Conditionals

Match the following:

• The company would have survived if there hadn't been a recession.

• zero conditional

• What will you do if you miss the plane?

• third conditional

• If I had a garden, I would have a dog.

• first conditional

• Ice melts if you heat it.

• second conditional

Match the following:

• If I were taller, I would buy this dress.

• general truths

• If my alarm had gone off, I wouldn’t have been late to work.

• talking about future situations that we think are real or possible

• If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to the beach.

• imaginary situation in the past

• I buy fast food if I forget to bring my lunch to work.

• imaginary situation in the present or future

Select the mixed conditional (=combining elements from second and third conditionals)

• If I were you, I would give up smoking.

• If I had taken an aspirin, I wouldn't have a headache now.

• If we had taken a taxi, we wouldn't have missed the train.

Reorder the following

If you were invisible for a day, .................?

• what

• would

• you

• do

Reorder the elements:

"If I had seen the other car, I ......................................... an accident."

• would

• not

• have

• had

If I ............... a car, I .................... to work. But I didn't own one, so I took the bus.

• had; drive

• had; would drive

• had had; would have driven

• would have; would drive

Translate the following sentence into English:

Que ferais-tu si tu gagnais à la lotterie? (win the lottery)

Match the following

• you could have succeeded.

• If you had studied harder,

• you could succeed.

• If you studied harder,

• you won't fail.

• If you work hard,

Tick the correct form to finish the sentence:

"If you had told me about the meeting, I ........................ ."

• had come

• would come

• will come

• would have come

• will have come

Choose the best translation for:

Si j'avais gagné à la lotterie hier soir, j'aurais acheté un bateau.

• If I won the lottery last night, I would have bought a boat.

• If I win the lottery, I'll buy a boat.

• If I had won the lottery last night, I would have bought a boat.

• If I had won the lottery last night, I would buy a boat.