21. Read and write sentences beginning with I wish.

1. not have a headache

2. not be ill
3. Mary not make so much noise
4. Mum be here
5. can go to the park
6. feel better
7. can eat some ice-cream
1) ____I wish I didnt have a headache.___________________________________________________
2) _________________________________________________________________________________
3) _________________________________________________________________________________
4) _________________________________________________________________________________
5) _________________________________________________________________________________
6) _________________________________________________________________________________
7) _________________________________________________________________________________
22. Read and complete.
JANE:
Nicola, I cant come to the cinema with you. If I 1________________________ (not have) so
much to do, I 2_____________________ (come).
NICOLA: Why are you so busy?
JANE:
Ive got a History test tomorrow. I wish I 3________________________ (can come) with you.
We 4______________________ (have) a great time.
NICOLA: But, Jane tomorrow
JANE:
Life 5__________________________ (be) much easier if we didnt have to go to school. We
6
___________________________ (do) so many things if we 7_________________________
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(have) more free time.
NICOLA: Jane! Listen to me ! You dont have to do any homework for tomorrow! Its a school holiday.
JANE:
Oh! I wish 8__________________________ (not be) so silly.
23. Read and complete.
THE DESERT ISLAND QUESTIONS

This week weve got the mayoress with us!

If you had to spend a month alone on a desert island, what would you take with you:

To help you survive?

For company

For entertainment?
If I had to spend a month on a desert island, I 1_________________ (take) lots of drinking water
with me. Then I 2_____________________ (take) a knife, a fishing rod and some matches. If I
3
____________________ (catch) any fish, I 4____________________ (light) a fire and cook them.
I love fish!
If there 5__________________ (be) any animals on the island, I 6__________________ (keep) one
as a pet and then I 7___________________ (have) some real company.
If I 8___________________ (take) any books with me, I 9___________________ (choose)
something funny. If I had to spend a month on a desert island, I

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___________________ (carry) a

trombone with me and learn how to play it!

24. Circle the correct answer.

1) If she would live / lived in London, I wouldnt see her very often.
2) If you ate / eat more vegetables, your skin would look better.
3) Will / Would they play with us if we asked them?
4) He wouldnt read / didnt read that book if he didnt have to.
5) If they went to the theatre, will / would they invite you?
6) If she knew / knows how to drive, she would buy a car.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR Conditional Sentences

7) If I wouldnt call / didnt call, Mum would be very worried.
8) If we had / would have more pocket money, wed go to the cinema.
9) He wont be / wouldnt be such a good athlete if he didnt train so hard.
10) If he wouldnt be / werent so rude, people would like him.
11) If we didnt have time, we wouldnt watch / wont watch TV.
12) She would get / got the job if she spoke Spanish.
25. Complete the sentences.
1) If I found___ (find) a wallet in the street, I would give it to the police.
2) If you saw him again, you __________________________ (not / recognise) him.
3) We would go skiing if it __________________________ (snow).
4) If he didnt feed the cat so much, it ___________________________ (not / be) so fat.
5) Would he do me a favour if I ___________________________ (ask) him?
6) If I ___________________________ (have) a million pounds, I would never work again.
7) If she _____________________________ (not / be) a good player, she wouldnt be in the team.
8) I ____________________________ (invite) all my friends if I lived in a big house.
9) If she _____________________________ (not / like) your present, what would you do?
10) The children would be happy if they _____________________________ (be) on holiday.
26. Rewrite the sentences. Use the Second Conditional.
1) I havent got any money, so I wont buy that CD.
____If I had some money, I would buy that CD.___________________________________________
2) Pigs havent got wings, so they dont fly.
_________________________________________________________________________________
3) His marks arent good because he doesnt work hard.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4) Im busy, so I wont come with you.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5) They dont know her, so they wont invite her to their party.
_________________________________________________________________________________
6) I wont call him because I havent got his phone number.
_________________________________________________________________________________
7) She walks to school because she hasnt got a bike.
_________________________________________________________________________________
8) Its cold, so we wont go to the beach.
_________________________________________________________________________________
9) I wont join you because I have to stay at home.
_________________________________________________________________________________
10) He wont lend you his camera because he needs it.
_________________________________________________________________________________
27. Give advice using If I were you. Choose and write.
ASK HER OUT

