1. Match the sentences (1-4) to their purposes (a-b). How is each type of conditional formed? Check in the Grammar Reference section.
1. If you get enough vitamins, you will stay healthy.
2. If I were underweight, I would eat more carbohydrates.
3. If I were you, I would see a dietician.
4. If she hadn’t had to work late, she would have cooked dinner.
a. to show an unreal situation in the past
b. to give advice
c. to show a probable situation in the future
d. to show an unreal situation in the present/future
2.a.Compare the sentences.
• If you aren’t on time, I’ll go without you.
Unless you’re on time, I’ll go without you.
• When John comes, we’ll have dinner together. (= John will definitely come.)
If John comes, we’ll have dinner together. (=John may come.)
b.Write sentences in the first conditional. Use the words in brackets.
1. you eat all that chocolate/feel sick (if)
(If you eat all that chocolate, you’ll feel sick.)
2. you not have breakfast/not be able to concentrate (if)
3. she see a doctor/she not get better (unless)
4. I finish my homework/not go to the party (unless)
5. you feel cold/put on a jumper (if)
6. you get off the bus/see a large white building (when)
3a.What would you do if you:
1. got lost in the jungle?
2. saw your favourite actor in the street?
3. lost your purse/wallet?
4. had a lot of money?
(If Igot lost in the jungle, I’d scream for help.)
b. Give advice using ’If I were you … . ’
1. “I’m feeling really tired.”
2. “I’ve got terribly itchy skin.”
3. “I drink a lot otcoffe.”
4. “I’ve put on a lot of weight recently.”
(If I were you, I’d take a nap.)
4.Put verbs in brackets into the correct tense
1)He ………….(not have) a headache if he had done to bed earlier.
2) If they …………….( set out) earlier, they wouldn`t have missed the train.
3) I wouldn`t have found the injection painful if the nurse ……..(be) gentie.
4) If he hadn`t eaten the prawns, he ……….(not have) an allergic reaction.
1. Last year my best friend was 22 years old.
2. The weather was cold when we werein Berlin.
3. Why were you so angry yesterday?
4. At this time last year Sandra was in Paris.
5. We were tired because it was late at night.
6. Tim wasn't asleep at ten o'clock yesterday. (-)
7. Our hotel last year was small, but it was very clean.
8. I phoned you at the weekend, but you weren't at home. (-)
9. My dad wasn't at work the whole week, because he was ill. (-)
10. The shops were open yesterday, but we didn't go there.
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