CONDITIONALS

IF...

JSP 2

TYPE 1Probable

IF + PRESENT SIMPLE ... WILL/WON’T + VERB

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

JSP 3

TYPE 2Improbable

IF + PAST SIMPLE ... WOULD/WOULDN’T + VERB

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

JSP 4

TYPE 3Impossible

IF + PAST PERFECT ... WOULD + HAVE + VERB

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

JSP 5

Unless

Unless = if not [a no ser que...]

Unless he tells me the truth...

=If he doesn’t tell me the truth...

JSP 6

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 shall/will be late.

4. .................... (you, come) to a picnic next Monday if it is fine?

5. I will not do it unless they .................... (agree).

JSP 7

EXERCISES II

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

7. If he .................... (work) harder, he would earn more.

8. What .................... (happen) if you pulled the trigger?

9. If it .................... (start) to rain, we should take our coats.

10. If I .................... (be) you, I wouldn’t send her sms’s any more.

JSP 8

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 hadn’t been so made up.

JSP 9

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 10

EXERCISES V

Finish the following sentences

1. If people stopped getting married...

2. If television started showing more programmes about...

3. If I hadn’t lost my passport...

4. If he reads the text again...

5. If we had been born in Australia...

JSP 11

Words to remember

Unless a no ser que...Provided that siempre y

cuando...As long as siempre que...If I were you yo en tu lugar...