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Practice
Conditional Clauses
1.
Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
1.
If you (lose) ____________________ some of your luggage, enquire at the
lost property office.
2.
If you (not meet) ____________________by friends at the airport, you
should proceed to the air terminal. (Passive)
3.
If you (require) ____________________ to do so, it (show)
____________________ in your passport endorsement. (Both passive)
4.
In lodgings, your landlady (be)____________________ glad if you help to
keep your part of the house clean and tidy.
5.
If there is a gas fire in your bedroom, (make)____________________ sure
the gas tap is turned off before you go to bed.
6.
If you (wish) ____________________ to stay longer than the time allowed,
you (can) ____________________ apply to do so by writing to the Under
Secretary of State Home Office.
7.
If you (know) ____________________ you will return late she (can)
____________________ give
you a key.
8.
You (may) ____________________ have to do most of your own housework if
you (live) ____________________in a flat.
9.
If it (be)____________________ necessary, (buy) ____________________ a
hot water bottle to warm the sheets.
2.
Fill the blanks with IF or UNLESS.
1.
I won't speak English______________I go to England.
2.
_______________ you don't tell me the truth I'll never know it.
3.
I'll never know it__________________you tell me the truth.
4.
________________you do not pay attention you will not learn English.
5.
________________you pay attention you will not learn English.
6.
Don't open the door_________________ you know who is ringing the bell.
7.
Don't open the door_________________ you don't know who is ringing the bell.
3.
Finish the sentences, taking care to use the correct tenses.
1.
If he had taken my advice
2.
If you ate less
3.
We'll send for the doctor if
4.
If she practised more
5.
If there isn't enough wine in this bottle
6.
If you had checked the petrol before we started
7.
This clock wouldn't have run down if
8.
Try on the blue one if
9.
If these gates are locked
10.If
we leave before breakfast
11.If
the river rises any higher
12.Her
life might have been saved if
13.If
the volcano starts erupting
14.The
grass would look better if
15.Unless
it is a nice day
16.If
you don't put enough stamps on a letter, the person who gets it
17.He
would lend it to you if
18.Unless
this hotel gets another cook
19.If
the storm becomes worse
20.If
your uncle sees you
21.If
you tried to climb it without a guide
22.If
you don't shake the camera so much, your photographs
23.I'd
have brought my coat
24.If
he cut his hair more often
25.He
would have given her diamonds if
26.If
you had asked his permission
27.If
the fire had been noticed earlier
28.If
you had any sense
29.You
would have been angry if
30.If
he had put the flowers into the water at once
31.I
should have ordered more coal if
32.If
you leave the gate open
33.You
will have to go to the dentist if
34.He
would have been drowned if
35.If
I had a car
36.If the telephone rings while I'm in my bath