1If you ............... the glass, it will break.
Wrong!
Use the present simple in the if-clause of a first conditional, so "drop" is correct.
2If you start now, you ............... there on time.
Wrong!
Use "will be" in the main clause of a first conditional about a real future result.
3If he ............... more money, he will have to do more work.
Wrong!
Use the present simple in the if-clause of a first conditional, so "wants" is correct.
4If you ............... him, please ask him to give me a call.
Wrong!
Use the present simple after "if" for a possible future situation, so "meet" is correct.
5If you ............... hurry up, you will be late for school.
Wrong!
Use the present simple negative in the if-clause of a first conditional, so "don't" is correct.
6If I ............... a million dollars, I could buy that home.
Wrong!
Use the past simple in the if-clause of a second conditional, so "had" is correct.
7If it rained, my plants ............... happy.
Wrong!
Use "would be" in the main clause of a second conditional about an imagined result.
8If I ............... the Prime Minister, I would ban the sale of liquor.
Wrong!
In a second conditional with "If I", "were" is the standard formal form.
9If I ............... the signal, I would have stopped.
Wrong!
Use the past perfect in the if-clause of a third conditional, so "had seen" is correct.
10If you had told me you were coming, I ............... cooked something special.
Wrong!
Use "would have" before the past participle in the main clause of a third conditional.
11If they ............... him early, they could have saved him.
Wrong!
Use the past perfect in the if-clause of a third conditional, so "had found" is correct.
12If he had fallen into the river, he ...............
Wrong!
Use "would have drowned" for the imagined past result in a third conditional.
Answers
- If you drop the glass, it will break.
- If you start now, you will be there on time.
- If he wants more money, he will have to do more work.
- If you meet him, please ask him to give me a call.
- If you don’t hurry up, you will be late for school.
- If I had a million dollars, I could buy that home.
- If it rained, my plants would be happy.
- If I were the Prime Minister, I would ban the sale of liquor.
- If I had seen the signal, I would have stopped.
- If you had told me you were coming, I would have cooked something special.
- If they had found him early, they could have saved him.
- If he had fallen into the river, he would have drowned