1. Match the sentence halves 1-8 and a-h using Conditionals.
1. If the government lowers interest rates, a) it loses market share.
2. If you want to play golf well, b) people tend to save.
3. If inflation is high, c) it is more difficult to export.
4. If the national currency is strong, d) you get monkeys.
5. If you have an offshore bank account, e) you have to practice regularly.
6. If y you pay people peanuts, f) it makes borrowing easier.
7. If a firm doesn’t advertise, g) you don’t pay income tax.
8. If you order in bulk, h) you usually get a discount.
2. Make the sentence using Conditional I (What will you do?).
Model:if your car is stolen.
If my car is stolen I’ll call the police.
1. if yourclose colleague gets married
2. if you are offered a better-paid job abroad
3. if your firm is taken over by a competitor
4. if you have to give a presentation in English
5. if your computer is infected by a virus.
3. Imagine future situation using Conditional II (What would happen).
1. if the company was managed by you …
2. if your husband or wife was offered a good position in Iceland …
3. if you stood up for the presidential elections …
4. if the sale of alcohol was banned in Europe …
5. if you were accused of selling your country’s military secrets …
6. if you were rich …
4. Put the verbs in the brackets into correct form using Conditional II.
1. If I had the money I … (buy) that computer.
2. I would be disappointed if they … not (come).
3. If he … (be) there, he would answer you.
4. He would leave Donetsk tonight if he … (get) necessary documents.
5. I would drive to the country if the weather … (be) fine.
6. If you gave us a 5% discount, we … (make) an order of 5,000 units.
7. If I gave you firm orders … you (reduce) the price by 10%?
8. If I … (ensure) free maintenance would you buy a new photocopier?
9. If I bought the turbo-diesel model … you (install) air conditioning?
10. Imagine what would happen if all the stock exchanges … (crash).
11. If we … (hire) a factoring agency we could recover our debts easily.
12. If we agreed to make a special delivery … you (buy) more?
5. Put the verbs in the brackets into correct form using Conditional III.
1. I would have called you yesterday if I … (be) in town.
2. If the goods had been loaded quickly, we … (receive) them in time.
3. If you had arrived earlier, you … (find) me there.
4. If he hadn’t lost his spectacles, he … (be able) to finish work in time.
5. If I … (be) in your place, I would not have said this.
6. He would have left Moscow yesterday if he … (get) the necessary files.
7.The worker wouldn’t have been injured if the safety rules … (be observed).
8. I … (go) on a business trip last week if I had prepared the contract.
9. We would have presented our design at the exhibition if we … (finish) it.
10. If I hadn’t been so busy yesterday I … (go) to the station to see him off.
11. If you … (know) Chinese last year you would have been promoted.
12. It wouldn’t have happened if you … (be) there.
6. Choose the correct form of the verb.
1. If I … one on eBay, I … this, which probably costs twice as much.
a) find … will buy c) will find … don’t buy
b) find … won’t buy d) found … would have bought
2. More consumers … on the internet if there … better security.
a) shopped … were c) would shop … were
b) shop … is d) had shopped … would be
3. If I had seen the fake version I … the genuine brand – but I didn’t.
a) will c) would
b) wouldn’t have bought d) wouldn’t buy
4. If electronic markets didn’t exist consumers … less choice.
a) would have c) wouldn’t have
b) will have d) would have had
5. If we … the design soon, someone else will do it before us.
a) patented c) will patent
b) had patented d) don’t patent
6. If you want this meeting finished by 3 o’clock we … to hurry.
a) will have c) have
b) had d) would have
7. The protest … as effective if it … on the news tonight.
a) would be … appeared c) will be … appears
b) wouldn’t be … appear d) won’t be … doesn’t appear
8. People … far more branded goods if they … so expensive.
a) would buy … weren’t c) will buy … were
b) would have bought … were d) bought … will not be
9. The supermarkets … the grey imports if we … legal action .
a) will sell … won’t take c) sell … will take
b) will sell … don’t take d) would sell … took
10. If I … you I wouldn’t buy a fake watch as you’ve no guarantee.
a) am c) were
b) weren’t d) wasn’t
11. He would have come if you … him yesterday.
a) called c) call
b) would call d) had called
12. If we … get your answer we … the order to another firm.
a) don’t … will pass c) didn’t … pass
b) won’t … pass d) don’t … would pass
13. If our office had received your e-mail a week ago we … the contract.
a) will sign c) would sign
b) would have signed d) signed
14. If you … 200 tons of these goods we’ll reduce the price by5%.
a) ordered c) order
b) don’t order d) will order
15. If your order … last week we would have accepted it.
a) received c) would receive
b) had received d) had been received
16. It … very kind of you if you could do it for me.
a) will be c) would be
b) is d) were
17. I would be very grateful if you … me a minute.
a) spare c) would spare
b) could spare d) will spare
18. If it depended on me I … you with the project.
a) would help c) will help
b) helped d) would have helped
19. If we had less paperwork we … the work quicker.
a) will do c) would have done
b) did d) would do
20. If I had a dictionary with me I … the document now.
a) would translated c) will translate
b) translated d) could translate
