edition
Conditionals
16 The government are talking of pulling the village down to make
room for an airport. ~
If they (start) doing it the village people (resist)?
17 If you are catching an early train tomorrow you (like) to have
breakfast at 7.00?
18 We'll have to break the ice on the pond; otherwise the ducks (not be
able) to swim. And if
they (not be able) to swim they (not be able) to
get food.
(Use can/could forms where possible.)
19 When he left school he became a fisherman. His family didn't like it
at all.
They (be) much happier if he (become) a greengrocer like his
father.
20 They still say that if he (go) into the greengrocery business when he
left school he (be) comfortably off now instead of being poor.
21 But he says that if he (have) his life again he (make) the same choice.
22 So many parcels and no baskets! If I (know) that we were going to
buy so much I (bring) a basket.
23 No one bathes here. The water is heavily polluted. If you (bathe) in
it you (be) ill for a fortnight.
24 I can hear the speaker all right but I wish I could see him too. -
If he (stand) on a barrel we all (see) him and that (be) much better.
25 Look at poor Tom trying to start his car by hand again! If I (be) Tom
I (get) a new battery.
26 I expect you'll see Jack at the lecture tonight. If you (do) you please
(remind) him about tomorrow's meeting?
27 The headmaster decided that Peter was the culprit and expelled
him from the school. A more intelligent man (realize) that Peter
couldn't have been guilty. (If the headmaster had been more intelligent
he....)
28 But I blame the real culprit even more. If he (admit) his guilt Peter
(not be) expelled.
29 The only thing I haven't got is a balcony. If I (have) a balcony I
(grow) plants in pots. Then my flat (be) perfect!
30 Jack rang while you were out. ~
Oh dear! If I (know) he was going to ring I (stay) at home.
31 My unmarried friends are always telling me how to bring up my
children. I sometimes think that if they (have) children they (make)
just as many mistakes as I do.
32 (At a cinema) Ann: Don't worry. They get married in the end.
Mary: Then you've seen it before! If you (tell) me that we (go) to
something else!
33 Be careful about the time. If you (spend) too long on the first
question you (not have) enough time to do the others properly.
34 We had a lot of trouble putting the tent up. If it (not be) so windy
perhaps it (not be) quite so difficult.
35 Ann (sitting beside her open fire): I love open fires; if I (have)
nothing but a radiator to sit beside I (get) quite depressed.
36 Lucy, a student at a residential college: Couldn't I leave the hostel
and get a flat, mother?
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