Conditional Sentences / If-Clauses Type I, II und III Language Guide German + Dictionary for iPhone and iPod-Touch (made

by ego4u) Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only tak e place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are three ty pes of Conditional Sentences. Conditional Sentence Type 1 It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled. Form: if + Simple Present, will-Future Example: If I find her address, I ll send her an invitation. more on Conditional Sentences Type I ? Conditional Sentence Type 2 It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled. Form: if + Simple Past, Conditional I (= would + Infinitive) Example: If I found her address, I would send her an invitation. more on Conditional Sentences Type II ? Conditional Sentence Type 3 It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the p ast. Form: if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle) Example: If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation. Example: If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation. Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" b utton to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points i f you ask for hints! 1 - If you ______________hard, you _______________the exam. (STUDY / PASS) 2 - If Peter_________________ smoking, he________________ ill. (NOT STOP / GET) 3 - They ________________you if________________ you them. (HELP / ASK) 4 - If you __________________an apple every day, you _____________healthy. (EAT / BE) 5 - If you _____________in the fridge, you ______________some cold drinks. (LOOK / FIND) 6 - They _____________________TV tonight if they_______________ out. (WATCH / NO T GO) 7 - If you__________________ my advice, you ________________in big trouble. (NOT TAKE / BE) 8 - If you_________________ me some money, I _______________you back tomorrow. ( GIVE / PAY) 9 - If you ______________the train, you _______________to wait an hour for the n ext. (MISS / HAVE) 10 - If she ____________________no, I________________________furious. (SAY / BE)

Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Form a Conditional sentence - type II. Example: If I __ (to go) to the cinema, I ________ (to watch) an interesting fil m. Answer: If I went to the cinema, I would watch an interesting film. 1) If I ___________________(to come) home earlier, I__________________ (to prepa re) dinner. 2) If we____________________ (to live) in Rome, Francesco_____________________ ( to visit) us. 3) If Tim and Tom_______________ (to be) older, they________________ (to play) i n our hockey team. 4) If he_______________ (to be) my friend, I_____________________ (to invite) hi m to my birthday party. 5) If Susan ________________(to study) harder, she __________________(to be) bet ter at school. 6) If they______________ (to have) enough money, they_____________________ (to b uy) a new car. 7) If you__________________ (to do) a paper round, you__________________ (to ear n) a little extra money. 8) If Michael ____________________(to get) more pocket money, he _______________ _________(to ask) Doris out for dinner. 9) If we __________________(to hurry), we_____________________ (to catch) the bu s. 10) If it________________ (to rain), Nina_____________________(to take) an umbre lla with her. Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 3 Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type III) by putting the verbs into the corr ect form. Use conditional II with would in the main clause. 1. If you _______________(study) for the test, you_____________ (pass) it. 2. If you ______________(ask) me, I_________________ (help) you. 3. If we ________________________(go) to the cinema, we__________________ (se e) my friend Jacob. 4. If you______________ (speak) English, she ________________(understand) . 5. If they _________________(listen) to me, we _____________(be) home earlier . 6. I____________________ (write) you a postcard if I ___________________have) your address. 7. If I ________________(not / break) my leg, I____________________ (take par t) in the contest. 8. If it __________________(not/ start) to rain, we______________________ (wa lk) to the museum. 9. We ____________________(swim) in the sea if there ______________________(n ot / be) so many sharks there. 10. If she__________________ (take) the bus, she______________________Exercise on Conditional Sentences Type 3