Exercise 15. Choose the correct option to complete conditional sentences. Analyze their types.
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Exercise 14. Study three types of Conditional sentences.
Note: Conditional sentences may express realand unreal condition. They are introduced by the conjunctions: if, in case, provided, unless, suppose. Unless has a negative meaning.
| Condition | Subordinate clause | Principal clause | |
| I Real | If it looks like rain, If I have more time, If he is working on Friday, | we'll stay at home. I'll come over. he won't be able to go with us. | |
| Present Indefinite/ Present Continuous | Will (Shall) | + Inf. | |
| Unreal | II Present / Future | If I were you, If I had more time, If you knew him better, If it were not raining, | I would go there myself. I would come over. you wouldn't think so. I could go out. |
| Past Indefinite/ Past Continuous | would could might | + Inf. | |
| III Past | If you had gone there, If you had earned enough money last summer, | you would have seen him. we could have gone to the South. | |
| Past Perfect | would could might | + have + Participle II |
1. If you promise not to tell anyone, I _________________________ you to the casino.
a) will take b) take c) am taking
2. If we ___________________ bad times, we wouldn't appreciate the good times.
a) wouldn't have b) didn't have c) don't have
3. Did you hear about that terrible train crash? I'm lucky I cancelled my trip. If I ______________________, I might have been on that train.
a) hadn't b) didn't c) wouldn't
4. I wouldn't have crashed the car if that tree ___________________ there.
a) would not be b) was not c) hadn't been
5. If you ___________________ your room to look nice, you should clean it yourself.
a) would want b) want c) will want
6. You won't become a good guitarist unless you ___________________ every day.
a) practiced b) practice c) will practise
7. What difference would it make if we___________________ here or not?
a) stayed b) are staying c) stay
8. If ___________________ my life to live over again, I would do things very differently!
a) would have b) have had c) had
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