APPLIED EXERCISES- if clause I.Put the verbs in the correct forms. 1.If it costs too much, I (buy) ……………………….a small one. 2.If you (drive) ………………………….more carefully, you wouldn’t have so many accidents. 3.What (happen) ……………………………… if there (not be) gravity? 4.If I (make) …………………………… that mistake again, my teacher (get) ……………… angry with me. 5.If I spoke English, my job (be) ……………………… a lot easier. 6.If he (go) ………………………to London yesterday, he (meet) …………………… his old friend. 7.Would you mind if you suddenly (win) ………………………half a million pounds? 8.I (lend) ……………………….them some money if they (ask) …………………….me. 9.If we (know) ………………………………who he was, we (invite) ……………………him to speak at our meeting. 10.If they had invited us, naturally we (go) ………………………….to the party. 11.If Don and I ( have) …………………….enough money, we would buy a house. 12.Ice (turn) ………………… to water if you (heat) …………………it. 13.I (speak) …………………….to France if I (see) ……………………him yesterday. 14.If I (realize) ………………………that the traffic lights were red. I (stop) …………… 15.They (not / let) ……………………….you in if you come late. 16.If you (not / go) …………………………away, I’ll send for a policeman. 17.If I (be) ………………….in your place, I (accept) ………………….Mr Long’s officer. 18.If I (win) …………………a big prize in a lottery, I’d give up my job. 19.If Tom (be) ……………… here yesterday, he (be) …………………able to advise us. 20.I was busy. If I (have) …………………free time, I (go) ………………to the cinema with you. 21.If I (be) ……………… you, I (tell) …………………… her the truth. 22.Why didn’t you attend the meeting? Oh, I (not know) ………………… indeed. If I (know) …………………I (come) ……………… there. 23.What …………….we (do) ………… if they (not come) …………………… tomorrow? 24.If you meet him, remember (not tell) ………………….him what I (just say) …………………… to you. 25.If I (have) ………………….enough time now, I (write) ……………………to my parents. 26.It’s too bad Helen isn’t here. If she (be) ……………there, she (know) ……………………what to do. 27.If I (not eat) ……………………breakfast tomorrow morning, I (get) …………………… hungry during class. 28.I (change) ………………….the present economic policy if I (be) ………………………the President of the United States. 29.If the weather (be) …………………nice today, we (go) ………………………to the zoo. 30.If I (be) ………………… in your position, I (not do) ………………………….that. II.Write conditional sentences according to the ideas suggested: 1.Mary doesn’t see the sight. She can’t tell you about that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2.It wasn’t fine yesterday. We didn’t go for a walk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 3.I saw it with my own eyes. I believed it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4.The accident happened because the driver didn’t see the stop sign. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.You can’t come late or they won’t let you in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 6.I don’t know Greek, so I can’t tell you about that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.Gravity keeps people from being hurled off the earth as it whirls around. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 8.Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.The church bells keep me from sleeping. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 10.Go right now or you’ll be late for the train. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - III.Rewrite the sentences, beginning with words or phrases given: 1.Keep quiet or I’ll scream. Unless------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.I regret speaking to him so severely yesterday. I wish-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.Unless he phones immediately, he won’t get any information. If------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.We got lost because we didn’t have a map. If------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.We didn’t have enough rain, so we could not grow rice. If------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.His friends were late so they missed the train. If------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.Today isn’t Sunday. The pupils can’t go swimming. If------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.We haven’t got a big house. We can’t invite friends to stay. If ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.Be calm, or you’ll make a wrong decision. If ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.She is often absent from class, so she can’t keep pace with her classmates. If ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.He was late because he missed the train. If ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.If she doesn’t hurry, she’ll miss the bus. Unless ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.She can’t walk without help, so she doesn’t go out very often. If ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14.There will be a shortage of water unless it rains. If ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15.We didn’t go on holiday because we didn’t have enough money. If we -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.Unless someone has a key, we can’t get into the house. We can only ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17.Unless it stops raining, we won’t go out. If ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18.Without gravity, water couldn’t run down hill. Water couldn’t ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.I studied hard, so I passed the final examination. If 20.Listen to the teacher’s explanation or you can’t understand anything. If……………………………………………………………………………………………… KEY I.Put the verbs in the correct forms. 1.If it costs too much, I (buy) …will…………………….a small one. 2.If you (drive) ……drove…………………….more carefully, you wouldn’t have so many accidents. 3.What (happen) ………would……………………… if there (not be)…weren’t… gravity? 4.If I (make) ……make……………………… that mistake again, my teacher (get) …will…………… angry with me. 5.If I spoke English, my job (be) …………would…………… a lot easier. 