Conditional clauses / If clauses for the students of tourism

1. CONDITIONAL CLAUSES
English for Tourism 2 & 4
Pancasila University - Jakarta
Wasi Widayadi, ST., MBA.

2. EXAMPLES + STRUCTURE
If we go by bus, it will be cheaper.
If I’m not well tomorrow, I’ll stay at home.
Structure:
If+simple present (am/is/are), S+present modals+V1
S+present modals+V1+If+simple present (am/is/are).
Function:
 Real , possible to happen
 Present, future

3. PRACTICE 1
1. If I (be) ___ late, don’t wait for me.
2. I (call) ___ you if you (give) ___ me your
number.
3. If there (be) _____ a fire, the alarm (ring)
___.
4. If I (not/see) ___ you tomorrow morning, I
(call) ___ you in the evening.
5. I (not/be) ___ surprised if Martin and Jane
(get) ___ married.
6. (you/go) ___ to the party if they (invite) ___
you?

4. PRACTICE 2
Use your ideas to complete the sentences.
1. If you don’t hurry, ___
2. I’ll close the window if ___
3. If it doesn’t rain, ___
4. Turn off the TV if ___

5. CONDITIONAL CLAUSE 2
If he had a trillion rupiahs, he would go around the
world.
 Reality: He doesn’t have that much money.
I might not accept the job if I were you.
 Reality: I’m not you.
Type 2:
If + simple past (V2 / were), S + past modals.
S + past modals + if + simple past (V2 / were)
 Present
 Unreal, imagination, impossible to happen.

6. PRACTICE 3
Put the verbs into the correct forms of
conditional clauses 1 or 2:
1. Perhaps I will still have time. If I (have) _____
time, I (send) _____ these pictures to my
cousin.
2. I won’t have time. But, if I (have) _____ time, I
(send) _____ these pictures to my cousin.
3. Maybe I will buy a car. I (drive) _____ the new
car to Yogyakarta if I (buy) _____ a new car.
4. I’m not going to buy a car. But, I (drive) _____
the new car to Yogyakarta if I (buy) _____ a
new car.

7. PRACTICE 3
5. The weather is bad today. But, I (go) _____ to
the beach if the weather (be) _____ terrific
today.
6. Maybe the weather will be nice tomorrow. I (go)
______ to the beach if the weather (be)
______ terrific tomorrow.
7. I know you don’t want to go out tonight. But,
you (call) _____ me if you (want) _____ to
hang out together tonight.
8. Do you want to go out tonight? If you (want)
_____ to hang out together tonight, you (call)
_____ me.

8. PRACTICE 4
Use your ideas to complete the sentences.
1. I will get angry if _____
2. If I were a movie star, _____
3. We might live on another planet if _____
4. If you are tired, _____