CONDITIONALS

Supply the correct forms of the missing verbs, but use these modals in the main clause:
can, could, may, might, should, ought to, or must. Alternatives are possible.
1 If you ............. (be) still ill tomorrow, you .*.&.. stay at home.
2 If you ..................... (finish) work early, you .....................come for a drink with us.
3 If she ..................... (have) too much to do, she ..................... ask someone to help her.
4 If he ..................... (not be coming) tonight, he ..................... come next week.
5 If he ..................... (have only just arrive), he ..................... not have heard the news.
6 If they ..................... (have belwaiting) longer than an hour, they ..................... be getting impatient.
7 If we ..................... (can't/go) next week, we .....................manage to go the week after

1 If I ....................... (be) you, I . (check) my facts before I wrote that letter.

2 If you ........................................(be) so hungry, you ........................................ (not miss) breakfast.
3 If he ........................ (not catch) the 5.30train, he ...................... (not arrive) for another two hours.
4 He ................................... (feel) very tired today if he ................................... (play) rugby yesterday.
5 If the snake bite .................................. (be) poisonous, you ..................................(feel) very ill now.
6 If I .................................... (be) in your position, I .................................... (answer) his letter by now.

Supply if not or unless in these sentences. Note where you could use either.
1 (youltell) ..me the whole story, I won't be able to help you.
2 He would be happier and healthier (helhave) ......................................................... so many worries.
3 We couldn't have caught the plane - (welbreak) ..................... the speed limit getting to the airport.
4 (management and unions/become) ..................... more flexible, there'll be a lot more strikes.
5 1'11be there by 7 o'clock (Ilget held up) ........................................................................... in the traffic.
6 (welhave) ................................................................................ more rain soon, the plants will all die.
7 (youlnot warn) .................................................... me, I would have fallen into the same trap as you.

If ou gave me $10,000, I still not o down a coal mine. (even if)

....................................................................... I (lend) you my book if you let me have it back by Monday. (on
(the) condition (that))
If you look after it, I (let) you keep my bicycle till the weekend. (providing (that))
If you (not tell) anyone else, I'll tell you what happened. (so long as)
If it (be) a holiday on Monday, we can drive to the seaside. (assuming (that))
...........................................................................................................................................................
The children were never scolded if they (do) what they were told. (so long as)

Put in the right conditionals.

THE SECRET OF A LONG LIFE
Grygori Pilikian recently celebrated his 114th birthday and reporters visited him in his mountain village
in Georgia to find out the secret of a long life. 'The secret of a long life,' Grygori said, 'is happiness. If
you (be) ................ happy, you will live a long time.' 'Are you married?' a reporter asked. 'Yes,'
Grygori replied. 'Imarried my third wife when I was 102. If you are happily married, you (live)
'........................for ever. But for my third wife, I (die) ........................ years ago.' 'What about smoking
and drinking?' a reporter asked. 'Yes, they are important,' Grygori said. 'Don't smoke at all and you
(feel) ........................well. Drink two glasses of wine a day and you (be) ........................healthy and
happy.' 'If you (can/live) ........................ your life again, what (you/do)'........................ ?' a reporter
asked. 'I would do what I have done. If I had had more sense, I (eat) ........................ more yoghourt!'
he chuckled. 'Supposing you (can/change) ........................one thing in your life what (you/change)
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........................?' another reporter asked. 'Not much,' Grygori replied. 'So you don't have any
regrets?' 'Yes, I have one regret,' Grygori replied. 'If I (know) It........................ I was going to live so
long, I (look after) "........................myself better!