CONDITIONALS

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use
the first or second conditional.
If this didnt cost so much, I (buy) it.
Mum will be upset if we (not remember) her birthday.
What would you say if (tell) you I saw Beyonc singing in a
subway station?
If you (not be) so shy, you would make more friends.
We will eat outdoors unless it (rain).
I (not buy) it unless it were on sales.

2 Complete each sentence according to the meaning of the original sentence.

Use the third conditional.
People didnt buy the product so the company stopped producing it. if people
the product, the company producing it.
I missed the train so I arrived late for the meeting. I late for
the meeting if I the train.
Jack didnt get my message so he didnt call me. If Jack my
message, he me.
It rained, so we cancelled our plans. We our plans if it

3 Read the first sentence of each pair. Complete the second sentence with the
verbs in brackets. Use a suitable conditional.
o I dont speak Portuguese.
I .. (speak) Portuguese if I .. (live) in Brazil.
o You must share tea with the Balties.
Unless you ... (share) tea, you .. (not become) close.
o People are so different from each other!
Life .. (be) boring if people .. (be) all the same.
o Why didnt you listen?
If you .. (listen) carefully, you .. (not misunderstand)
me.
o Id love to learn Italian cooking.
If I .. (go) to Italy next year, I .. (do) a course there.
o Years ago, the children of Korphe studied outside.
They .. (study) in a classroom if the .. (have) a school.