Conditional sentences: type 2
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
1 Of course I’m not going to give her a diamond ring. If I (give) her a diamond ring she (sell) it.
2 Tom: I woke up to find the room full of smoke; but I knew exactly what to do. Ann: If I (wake) up to find the room full of smoke I (have) no idea what to do.
3 Ann: I couldn’t live without Tom. If he (go) off with another girl I (pine) away and die. But I have complete confidence in Tom.
4 Husband: But I’m not going on a diet. Why should I go on a diet? Wife: If you (go) on a diet you (lose) weight.
5 If someone (say), ‘I’ll give you £500 to go into court and swear that this statement is true,’ what you (do)?
6 If we (work) all night we (finish) in time; but we have no intention of working all night.
7 You must never blow out a gas light. Do you know what (happen) if you (blow) out a gas light?
8 If I (see) a tiger walking across Hyde Park I (climb) a tree. — That (not be) any use. The tiger (climb) after you.
9 If I (come) across two men fighting with knives I (call) the police. But this is a very peaceful area.
10 Ann: All your clothes are years out of date. Why don’t you throw them away? Mary: Don’t be ridiculous! If I (throw) my clothes away I (have) to ask my husband for £1,000 to buy new ones.
11 Ann: If you (ask) him for £1,000 what he (say)?
12 Mary: He (be) too horrified to speak at first. But when he’d recovered from the shock, he probably (start) talking about a divorce.
13 If someone (ring) my doorbell at 3 am, I (be) very unwilling to open the door.
14 If I (see) a python in Piccadilly I (assume) it had escaped from a circus.
15 Tom: The plane was on fire so we baled out. Ann: I don’t think I (have) the nerve to do that even if the plane (be) on fire. 16 We train the children to file out of the classroom quietly, because if a whole class (rush) at the door someone (get) hurt.
17 Why don’t you buy a season ticket? Because I lose everything. If I (buy) a season ticket I (lose) it.
18 Why don’t you bring your car to work? If I (have) a car I (bring) it to work.
19 Jack: They get £150 a week. Tom: They can’t get £150 a week. If they (do) they (not be) striking for £120.
20 Ann: George is fourteen. Tom: He must be older than that. He’s in a full-time job. If he (be) only fourteen he still (be) at school.
21 He is staying at the Savoy in London. — Is he very rich? — I suppose he is. If he (be) a poor man he (not stay) at the Savoy
