CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (Type 1 + 2)
Exercise 1: Rewrite these sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. I don’t buy it because I don’t have enough money.
----> If I had enough money, I would buy it
2. I didn’t buy it because I didn’t have enough money.
----> I would buy it if I had enough money
3. There was a test yesterday. I didn’t know that, so I didn’t study for it.
----> If I knew there was a test yesterday, I would study for it
4. I’m busy right now, so I can’t help you.
----> I could help you if I weren’t busy right now
5. He’s very thin, that’s why he feels the cold so much.
----> If he weren’t thin, he wouldn’t feel the cold so much
6. I didn’t eat breakfast several hours ago, so I am hungry now.
----> If I ate breakfast several hours ago, I wouldn’t be hungry now
7. If John had played for our football team, we would not have lost the game.
----> Unless John had played for our football team, we would have lost the game
8. If I won a big prize in a lottery, I’d give up my job.
----> Unless I won a big prize in a lottery, I wouldn’t give up my job
9. If you don’t like this one, I’ll bring you another.
----> Unless you like this one, i’ll bring you another
10. I’ll only help you if you promise to try harder.
----> Unless you promise to try harder, i will not help you
11. If she doesn’t work harder, she’ll lose her job.
----> She’ll lose her job unless she works harder
12. You can use my car, but have to keep it carefully.
----> Provided that you keep my car carefully, you can use it
13. If the work is finished by lunch, you can go home.
----> Get the work finished by lunch and you can go home
Get the work finished by lunch; otherwise, you cannot go home
14. Keeping calm is the secret of passing your driving test.
----> As long as you keep calm, you can pass your driving test
15.You must work harder or you won’t pass the exam.
----> You won’t pass the exam if you don’t work harder
16. She must apologise to me or I’ll never speak to her again.
----> I’ll speak to her again if she apologises to me
Exercise 2: Rewrite these sentences, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. I didn’t have an umbrella with me and so I got wet.
----> I wouldn’t be wet if i had an umbrella
2. I’ll call the police if you don’t leave me alone.
----> Unless you leave me alone, i will call the police
3. In the snowy weather we don’t go to school.
----> If the weather isn’t snowny, we don’t go to school
4. Without Jack’s help, I wouldn’t have been able to move the table.
----> If Jack had helped me, I would have been able to move the table
5. You drink too much coffee, that’s why you can’t sleep.
----> If you didn’t drink too much coffee, you could sleep
6. You press this button to stop the machine.
----> If you want to stop the machine, press this button
7. Make me some coffee, and I’ll give you one of my biscuits.
----> If you make some coffee for me, I will give you one of my biscuits
8. If you hadn’t told me about Sue’s hair, I wouldn’t have noticed.
----> Unless you told me about Sue’s hair, I wouldn’t have noticed
9. If you see Peter, tell him he should be here at 8.00.
----> If you should
10. I wouldn’t accept if you asked me to marry you.
----> If you were
11. Working so much will make you tired.
----> If you worked so much, you will be tired
12. I regret drinking so much last night.
----> If only I couldn’t drink so much last night
13. What would you do if there was an earthquake?
----> Supposing there was an earthquake, what would you do?
14. If you do the shopping, I’ll cook lunch.
----> You
15. What would you do If you found some buried treasure.
----> If you were................................................................................................
16. If Pauline hadn’t been interested, the project would have been abandoned.
----> But for.......................................................................................................
17. If by any chance you find my wallet, could you let me know?
----> If you happen to find my wallet, could you let me know (happen to V: tình cờ làm gì)
18. I might be late. If so, start without me.
----> If I weren’t on time, start without me
19. The fire was brought under control thanks to the night-watchman.
----> If it hadn’t.................................................................................................
20. Dick is in prison because a detective recognizes him.
----> If a detective didn’t recognize Dick, he wouldn’t be in prison
