This document contains exercises to practice conditional sentences in English. There are several sections: 1. Choosing the correct conditional form of verbs to complete sentences. 2. Completing sentences using mixed conditional forms. 3. Choosing conditional conjunctions like "providing", "unless", and "otherwise" to complete sentences. 4. Rearranging words to form conditional sentences. 5. More sentence completion practice with conditional forms and conjunctions. 6. Using "if only" to express wishes in the past with conditional forms. The exercises provide reinforcement of different types of conditional sentences in English, including zero, first, second, third and mixed conditionals. The goal is

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Conditional possibility
1 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1 If you put ice in the sun, it melts / would melt.
2 People wouldn’t become obese if they know / knew more
about health issues.
3 I would go / will go to the supermarket as soon as you tell
me what you want.
4 If you had taken / take regular exercise before, you wouldn’t
be overweight now.
5 If you eat / ate more fibre, your health improves.
6 Will you give Dave the money if you see / will see him?
7 If she didn’t go / hadn’t gone to the doctor, she wouldn’t
have known about her problem.
8 If I were you, I will eat / would eat more fruit.
2 Complete the sentences using a mixed conditional form of
the verbs in brackets.
1 We would be eating pizzas now if you
(tell) me what you wanted.
2 If she had gone to the doctor, she
(not feel) ill today.
3 If she (want) me to go to the
supermarket, she should have told me.
4 If you take regular exercise, you
(might lose) weight.
5 You would have been promoted years ago if you
(work) harder.
6 If you had worked harder, you
(earn) more money now.
7 If we (have) more money, we
would have gone on holiday this year.
8 Your stomach (feel) better
now if you had eaten more sensibly.
3 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1 Take some money in case / providing you want to buy
something.
2 I’ll start doing more exercise, supposing / providing my knee
gets better.
3 Otherwise / Supposing it’s closed – what then?
4 I’m not going to the party supposing / unless Samantha is
going.
5 Let’s eat something now; even if / otherwise the restaurants
will all be closed.
6 I wouldn’t go even if / as long as you paid me!
4 Put the words in the correct order to make complete
sentences.
1 eat / You / have / energy / unless / enough / for the day /
won’t / you / a big breakfast / .
2 will / Simon / as / be / warm / long / enough / he / a coat /
as / takes / .
3 providing / lose / weight / We / do / exercise / will / more /
we / .
4 must / Carla / have / her exams / otherwise / passed /
wouldn’t / she / revised / properly; / have / .
5 Complete the sentences with providing, even if or otherwise.
1 I won’t start eating fruit the doctor tells me to.
2 I’ll have to stop eating so much sugar – I’ll put
on weight.
3 I can eat in that restaurant they have a
vegetarian option.
4 I wouldn’t eat there it were the last place in
this town!
5 You should eat something you’re not hungry.
6 You must have lunch soon; you’ll be hungry.
6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs
in brackets.
1 If only I (not lose) my job.
2 If only you (not leave) your
bag at home.
3 If only businesses (think)
about their customers.
4 If only I (learn) computer
programming.
5 If only you (not book) an
early table at the restaurant.
7 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 wouldn’t / wish / shout / you / I /.
2 been / could / I / I / have / there / wish /.
3 forgotten / I / my / I / appointment / hadn’t / wish /.
4 other / I / that / of / chosen / shoes / wish / had / I / pair /.
5 wish / before / I / you / me / told / had /.
Unit 3Grammar practice – reinforcement