Complete the following sentences with an appropriate conditional clause.

1. If I found a gun in the street, I would take it to the police.

2. You wouldn't have been punished __________________________________

3. If you drink all that juice, _________________________________________

4. If you drive so fast, ______________________________________________

5. If you should see Mark this evening, _________________________________

6. If you had taken my advice, ________________________________________

7. Unless the weather improves, ______________________________________

8. My father would have bought me a bicycle ___________________________

9. He would have been very angry ____________________________________

10. If you aren't enjoying the film, ____________________________________

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (type 3)

We use if + past perfect + would have + past participle for unreal situations in the past.

if clause Main clause

past perfect would have + past participle

We imagine a condition or situation in the past which was impossible or didn't happen.

► If had looked,... (but you didn't look)

When the if clause comes first, we usually use a comma (,) after it. We can also put the main clause first.

► I wouldn’t have knocked it off the table if you hadn't thrown the ball so high.

may, might for possibility

We use may or might + infinitive without to to talk about something that is possible now or in the future. Both mean 'perhaps'.

► We may be able to stick it.

(= Perhaps we can stick it.)

She might not notice.

(= Perhaps she will not notice.)

1. Complete the sentences with the words in brackets in the past perfect or with would have + past participle.

Will you lend me your bike?

BEN Will you lend me your bike? I have to get to basketball training in five minutes.

NICK The last time I lent it to you, you got a flat tyre and didn't repair it.

BEN Well, I wouldn’t have got (not get) a flat tyre if you had put (put) enough air in it.

NICK That's not true. You rode straight over some broken glass.

BEN Well, I (1) __________________ (not ride) over the glass if someone

(2) ___________________ (left) it all over the road. Besides, I (3) __________ (go) round the glass, if a car (4) ___________ (not come) from the other direction. NICK Well, you could have stopped.

BEN I (5) __________ (stop) if the brakes (6) _________________ (not fail).

NICK Well, you should have checked the brakes before you started. I (7) _____(not lend) you my bike if I (8) ______________ (know) that the brakes weren't working.

2. Look at these newspaper headlines about people who have done heroic acts. Write sentences about them with the words provided and if.

► Joe Smith saved family from fire

not hear their cries not find them

If he hadn't heard their cries, he wouldn’t have found them.

1. Constable Pierce pulled woman from exploding car

arrive one minute later be too late

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2. Christie Combe saved cat from tree

not find a ladder not be able to save it

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3. Ken Spudgen warned police of hold-up

Walkman not stop working not hear the thieves' plan

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4. Susan Adams found lost child

not go jogging not find the child

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5. Jimmy Bond warned motorists of collapsed bridge

not walk along river not see the bridge

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6. Karen Wright saved man from drowning

not taken a first aid course not know what to do

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3. The people in the doctor's waiting room have all had accidents. Read what happened. Then make sentences with if, like this:

► Mr Jones fell off his bicycle.

He broke his arm.

If he hadn 'I fallen off his bicycle, he wouldn’t have broken his arm.

1. Mrs King fell off a ladder.

She broke her arm.

2. Mrs Fox dropped the iron.

She burned her hand.

3. Mr Brown slipped on a banana skin.

He twisted his ankle.

4. Mr Bell walked into a lamp post.

He bumped his head.

5. Mrs Green fell down the stairs.

She hurt her knee.

6. Miss Page didn't fasten her seat belt.

She broke her nose.

7. Mr Grey didn't pay attention.

He shut the door on his finger.

8. Jimmy tried to do a trick.

He got his head stuck in a chair.

4. What would have happened if...?

I fell sick.

If I hadn’t eaten six burgers …

I was bitten by a snake.

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I crashed my car.

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I was expelled from school.

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I walked out of the cinema.

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I got badly sunburnt.

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I got completely lost.

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I broke my leg.

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My phone bill was astronomical.

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I got wet through.

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I got a parking ticket.

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My husband/wife left me.

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I got oil all over my clothes.

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The police came round to my house at 3.00 in the morning.

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My neighbour's dog bit me.

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My house flooded.

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I burst out laughing.

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My wallet was stolen.

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I ran straight out into the street.

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I screamed.

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Write real present, unreal present or unreal past conditionals. Then state the types of conditionals as in the example: