Conditionals
Conditionals
Conditionals
II Use the second and third conditionals to respond to the following situations.
1. I don't know his address. I can't contact him. But if I ___________ his address, I _________________ him.
2. He was ill. He couldn't go skiing. But if he ___________ ill, he _________________ skiing.
3. He didn't buy any tomatoes. I couldn't make a salad. But if he ___________ some tomatoes, I _________________ a salad.
4. We haven't got enough room in our house. You can't stay with us.
But if we ___________ enough room, you _________________ with us.
5. You were not lucky. You didn't win. But if you ___________ lucky, you _________________.
II Use the second and third conditionals to respond to the following situations.
1. I don't know his address. I can't contact him. But if I ___________ his address, I _________________ him.
2. He was ill. He couldn't go skiing. But if he ___________ ill, he _________________ skiing.
3. He didn't buy any tomatoes. I couldn't make a salad. But if he ___________ some tomatoes, I _________________ a salad.
4. We haven't got enough room in our house. You can't stay with us.
But if we ___________ enough room, you _________________ with us.
5. You were not lucky. You didn't win. But if you ___________ lucky, you _________________.
II Use the second and third conditionals to respond to the following situations.
1. I don't know his address. I can't contact him. But if I ___________ his address, I _________________ him.
2. He was ill. He couldn't go skiing. But if he ___________ ill, he _________________ skiing.
3. He didn't buy any tomatoes. I couldn't make a salad. But if he ___________ some tomatoes, I _________________ a salad.
4. We haven't got enough room in our house. You can't stay with us.
But if we ___________ enough room, you _________________ with us.
5. You were not lucky. You didn't win. But if you ___________ lucky, you _________________.
III Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. There are forms of first, second and third conditionals in the text.
If the world's big problems had been addressed sooner, our lives ___________ (improve) a long time ago. But politicians and world
leaders don’t do enough to improve the quality of life. If I had any power, I __________________ (try) to stop the destruction of our
planet and I ___________________ (make) the world a better place for all people.
First of all, I would try to stop wars, because unless we put an end to all the wars, millions of people __________________
(continue) to die ever day. If there were no wars, all children _________________ (have) their parents at home to take care of them
and provide for them, and they _________________ (grow up) in a happier world.
Also, if I _______________ (be) a world leader, I would provide clean water for all countries. If all countries ___________________
(have) easy access to clean water, millions of children ____________________ (stop) dying from diseases caused by the lack of
clean water.
If we don't do something about this issue soon, _____________ (be) lots of wars and deaths because of the lack of water.
We also need to introduce laws to reduce pollution. If we had done this in the past, millions of species ____________________
(never/become) extinct, and global warming ________________ (never/start). If it were up to me, I ___________________
(introduce) very high taxes on fuel energy and at the same time I ____________________ (help) big companies to invest in clean
energy. Unless we take measures now, it _________________ (be) too late both for ourselves and our children.
III Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. There are forms of first, second and third conditionals in the text.
If the world's big problems had been addressed sooner, our lives ___________ (improve) a long time ago. But politicians and world
leaders don’t do enough to improve the quality of life. If I had any power, I __________________ (try) to stop the destruction of our
planet and I ___________________ (make) the world a better place for all people.
First of all, I would try to stop wars, because unless we put an end to all the wars, millions of people __________________
(continue) to die ever day. If there were no wars, all children _________________ (have) their parents at home to take care of them
and provide for them, and they _________________ (grow up) in a happier world.
Also, if I _______________ (be) a world leader, I would provide clean water for all countries. If all countries ___________________
(have) easy access to clean water, millions of children ____________________ (stop) dying from diseases caused by the lack of
clean water.
If we don't do something about this issue soon, _____________ (be) lots of wars and deaths because of the lack of water.
We also need to introduce laws to reduce pollution. If we had done this in the past, millions of species ____________________
(never/become) extinct, and global warming ________________ (never/start). If it were up to me, I ___________________
(introduce) very high taxes on fuel energy and at the same time I ____________________ (help) big companies to invest in clean
energy. Unless we take measures now, it _________________ (be) too late both for ourselves and our children.
III Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. There are forms of first, second and third conditionals in the text.
If the world's big problems had been addressed sooner, our lives ___________ (improve) a long time ago. But politicians and world
leaders don’t do enough to improve the quality of life. If I had any power, I __________________ (try) to stop the destruction of our
planet and I ___________________ (make) the world a better place for all people.
First of all, I would try to stop wars, because unless we put an end to all the wars, millions of people __________________
(continue) to die ever day. If there were no wars, all children _________________ (have) their parents at home to take care of them
and provide for them, and they _________________ (grow up) in a happier world.
Also, if I _______________ (be) a world leader, I would provide clean water for all countries. If all countries ___________________
(have) easy access to clean water, millions of children ____________________ (stop) dying from diseases caused by the lack of
clean water.
If we don't do something about this issue soon, _____________ (be) lots of wars and deaths because of the lack of water.
We also need to introduce laws to reduce pollution. If we had done this in the past, millions of species ____________________
(never/become) extinct, and global warming ________________ (never/start). If it were up to me, I ___________________
(introduce) very high taxes on fuel energy and at the same time I ____________________ (help) big companies to invest in clean
energy. Unless we take measures now, it _________________ (be) too late both for ourselves and our children.