FIRST CONDITIONAL

Form:

If + present simple  future will / modal + infinitive

Use:

 possible situations in the future.

If you explain the situation, he’ll understand.

 promises
If you behave, you may have some presents for Christmas.

 Offers
If you are in a hurry, I’ll give you a lift.

 threats / warnings
If you don’t study, I’ll tell your parents.

Exercises:

I. Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. If I have enough money, I _________(buy) a new pair of jeans.

2. They ________(win) if we support them.

3. We will leave early if we ________ (not /like) the party.

4. The police ________(arrest) him if he doesn’t obey.

5. She ________ (not/ go) if the weather isn’t good.

 6. I ________(take) you to the cinema if you ________ (finish) your homework in

time.

7. If he ________ (not pass), he ________(be punished.

8. If you ________(make) the beds; I ________(wash) the floor.

9. I ________ (feed) the dogs if you ________(want).

10. John ________ (not / come) to the party if we ________ (not / send) him an

invitation.

11. We ________(stay) at home if it ________(rain)

12. He ________(not / emigrate) if he (find) a job.

13.

SECOND CONDITIONAL

1. Identify the second conditional in the following reading

2. Explain the form and the uses of the second conditional
3. Answer the questions at the end.

IF I COULD LIVE MY LIFE ALL OVER…

If I had to live my life all over again, I’d dare make more mistakes next time.
I would relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have
been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more
chances.
I would take more trips. I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans. I would perhaps have more
actual troubles, but I would have fewer imaginary ones.

You see – I’m one of those people who live seriously and sanely hour after
hour, day after day. Oh, I have my moments. And if I had to do it over again,
I’d have more of them. In fact, I’d try to have nothing else, just moments one
after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.

I’ve been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a
thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it
over again, I would travel lighter than I have. If I had to live my life over, I
would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that
way later in autumn.

I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-

go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.

Attributed to Nadine Stair, 85 years old

QUESTIONS – SECOND CONDITIONALS

1. What would I do if I were the president of the country?

2. What would I do if I could go back in any part of the history?

3. What would I ask for if I had three wishes?

4. What would I do if I could become invisible for a day?

5. What powers would I like to have if I were a super hero?

THIRD CONDITIONAL

1. Explain the form and the uses of the second conditional

2. Do the following exercises

A- Underline the correct form of the verbs.

1. If he hadn’t committed a crime, he wouldn’t be / wouldn’t have been

arrested.

2. If the hotel hadn’t been so expensive, we would have stayed / stayed

/ will stay there.

B- Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. If they _______________ (close) the gate, the dog ____________ (get

out).

2. They ___________ (leave) us in if you _______________ ( not lose) the

tickets.

C- Rewrite the sentences using the third conditional.

1. He drank a lot so he had an accident.

If he _______________________________________________________

2. I fell down the stairs because it was very dark.

If it ________________________________________________________
Here some additional exercises:

FIRST CONDITIONAL

https://www.englisch-

hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_1_statements.htm

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g24-first-conditional-

exercise.php

SECOND CONDITIONAL

https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/grammar-

secondconditional2.html

THIRD CONDITIONAL

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar/intermediate-

grammar/third-conditional

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g8-third-conditional-

exercise.php