Question

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.

Answer 1

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.