CONDITIONAL

SENTENCES

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
CONDITIONALS: ZERO, FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD

Conditional clauses are used to express that the action of the

main clause can only happen if a certain condition is fulfilled.
They can come before or after the main clause.

When the sentence starts with an If Clause there is a comma

separating the clauses. When the main clause comes first,
there are no commas.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
ZERO CONDITIONAL

Refers to situations that happen often or always.

If the red light is on, they are recording.

If

present simple

present simple

Supply the correct tense of the verb in brackets.

1. If your favourite TV series__________

(be) starting, you sit in front
is
of the TV and watch it.
2. If he finishes the article, I __________
(read) it through, as always.
read
3. If you pay for the newspaper, you __________
watch (watch) it online for
free.
4. If the unemployment rate __________
(be) high, people buy more
is
newspapers to look for a job.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
FIRST CONDITIONAL

Refers to situations that are possible or probable.

If CSI stops, Ill be devastated.

If

present simple

future

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in

brackets.

1. If I ____________
(be) fired from the newspaper, I will not protest.
am
will happen
2. What ____________
(happen) to the TV channel if they cant
reach an agreement?
3. The streets will be full of reporters if ____________
(there to be) a
there is
demonstration.
wont memorise (not memorise) his line for
4. If you disturb him, he _____________
tomorrows shooting.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
SECOND CONDITIONAL

Refers to situations that are hypothetical or improbable.

If I had the chance, I would join the staff of MTV.

If

past simple

conditional

Insert the adequate tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. If you explained your problem to the director, he ____________

would be able
(be able) to help you and you would be a better actor.
2. We ____________
would shoot (shoot) the scene if the characters were all
ready.
3. What movie star ____________
would you like (you/like) to meet if you had the
chance?
4. If the printed version of that article ____________
(be) free, I
was
wouldnt read it in the Internet.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
THIRD CONDITIONAL

Refers to things that could have happened in the past, to an

hypothesis or to an impossible situation.

If I had told you, you would have been furious with me.

If

past perfect

would + have + past participle

Insert the required tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. Would you have asked her to be your source on that article if you
__________________
(know) she was lying?
had known
2. If
the
journalist
had
prepared
the wouldnt
questions,
he
have made
________________ (not make) such big mistakes during the
interview.
would have saved
3. If I had been in your position, I __________________ (save) a lot
of trouble.
Would you have written
4. __________________ (you/ write) that comment if you had known
it would be spread through the Internet?