NOT EAT SO MANY SWEETS

NOT WORK SO HARD

PUT ON A JACKET

NOT WATCH SO MANY HORROR FILMS

SEE A DOCTOR

TAKE AN ASPIRIN
1) Your friend hasnt
been feeling well lately. TAKE UP A HOBBY
_________If I were you, I would see a doctor.____________________________________________
2) Your sister wants to lose weight.
_________________________________________________________________________________

3) Its a cold afternoon. Your brother is leaving the house in a T-shirt.

_________________________________________________________________________________
4) Your elder sister finishes work at nine oclock every night and she is always tired.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5) Your friend has a headache.
_________________________________________________________________________________
6) Your fiend has been having nightmares recently.
_________________________________________________________________________________
7) Your brother really likes a new girl in his class but he is too shy to speak to her.
_________________________________________________________________________________
8) Your little sister is bored at the weekends because she has nothing to do.
_________________________________________________________________________________

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28. Complete the sentences.

1) If she had followed____ (follow) my advice, she would have arrived earlier.
2) If I had checked the bill, I _____________________________ (see) the mistake.
3) If we ___________________________ (not / meet) him in the street, we would have got lost.
4) If I had been one hour late, ________________________________ (she / wait) for me?
5) You would have got the job if you ________________________________ (not / behave) so
foolishly.
6) If they had invited you to the party, __________________________________ (you / go)?
7) We would have stayed longer if we __________________________________ (have) time.
8) If he hadnt panicked, the dog ___________________________________ (not / bite) him.
9) She ________________________________ (have) better results if she had trained harder.
10) If he ________________________________ (be) in my place, would he have done the same thing?
29. Read and write Third Conditional sentences.
1) Helen forgot to make an appointment at the hairdressers. She cut her hair herself. She looked
awful at the party.
____If she hadnt forgotten to make an appointment at the hairdressers, she wouldnt have cut her
hair herself. If she hadnt cut her hair herself, she wouldnt have looked awful at the party.________
2) Peter ate three bars of chocolate. He had a terrible stomach ache. He couldnt go to the cinema
with Stanley and Leslie.
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
3) Mary sat in the sun too long. She was red and sore. She didnt enjoy herself at the barbecue that
evening.
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
4) Pauline watched TV until three oclock in the morning! She was late for the school bus. She missed
the school excursion.
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
5) Mr Davis tried to lift a heavy suitcase. He hurt his back. He couldnt play golf.
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

ENGLISH GRAMMAR Conditional Sentences

30. Complete the sentences and decide which type of Conditional Sentence it is.
1) If I ____had______ (have) lots of money, I would sail round the world. 2__
2) If my sister _____________________ (see) this puppy, she will love it. ____
3) If I ________________________ (pack) the suitcases myself, I wouldnt have left my swimsuit. ____
4) We _______________________________ (can / sit) in the garden if the weather were nicer. ____
5) _________________________________ (Fred / be) bored if you had taken him to the opera? ____
6) I ________________________________ (wait) for you outside the cinema if I arrive early. ____
7) Val and Cherie would move if they __________________________ (can / find) a better house. ____
8) I ________________________________ (tell) him my name if he had asked. ____
9) If the children want to go to the zoo, _____________________________ (Dad /take) them? ____
10) If the job ___________________________ (be) interesting, would you work for this company? ____
11) They wouldnt have believed him if he ____________________________ (tell) them the truth. ____
12) She would be upset if her best friend ______________________ (not / come) to her wedding. ____
31. Read and circle the correct answer.
My friend Olivia complains all the time. This morning she called me and in five minutes she
had said the following:

If my father (1) ____ so old-fashioned, he would let me dye my hair green.

