Practice: Write conditional sentences
1. Eat much and you will get fat. 1
2. You should take more exercise because that’s the way to get fit. 1
3. Throw a stone into water and it sinks. 1
4. I haven’t got a key, so I can’t get in. 2
5. I don’t have a laptop, and now I can’t type the assignment. 2
6. Road travel is cheaper than rail travel in this country, so we have lots of traffic jams. 2
7. You may want a chat, so just give me a ring. 1
8. We don’t visit you very often because you live so far away. 2
9. Do your homework or you have to do all the housework. 1
10. I have to work NOW, so I can’t meet you. 2
11. Practice the piano regularly and you will play better.1
12. Carol doesn’t answer the phone because she is studying.
Practice: Write conditional sentences
1. Eat much and you will get fat. 1
-> If you eat much, you will get fat.
2. You should take more exercise because that’s the way to get fit. 1
-> If you want to get fit, you should take more exercise.
3. Throw a stone into water and it sinks. 1
-> If you throw a stone into water, it will sink.
4. I haven’t got a key, so I can’t get in. 2
-> If I had got a key, I could get in.
5. I don’t have a laptop, and now I can’t type the assignment. 2
-> If I had a laptop, I could type the assignment.
6. Road travel is cheaper than rail travel in this country, so we have lots of traffic jams. 2
-> If road travel was not cheaper than rail travel in this country, we wouldn't have lots of traffic jams.
7. You may want a chat, so just give me a ring. 1
-> If you want a chat, you can give me ring.
8. We don’t visit you very often because you live so far away. 2
-> If we didn't live so far away, we would visit you very often.
9. Do your homework or you have to do all the housework. 1
-> If you don't do your homework, you will have to do all the housework.
10. I have to work NOW, so I can’t meet you. 2
-> If I didn't have to work now, I could meet you.
11. Practice the piano regularly and you will play better.1
-> If you practice the piano regularly, you will play better.
12. Carol doesn’t answer the phone because she is studying.
-> If Carol was not studying, she would answer the phone.
