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Conditional Sentences

The document contains 5 exercises with multiple sentences testing the use of conditional sentences using "if" and "unless". The sentences provide examples of type 0, 1, 2, and 3 conditional sentences expressing various hypothetical, unlikely, and real situations with consequences that do or do not follow.

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Conditional Sentences

The document contains 5 exercises with multiple sentences testing the use of conditional sentences using "if" and "unless". The sentences provide examples of type 0, 1, 2, and 3 conditional sentences expressing various hypothetical, unlikely, and real situations with consequences that do or do not follow.

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Huy Nguyen
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EXERCISE 1

1. If war comes, the nation will be ready.


2. If today were Sunday, we should not have to work.
3. If you don’t study your lessons, you will have poor marks in your exam.
4. If she had had your address, she would have written to you.
5. I would have caught a cold if I went out in the rain.
6. If the weather is nice, we can go to the beach.
7. If she had written more carefully, she might not have made so many mistakes.
8. Were he to speak to me like that, I would be very angry.
9. Supposing your father saw you going to the movies with me, what might he think?
10. If it is convenient, let’s meet at three o’clock.

EXERCISE 2

1. How nice it would be for mother if we could rebuild the house.


2. Rice will not grow well unless there is enough rain.
3. If I became really rich, I should build a hospital for the poor.
4. The crop could have been ruined if the flood water had risen any higher.
5. If he gives up smoking, as his doctor’s orders, he will soon be well again.
6. Provided that he is not interrupted, he can finish the work on time.
7. If he had not been driving so fast, he would not have an accident.
8. They would not be paid unless they did their work well.
9. So long as you return the book by Saturday I will lend you this book with
pleasure.
10. It’s too bad we lost the game. If you had played for us, we could have won.

EXERCISE 3

1. I feel as if my head were on fire now, doctor.


2. We wish our country would recover from the bad effects of the war soon.
3. She wishes she had not been asked to tell you the bad news yesterday.
4. If only they would let us know the results of our examination tomorrow.
5. He always behaves as if he were going to be a great leader.
6. We wish we had enough money to buy that little house.
7. My little brother wishes there were no more lessons and homework.
8. It rained and rained, as though it had never stopped.
9. If only he had given me a chance, I could have told him the truth.
10. He came in, looking very white as if he had seen a ghost.

EXERCISE 4

1. (a) We will call the police unless you give me back the bicycle.
(b) We will call the police if you don’t give me back the bicycle.
(We won’t call the police if you give me back the bicycle.)
2. (a)You would not be able to do this exercise if your English were
not good.)

(b)You would not be able to do this exercise unless your English


were good.

(You would be able to do this exercise unless your English were


not good.)

3. (a) If we did not have enough rain, we could not grow rice.
(b) Unless we had enough rain, we could not grow rice.
(Unless we didn’t have enough rain, we could grow rice.

4. (a) The men could not have caught those fishes unless they had
have good nets.
(b)The men could not have caught those fishes if they had not have
good nets
(The men could have caught those fishes if they had have good
nets.)

5. (a) He could not learn much if he did not work harder.


(b) He could not learn much unless he worked harder.
(He could learn much unless he didn’t work harder.)

6. (a) If he reads that book carefully, he will understand it.


(b) Unless he didn’t read that book carefully, he will understand
it.
(Unless he reads that book carefully, he won’t understand it.)
7. (a)You might not have a terrible toothache if you went to the
dentist regularly.
(b)You might not have a terrible toothache unless you didn’t go to
the dentist regularly.
(You might have a terrible toothache unless you went to the
dentist regularly.)

8. (a) He would not write unless he heard some news.


(b) He would not write if he didn’t hear some news.
(He would write if he heard some news.)

9. (a) We shall help him if he really needs help.


(b) We shall help him unless he doesn’t really need help.
(We shall not help him unless he really needs help.

10. (a) She must have been absent-minded if she had said something
like that.
(b) She must have been absent-minded unless she had not said
something like that.
(She must not have been absent-minded unless she had said
something like that.)

EXERCISE 5

1. If they attended class regularly, they could pass the examinations.


2. I shall not tell you anything unless you promise to keep it as a
secret.
3. If we had known it was going to rain, we wouldn’t have went out.
4. He would not have been angry with us if we had done our
homework more carefully.
5. Had she gotten up earlier this morning, she wouldn’t have been
late for the train.
6. If I fail in the coming college entrance examination, I will be very
sad.
7. Today is not a holiday. If it were a holiday, I would go on a
vacation.
8. He never does his homework. If he did, he would get a high mark.
9. I didn’t know your phone number. If I had known it, I would have
told you this great news.
10. Yesterday Suzy got wet because she forgot to bring her raincoat. If
Suzy had brought her raincoat, she wouldn’t have got wet.

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