1. If-clause main clause
Type 1 simple present will-future - probable
Type 2 simple past would + infinitive-improbable
Type 3 past perfect would have + Participle
impossible
2. Decide which type of if-clauses it is.
1. If you are not there, we’ll wait outside the
café.
2. We would go on holiday if we had enough
money.
3. W will see you at Anne’s party if we go.
4. If you had practice more, you would have done
better.
5. If Mr Moore was friendly, he would get more
3. 7. Columbus said, “If we sail to the West, we
will find land.”
8. If I’m there first, I’ll get a table near the
band.
4. Exercise if-clauses type 1
1. If the weather ____ (be) good, we __________ (go camping) at
the weekend.
2. If I _____ (get) a holiday job, I __________ (earn) some money.
3. The Indians said, “We __________ nothing to eat if you _____
(kill all the buffaloes.”
Exercise if-clauses type 2
4. If the taxi driver ________ (drive) faster, we __________
(arrive) at the station on time.
5. At lot of pupils __________ (do) better at school if they
________ (listen) to the teacher.
6. If the settlers ________ (try) to understand the Indians, they
__________ (live) together peacefully.
5. Exercise if-clauses type 3
7. I’m sure that Mr Turner ________
_______ ((give) Brian a job if he ___________
(be) more polite to him.
8. If the white settlers __________ (keep)
their promises, the Indians _______________
(leave) them alone.
9. We _______________ (win) the match if we
_______________ (practice) harder,