Fill in the blanks.
1. If you ………………………. the glass, it will break.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
2. If you start now, you ………………………… there on time.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
3. If he ………………………….. more money, he will have to do more work.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
4. If you ………………………… him, please ask him to give me a call.
5. If you ………………………….. hurry up, you will be late for school.
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
6. If I ………………………… a million dollars, I could buy that home.
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would/could/might + first form of the verb in the main clause.
7. If it rained, my plants …………………………. happy.
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would/could/might + first form of the verb in the main clause.
8. If I ……………………………. the Prime Minister, I would ban the sale of liquor.
In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would/could/might + first form of the verb in the main clause.
9. If I …………………………. the signal, I would have stopped.
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
10. If you had told me you were coming, I ……………………………… cooked something special.
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
11. If they ………………………………… him early, they could have saved him.
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
12. If he had fallen into the river, he ………………………………..
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
Answers
1. If you drop the glass, it will break.
2. If you start now, you will be there on time.
3. If he wants more money, he will have to do more work.
4. If you meet him, please ask him to give me a call.
5. If you don’t hurry up, you will be late for school.
6. If I had a million dollars, I could buy that home.
7. If it rained, my plants would be happy.
8. If I were the Prime Minister, I would ban the sale of liquor.
9. If I had seen the signal, I would have stopped.
10. If you had told me you were coming, I would have cooked something special.
11. If they had found him early, they could have saved him.
12. If he had fallen into the river, he would have drowned.
