CONDITIONALS

IF...
TYPE 1
Probability

IF + subject + PRESENT SIMPLE..., subject +

WILL/WONT + inf.

IMPERATIVE

MODAL

If he wakes up early, we will go for a walk

If you want to contact Tina, send her a message
You cant go out if you dont finish your homework

JSP 2
Unless
Unless = if not (si no, a menys que, a no ser
que...)

Unless you make a backup copy of your work,

you will lose all the information.
=
If you dont make a backup copy of your work,
you will lose all the information.

JSP 3
TYPE 2
Improbability
IF + subject + PAST SIMPLE..., subject +
WOULD/WOULDNT + inf.
COULD
MIGHT

If he woke up early, we would go for a walk

If that camera werent so expensive, I could/might buy
it
(To give advice) If I were you, I wouldnt download
this file

JSP 4
TYPE 3
Impossibility
IF + subject + PAST PERFECT..., subject + WOULD/WOULDNT HAVE + past
part.
(had + past participle) COULD HAVE
MIGHT HAVE

If he had woken up early, we would have gone for a walk

If Jack had come, we could/might have eaten earlier

JSP 5
EXERCISES I

1. I will go to see him if I .................... (have)

time.
2. If it is foggy this evening, I ....................
(stay) at home.
3. Unless we .................... (turn) back now, we
will be late.
4. .................... (you, come) to a picnic next
Sunday if the weather is fine?
5. I will not do it unless they ....................
(agree).

JSP 6
EXERCISES II

6. If pigs ....................(have) wings, they would

fly.
7. If he .................... (work) harder, he would
earn more.
8. What .................... (happen) if you won the
lottery?
9. If it .................... (start) to rain, we will take
our coats.
10. If I .................... (be) you, I wouldnt text her
any more.

JSP 7
EXERCISES III

11. The world would end if that ....................

(happen).
12. I .................... (die) unless you give me a
drink.
13. Be here early if you ....................(want) to get
a good seat.
14. They ....................(succed) if they had had
some help.
15. I .................... (kiss) her if she hadnt been so
rude.

JSP 8
EXERCISES IV

16. I .................... (drink) my tea if it had not

been so hot.
17. The game .................... (last) longer if the
light had been better.
18. I .................... (buy) it if it had been cheaper.
19. No one .................... (hear) you if you had
not shouted.
20. You would have cheered if you ....................
(be) there.

JSP 9
EXERCISES V

Finish the following sentences

1. If people stopped getting married...
2. If television started showing more
programmes about...
3. If I hadnt lost my passport...
4. If he reads the text again...
5. If we had travelled to Australia...

JSP 10