King Abdulaziz University
English Language Institute
GRAMMAR:
Conditional Sentences / If - Clauses Type I , II and III
Valeria Pinzón Niño
A. Conditional Sentence Type 1:
→ It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.
Example: If I find her address, I’ll
send her an invitation. Exercise :
Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type I ) by putting the verbs into the correct form.
1. If you (send send this letter now, she (will receive it tomorrow .
2. If I do this test, I will improve my English.
3. Peggy will go shopping if she has time in the afternoon.
4. Simon will go to London next week if he gets a cheap flight.
5. If they do not study harder, they will not pass the exam.
6. If it rains tomorrow, I will not have to water the plants.
B. Conditional Sentence Type 2 :
→ It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.
Example: If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.
Exercise :
Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type II ) by putting the verbs into the correct
form.
1. If I were rich, my life would change completely.
2. I would invite all my friends if I had a house by the beach.
3. If we had a yacht, we would sail the seven seas.
4. If they told their father, he would be very angry.
5. We would help you if we knew how.
6. My brother would buy a sports car if he had the money.
C. Conditional Sentence Type 3 :
→ It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to
the past.
Example: If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation.
Exercise :
Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type III ) by putting the verbs into the correct
form.
1. If you had studied for the test, you would have passed it.
2. If you had asked me, I would have helped you.
3. If you had spoken English, she would have understood.
4. I would have written. you a postcard if I had had your address.
4. If it had not started to rain, we would have walked to the museum.
If she had taken the bus, she would not have arrived on time.