6.If he (go) …………had gone……………to London yesterday, he (meet) ……would have met……………… his old friend. 7.Would you mind if you suddenly (win) ………won………………half a million pounds? 8.I (lend) …would have lent…………….them some money if they (ask) ……had asked……………….me. 9.If we (know) …………had known……………………who he was, we (invite) ……would have invited………………him to speak at our meeting. 10.If they had invited us, naturally we (go) …………would have gone……………….to the party. 11.If Don and I ( have) ……had……………….enough money, we would buy a house. 12.Ice (turn) ………will turn………… to water if you (heat) ………heat…………it. 13.I (speak) ……would spoken………….to France if I (see) …had seen……………him yesterday. 14.If I (realize) …had realized ………………that the traffic lights were red. I (stop) …would have stopped………… 15.They (not / let) ……won’t let………………….you in if you come late. 16.If you (not / go) ………don’t go…………………away, I’ll send for a policeman. 17.If I (be) …were………….in your place, I (accept) …would accept………….Mr Long’s officer. 18.If I (win) ……won……………a big prize in a lottery, I’d give up my job. 19.If Tom (be) …had been…………… here yesterday, he (be) …would have been………able to advise us. 20.I was busy. If I (have) … had had ……free time, I (go) …would have gone…to the cinema with you. 21.If I (be) …were…… you, I (tell) ……would tell…… her the truth. 22.Why didn’t you attend the meeting? Oh, I (not know) …didn’t know……………… indeed. If I (know) …had known……I (come) …… would have come……… there. 23.What ……will ….we (do) …do…… if they (not come) ……come…… tomorrow? 24.If you meet him, remember (not tell) ……not to tell…………….him what I (just say) ……have just said……………… to you. 25.If I (have) ……have……….enough time now, I (write) ……will write………to my parents. 26.It’s too bad Helen isn’t here. If she (be) ……were……there, she (know) ………would know…… what to do. 27.If I (not eat) ………don’t ………breakfast tomorrow morning, I (get) …will…… hungry during class. 28.I (change) …would……….the present economic policy if I (be) ……were…………the President of the United States. 29.If the weather (be) ……were……nice today, we (go) ……would………to the zoo. 30.If I (be) ……were…… in your position, I (not do) ……wouldn’t do…….that. II.Write conditional sentences according to the ideas suggested: 1.Mary doesn’t see the sight. She can’t tell you about that. If Mary saw the sight, she could tell you about that. 2.It wasn’t fine yesterday. We didn’t go for a walk. => If it had been fine yesterday, we would have gone for a walk. 3.I saw it with my own eyes. I believed it. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. 4.The accident happened because the driver didn’t see the stop sign. => If the driver had seen the stop sign, the accident wouldn’t have happened 5.You can’t come late or they won’t let you in. If you come late, they won’t ;et you in. 6.I don’t know Greek, so I can’t tell you about that. If I knew Greek, I could have told you about that. 7.Gravity keeps people from being hurled off the earth as it whirls around. If gravity didn’t whirl around, it couldn’t keep people from being hurled off the earth. 8.Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson. If you don’t stop talking, you won’t understand the lesson. 9.The church bells keep me from sleeping. If the church bell didn’t ring, I could sleep. 10.Go right now or you’ll be late for the train. If you don’t go right now, you’ll be late for the train. III.Rewrite the sentences, beginning with words or phrases given: 1.Keep quiet or I’ll scream. Unless you keep quiet, I’ll scream. 2.I regret speaking to him so severely yesterday. I wish I hadn’t spoken to him so severely yesterday. 3.Unless he phones immediately, he won’t get any information. If he doesn’t phone immediately, he won’t get any information 4.We got lost because we didn’t have a map. If had had a map, we wouldn’t have got lost. 5.We didn’t have enough rain, so we could not grow rice. If we had had enough rain, we could have grown rice. 6.His friends were late so they missed the train. If his friend hadn’t been late, they wouldn’t have missed the train. 7.Today isn’t Sunday. The pupils can’t go swimming. If today were Sunday, the pupils could go swimming. 8.We haven’t got a big house. We can’t invite friends to stay. If we had a big house, we could invite friends to stay. 9.Be calm, or you’ll make a wrong decision. If you aren’t calm, you’ll make a wrong decision. 10.She is often absent from class, so she can’t keep pace with her classmates. If she weren’t often absent from class, she could keep pace with her classmates. 11.He was late because he missed the train. If hadn’t been late, he wouldn’t have missed the train. 12.If she doesn’t hurry, she’ll miss the bus. Unless she hurries, she’ll miss the bus. 13.She can’t walk without help, so she doesn’t go out very often. If she could walk without help, she would go out very often. 14.There will be a shortage of water unless it rains. If it doesn’t rain, there will be a shortage of water. 15.We didn’t go on holiday because we didn’t have enough money. If we had had enough money, we would have gone on holiday. 16.Unless someone has a key, we can’t get into the house. We can only get into the house if someone has a key. 17.Unless it stops raining, we won’t go out. If it doesn’t stop raining, we won’t go out. 18.Without gravity, water couldn’t run down hill. Water couldn’t run down hill if there isn’t gravity. 19.I studied hard, so I passed the final examination. If I hadn’t studied hard. I wouldn’t have passed the final examination. 20.Listen to the teacher’s explanation or you can’t understand anything. If you don’t listen to the teacher’s explanation, you can’t understand anything. . -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - 9.The church bells keep me from sleeping. -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - . We didn’t go for a walk. -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - 3.I saw it with my own