CONDITIONALS CONTRAST
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If I have enough money, I’ll buy a scooter.
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If I had enough money, I’d buy a scooter.
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If I had had enough money, I would’ve bought a scooter.
A- Match the columns.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
If it had snowed,
If it snows,
If it snowed,
If I have time,
If I had time,
If I had had time,
We’ll buy it
We’d buy it
We’d have bought it
If she likes the house,
If she liked the house,
If she had liked the house,
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
We’d go skiing.
I’d write the report for you.
I’d have written the report for you.
we’ll go skiing.
I’ll write the report for you.
we would’ve gone skiing.
if we liked it.
if we had liked it.
if we like it.
she’d buy it.
she’d have bought it.
she’ll buy it.
B- Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. If Jonathan hadn’t slept late, he __________ (arrive) on time.
2. I’d let my dogs sleep on my bed if they __________(not be) so big.
3. If I __________(see) him, I would´ve said hello.
4. I __________(not go) to school if I feel sick.
5. The fish __________(not die) if they hadn’t polluted the river.
6. If he __________ (not hit) the dog, it wouldn’t have bittern him.
7. If you leave the baby there, he __________ (fall) into the pool.
8. If you __________(not be) careful, you’ll burn yourself.
9. If he had been more careful, he __________ (not burn) himself.
10. They __________ (take) us to the cinema if we ask them.
11. I __________(lend) you the money if you had asked me.
12. If Philosophy wasn’t so boring, I __________ (not fall) asleep in class.
13. It would be easier to find a job if I __________(have) better
qualifications.
Answer Key:
A
1f; 2d; 3e; 4a; 5b; 6c; 7i; 8g; 9h; 10l; 11j; 12k
B
1. would’ve arrived
2. weren’t
3. had seen
4. won’t go
5. wouldn’t have died
6. hadn’t hit
7. will fall
8. aren’t
9. wouldn´t have burnt
10. ´ll take
11. would’ve lent
12. wouldn’t fall
13. had