If my teacher hadnt given me so much homework, I (2) ____ go to a concert with
my brother.
If my mother (3) ____ my favourite dishes all the time, I wouldnt be so fat.
(Olivia is skinny!)
If I (4) ____ all my money on CDs, I would have bought a beautiful white T-shirt!
(Shes got six.)
If I hadnt felt ill during the last Maths test, I (5) ____ the best mark in class.
(She usually gets about 50%!)

I told her: If you (6) ____ all the time, you would be the best friend in the world!

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

a
a
a
a
a
a

wasnt
was able to
wouldnt cook
hadnt spent
had got
not complain

b
b
b
b
b
b

hadnt been
had been able to
didnt cook
wouldnt spend
would have got
hadnt complained

c
c
c
c
c
c

isnt
would have been able to
hadnt cooked
didnt spend
would get
didnt complain

32. Read, choose and write.

BE

HAVE (x3)

NOT BORROW

NOT CRASH
NOT HAVE

NOT MEET
NOT RENT

PLAY

DO
NOT BE

1) If my Dad ___hadnt had___ a tooth ache, he ___wouldnt have met___ my Mum. She was his
dentist!
2) If I ________________________ a sister, she __________________________ play with me.
Unfortunately, Ive got an older brother and he is always busy with his computer.
3) If my friend ___________________________ my bike, she ____________________________ it into
a tree! Now, neither of us has got a bike!
4) I love animals. If my sister ____________________________ allergic to cats, I
________________________ two cats. At the moment, Ive only got a goldfish!

5) If my parents friends _______________________________ a villa in Spain, we

_______________________ a boring holiday. But we had a great time!
6) If I _____________________________ an actress, I ___________________________ anything to be
in a film with Brad Pitt. Hes gorgeous!

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33. Complete the Third Conditional sentences.

1) If I __________________________ (hear) the weather forecast, I ____________________________
(take) an umbrella with me.
2) If you ___________________________ (come) to the party last night, you ____________________
(meet) James.
3) If I __________________________ (listen) to her, this ________________________ (not / happen).
4) If I ____________________________ (know) you were at home, I ___________________________
(call) you.
5) What ________________________ (you / do) if he ____________________________ (not / lend)
you his car?
6) If you _____________________ (not / be) so rude, she __________________________ ( not / get)
so upset.
7) If Raymond _________________________ (not / miss) the bus, he ___________________________
( not / be) late for work.
8) If someone ___________________________ (tell) me that there was no milk in the house, I
______________________ (go) to the supermarket.
9) She _____________________________ (not / refuse) if you _______________________________
(ask) her nicely.
10) ___________________________ (you / come) with us if we ____________________________ (tell)
you about the concert?
34. Rewrite the sentences. Use the Third Conditional.
1) I didnt say hello because I didnt see her.
If I had seen her, I would have said hello.________________________________________________
2) We didnt go out to dinner because Dad finished work late.
_________________________________________________________________________________
3) She was angry because you didnt call her.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4) We didnt hear about the accident because we didnt watch the news.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5) You dropped the vase because you werent careful.
_________________________________________________________________________________
6) He didnt pass the exam because he was nervous.
_________________________________________________________________________________
7) We didnt go to the beach because it rained.
_________________________________________________________________________________
8) I had a good time because you were there with me.
_________________________________________________________________________________
9) They didnt get a taxi because they didnt have enough money.
_________________________________________________________________________________
10) We were late because our car broke down.
_________________________________________________________________________________
11) She didnt follow my advice, so she didnt make a profit.
_________________________________________________________________________________
12) You didnt put the milk in the fridge, so it went bad.
_________________________________________________________________________________

