H4 - Grammar conditionals revision

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

V4 - Conditionals

Explanation & exercises

Practice: fill in the gap with the right verb form

1. If Anne’s father gets seriously ill, they ____________________ (BRING) him to the hospital.

2. If I ____________________ (BE) you I would pay more attention in class.

3. They ____________________ (NOT GO) out if they don’t get a babysitter.

4. The manager would have fired him if he ____________________ (HAVE) someone else to replace him.

5. I ____________________ (LIKE) her more if she hadn’t asked such stupid questions.

6. If you ____________________ (NOT KNOCK) they won’t let you in.

7. If I had missed the bus, I ____________________ (TAKE) a taxi.

8. We will visit the sports centre tomorrow unless it ____________________ (RAIN).

9. I would have helped him if I ____________________ (KNOW) that his condition was so bad.

10. He ____________________ (NOT GO) to the course if it were not so interesting

Answers

1. If Anne’s father gets seriously ill, they WILL BRING (BRING) him to the hospital.

2. If I WAS / WERE (BE) you I would pay more attention in class.

3. They WON’T GO (NOT GO) out if they don’t get a babysitter.

4. The manager would have fired him if he HAD HAD (HAVE) someone else to replace him.

5. I WOULD HAVE LIKED (LIKE) her more if she hadn’t asked such stupid questions.

6. If you DON’T KNOCK (NOT KNOCK) they won’t let you in.

7. If I had missed the bus, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN (TAKE) a taxi.

8. We will visit the sports centre tomorrow unless it RAINS (RAIN).

9. I would have helped him if I HAD KNOWN (KNOW) that his condition was so bad.

10. He WOULDN’T GO (NOT GO) to the course if it were not so interesting.

Practice: fill in the gap with the right verb form

11. I ____________________ (CALL) if I had had his mobile number.

12. If I ____________________ (WIN) in the lottery I would go on an extended vacation.

13. If I ____________________ (NOT BE) careful, he would have lost his job.

14. ____________________ (SHE STAY) at home if I asked her to ?

15. If her daughter ____________________ (WORK) harder she would pass the exam.

16. If the French lessons had been more interesting , Mary ____________________ (NOT ATTEND) a

different school.

17. He wouldn’t have been so happy if he ____________________ (NOT HAVE) such a good life.

18. If I were a millionaire I ____________________ (STOP) working at once.

19. If you ____________________ (MARRY) Peter, you would be happier.

20. I ____________________ (GIVE) you the news as soon as I get it.

Answers

11. I WOULD HAVE CALLED (CALL) if I had had his mobile number.

12. If I WON (WIN) in the lottery I would go on an extended vacation.

13. If I HADN’T BEEN (NOT BE) careful, he would have lost his job.

14. WOULD SHE STAY (SHE STAY) at home if I asked her to ?

15. If her daughter WORKED (WORK) harder she would pass the exam.

16. If the French lessons had been more interesting , Mary WOULDN’T HAVE ATTENDED (NOT ATTEND) a different school. 

17. He wouldn’t have been so happy if he HADN’T HAD (NOT HAVE) such a good life.

18. If I were a millionaire I WOULD STOP (STOP) working at once.

19. If you MARRIED (MARRY) Peter, you would be happier.

20. I WILL GIVE (GIVE) you the news as soon as I get it.

To do:

• Make an overview of the 4 conditionals and add an example sentence to each.
• Practice on p. 204 of your OW book.
• There are some practice pdf's in the Studiewijzer you can use as well.