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.
