money to buy a new house.

= I wish I had money to buy a new house

EXERCISES
1.- Match these clauses forming conditional sentences:
a) If I were you
b) If there werent many people
c) If he were a little older
d) If it rained more often
e) If I knew his address
f) If he werent so shy

it would be an ideal place for a holiday

he might be more successful with girls
the grass would be a lot greener
Id go home immediately
we could send him to nursery school
Id give it to you

2.- Translate these sentences into Spanish:

-Si tuviera una aguja, lo cosera yo mismo (needle, sew, myself)
-Si estuvieras en el hospital, te visitara todos los das
-Si tuvieras ms cuidado, no romperas todo (be careful, break, everything)
-Si Ana fuera ms razonable, todo sera ms fcil (reasonable, easier)
-Puedes quedarte el perro siempre que cuides de l (keep, look after)
-Deben de ser amigos, de lo contrario no sabra su nombre (must, know)
-Si ella hubiera conocido su pasado, no se habra casado con l (know, marry him)
-Si hubiese visto la luz roja, me habra parado (see, red light, stop)
3.- Complete these conditional sentences:
-If you had been there,..
(see / it)
-If I had known him better,..
(not criticise / him)
-If you had asked me,..
(tell / you)
(rain / a lot)
, I wouldnt have gone to the party.
(have / time)
, we would have come with you.
(not win / lottery) , you wouldnt have bought it.

4.- Link these sentences using conditional particles:

- They didnt look under the bed; they didnt find the money
If they had looked under the bed, they would have found the money
- The ambulance didnt come; the man died
- You ate all the cake; you are sick now
- You werent listening to me; you dont know what I said
- You didnt work hard; you didnt pass the exam
- She was a good swimmer; she didnt drown
- I didnt know it was her birthday; I didnt give her a present

5.- What would have happened if ??

(Impossible conditions)

-I felt sick.
If I hadnt eaten so much, I wouldnt have felt sick.
-I crashed my car (tener un accidente)
-I was expelled from school (expulsado)
-I got completely lost (me perd)
-I broke my leg (pierna)
-I got badly sunburnt (el sol me quem)
-My house flooded (se inund)
-My phone bill was astronomical (factura del tlfno)
-My wallet was stolen (la cartera)
-I screamed (grit)

6.- What would you do if ?? (Unlikely conditions)

-you won a million dollars?

If I won a million dollars, I .
-you were shipwrecked on a desert island? (naufragado)
-you were trapped in a lift?

(atrapado en ascensor)

-you didnt have to go to school?

-you could do any job you wanted?
-you saw a big fire?

7.- Write conditional sentences based on the information given

-Giles will probably be late
If Giles is late, well go without him
-I hope Ill pass my driving test
Unless
-Have you finished the letter?
If you
-I think its going to rain
If
-Dont touch the iron!! (or)
-Well probably get hungry during the journey (in case)
-Im thinking of changing my job (when)
-He wants to stay but he doesnt stop talking !!! (provided that)
He can stay
-I want to go to Paris but I cant speak French (if only)

8.- Correct form of the verb

-I wish I ___________________ (not eat) so much last night!!
-If I ______________ (be) you, I ________________ (not go) to work tomorrow.
-What ________________ (happen) if they ____________ (win) the next election?
-If she _____________________ (tell) the truth ten years ago, she
_______________________ (not go) to prison.
-Supposing you _____________(see) a ghost, what ________________ (do you)?
-If you _____________ (wait) a moment, I _______________ (call) the manager.
-They _______________ (not hear) us unless we ______________ (shout) louder.
-He ______________ (buy) a map of the city in case he ____________ (get) lost.
-If we ________________ (have) wings, we _______________ (not need) planes.
-If I hadnt entered the house, the dog ______________________ (not bite) me.
-If I __________________ (wear) boots, I wouldnt have been bitten by a snake.
-If I had taken an umbrella, I ______________________ (not get) wet through.
-If they ____________________ (not tell) the joke, I wouldnt have laughed.
-If I ________________(not talk), I wouldnt have been walked out of the cinema
-If it hadnt been raining so heavily, I ____________________ (go) with you.

9.- Write unlikely conditions with these sentences (second conditional)

1.My boss plays golf
2.The pay isnt good
3.He gives me so much work
4.His writing is terrible
5.He doesnt listen to me
6.The offices are too far from here
7.There arent any cafes nearby
(1-f)
(2- )
(3- )
(4- )
(5- )
(6- )
(7- )

a.I cant afford a bigger flat

b.I cant read it
c.I have to repeat everything to him
d.I have to stay until late
e.I have to take sandwiches
f.Hes out of the office so much
g.I spend so much time on the bus

If my boss didnt play golf, he wouldnt be out of the office so much

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10.- Write impossible conditions out of this text (third conditional)

Last Saturday, Trevor, Alan & Susan went on a twenty-mile walk over the
Norland Hills. Trevor likes walking, and it was his idea. They walked from the east
of the hills to the west. But the day didnt go as planned:
It rained most of the morning, so it wasnt a very pleasant walk. The
weather is often wet in the Norland Hills, but they decided to go because the
forecast wasnt bad. Alan & Susan had their anoraks, but Trevor didnt have his
anorak and he got completely wet.
The three friends had other problems too: They forgot to bring a map, and
they got lost. They were late for lunch because they didnt take the right way. They
had planned to eat at the caf in Rydale, but they werent able to eat there because
it was closed for the day. They didnt have any food with them, so they were
hungry.
Besides, Susan had an accident; she fell and hurt her ankle, so they had to
go more slowly after that. They missed their bus home because they got to Raveley
so late. There wasnt any other transport. So they rang their friend Paul. Luckily,
Paul was at home and he was able to fetch them in his car.

1.- If it hadnt rained in the morning, it would have been a pleasant walk
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