ENGLISH GRAMMAR Conditional Sentences

35. Rewrite the sentences. Use the Second or Third Conditional.
1) She was ill, so she didnt go to school.
__If she hadnt been ill, she would have gone to school.____________________________________
2) I havent got a car, so I walk to work every morning.
If I had a car, I wouldnt walk to work every morning.______________________________________
3) I didnt know it was her birthday, so I didnt buy her a present.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4) You dont always tell him the truth, so he doesnt trust you.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5) They dont work hard, so they do badly at school.
_________________________________________________________________________________
6) The old man gave us clear directions, so we found the address.
_________________________________________________________________________________
7) You dont get enough sleep, so you feel tired all the time.
_________________________________________________________________________________
8) You forgot to bring a map, so we got lost.
_________________________________________________________________________________
9) You didnt water the flowers, so they died.
_________________________________________________________________________________
10) She trains hard, so shes a good player.
_________________________________________________________________________________
11) Ms Dawson loves animals, so she has six cats.
_________________________________________________________________________________
12) We didnt see them, so we didnt tell them about it.
_________________________________________________________________________________
13) Max doesnt know about the subject, so he cant help.
_________________________________________________________________________________
14) The critic didnt like the film, so she wrote a bad review.
_________________________________________________________________________________
15) He likes children, so he gets on well with them.
_________________________________________________________________________________
36. Read and complete.
WENDY: Hey, Kate. Are you coming to Rachels house tonight?
KATE:
Well, I would come if I (1) ___didnt have___ (have) to look after my baby brother. My
parents are going out tonight.
WENDY: Oh. Rachel (2) ____________________ (be) disappointed if you dont come. Shed really
like you to be there. Its her birthday, you know.
KATE:
Her birthday? I didnt know it was her birthday! If I had known, I
(3)____________________________ (ask) my parents to get a baby sitter. Now they wont
let me come unless they (4) __________________________(can / find) someone else to
look after Bobby.
WENDY: You always look after Bobby when your parents (5) ___________________________ (go)
out. Why dont you ask your sister to do it tonight?
KATE:
Well, I (6) ___________________________ (ask) her if today wasnt so special for her. You
see, shes going out with Peter. Shell be very angry if she (7)
____________________________ (have to) stay at home.
WENDY: Oh, well. If I (8) _______________________________ (be) you, Id give a try. Anyway,
(9)___________________ (give) me a ring if you change your mind.

KATE:

OK. I will. Bye.

37. Match and write sentences.

1) If you had gone to bed earlier,
2) If Mum hadnt cooked dinner,
3) If you had been honest,
4) I would buy this book
5) You would know what to do
6) If Mary had taken that job six months ago,
7) Id be in London right now
8) We wouldnt be in trouble
9) If I had bought that lottery ticket,
10) I would go to the party with Rita

a) we would eat at a restaurant.

b) she would not be unemployed today.
c) if I hadnt already promised to go with Yvonne.
d) if I hadnt spent all my money on CDs.
e) if we had followed his advice.
f) I would be rich today.
g) you wouldnt be so tired.
h) Dad wouldnt be so angry now.
i) if I hadnt missed the bus.
j) if you had listened to her instructions.

1)
If you had gone to bed earlier, you wouldnt be so tired.__________________________________
2) _________________________________________________________________________________
3) _________________________________________________________________________________
4) _________________________________________________________________________________
5) _________________________________________________________________________________
6) _________________________________________________________________________________
7) _________________________________________________________________________________
8) _________________________________________________________________________________
9) _________________________________________________________________________________
10) _________________________________________________________________________________
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38. Rewrite the sentences using the word given.

1) You should talk to William about this. YOU
If I
were you, I would talk_____ to William about this.
2) Shell be very worried if I dont call her. UNLESS
Shell be very worried ______________________________________ her.
3) Well go fishing tomorrow if the weather is fine. PROVIDING
Well go fishing tomorrow ___________________________________________ fine.
4) You shouldnt stay up so late. WERE
If _________________________________________, I wouldnt stay up so late.
5) She forgot to lock the door because she was in a hurry. HAVE
If she hadnt been in a hurry, she __________________________________________ to lock the
door.
6) Ill make dinner if you promise to wash the dishes. PROVIDED
Ill make dinner __________________________________________ to wash the dishes.
7) Ill read that article if I have nothing else to do tonight. LONG
Ill read that article ___________________________________________ nothing else to do tonight.
8) She wont come to the party unless John invites her himself. IF
She wont come to the party _________________________________________ her himself.