Conditionals

1. Smokers have yellow fingers

2. I didn’t know it was her birthday so I didn’t give her a card

3. He didn’t go to the music festival because he was on holiday

4. We can’t go in the car because I haven’t got a licence

5. Remember to set your alarm clock or you won’t wake up at time

6. Listen carefully or you won’t know what to do

7. You never get good results because you don’t study hard

8. He didn’t know it was a very formal restaurant so he wore jeans

9. I didn’t know she was vegetarian so I made paella

10. Hurry up or we’ll be late!

11. She is very shy; that's why she doesn't enjoy parties.

12. They weren't wearing life-jackets; perhaps that's why they were drowned.

13. He doesn't take any exercise; that's why he is so unhealthy.

14. My brother can’t drink milk because he gets sick

15. I haven't the right change so we can't get tickets from the machine.

16. I didn't see the signal, so I didn't stop.

17. Why don’t you sing with us? Everybody will leave the room 

18. I didn't know your number, so I didn't ring.

19. She didn't know you were in hospital, so she didn't visit you

20. They speak French to her, not English, so her English doesn't improve.

21. He doesn't work overtime, so he doesn't earn as much as I do.

22. My number isn't in the directory so people don't ring me up.

23. Don’t jump on the chair or it will break

24. The police are not armed so we don't have gun battles in the streets.

25. The shops don't deliver now, which makes life difficult.

26. He's very thin; perhaps that's why he feels the cold so much.

27. We haven't any matches so we can't light a fire.

28. He didn't get to the top of his profession, perhaps because his wife didn't encourage him.

29. It's a pity we haven't a steak to cook over our camp fire.

30. I'm fat; that's why I can't get through the bathroom window.

31. He doesn't help me, possibly because I never ask him for help.

32. I can't drive so we can't take the car.

33. Remember don’t mix water and electricity or you will get a shock

34. They got the children back alive only because they paid the ransom at once.
35. We have no ladder so we can't get over the wall.

36. Let’s take dad’s car to go to the beach. No! He will be angry

37. He never polishes his shoes, so he never looks smart.

38. Leave now or we will call the police

39. He wasn't looking where he was going. That's why he was run over.

40. I don't like country life, perhaps because I wasn't brought up in the country.

41. I didn't know he was so quarrelsome. I'm sorry now that I invited him.

42. It rained all the time. Perhaps that's why he didn't enjoy his visit.

43. He doesn't pay his staff properly; perhaps that's why they don't work well.

44. We haven't got central heating, so the house is rather cold.

45. My mother always told me: people who eat too many sweets will get fat

46. We have take the car or we will be late

47. Why don’t you ask her to marry you? I don’t she will say yes

48. I have no dog, so I don't like being alone in the house at night.

49. He spends hours watching television; that's why he never has time to do odd jobs in the house.

50. I haven't got a vacuum cleaner; that's why I'm so slow.

51. I don't know his address, so I can't write to him.

52. We must go home or dad will be worried

53. We didn't go by air only because we hadn't enough money.

54. Ice melts when you heat it

55. He never shaves; that's the only reason he looks unattractive.

56. You work too fast; that's why you make so many mistakes.

57. I can't park near my office; that's why I don't come by car.

58. You must study hard to pass you test

59. I live a long way from the centre; that's why I am always late for work.

60. I haven't a map so I can't direct you.

61. I don’t cook because I burn the food

62. The exit doors were blocked so people couldn't escape from the burning hall.

63. The astronauts didn't walk very far on the moon because they were hampered by the thick dust.

64. People drive very fast. That's why there are so many accidents.

65. Stop smoking or you will get sick

66. English people speak very quickly. Perhaps that's why I can't understand them.

67. The examiner read the passage very quickly, so the candidates didn't understand it

68. On the beach you should wear a hat because you can get sunstroke
1 If she wasn't/weren't so shy she would enjoy 2 If he took more exercise he would be healthier 3 If I had the
right change we could 4 If they spoke English to her, her English would/might improve 5 If he worked
overtime he would 6 If my number was/were in the directory people would ring 7 If the police were armed
we would/might have gun battles 8 If the shops delivered, life would be easier/less difficult 9 If he
wasn't/weren't so thin he mightn't feel/ If he was/were fatter, etc. 10 If we had matches we could light 11 If
we had a steak we could cook it 12 If I wasn't/weren't so fat I could/would be able to 13 If I asked him he
might help 14 If I could drive we could/would be able to take the car 15 If we had a ladder we could 16 If I
were you I should/would sell it 17 If I had more time I'd read more 18 If they cleaned the windows the
rooms would look brighter 19 If he polished his shoes he'd look smarter 20 If he paid his staff properly they
might work better 21 If we had central heating the house would be warmer 22 If I had a dog I wouldn't mind
being alone 23 If he didn't spend hours watching television he would have time 24 If I had a vacuum cleaner
I'd be quicker 25 If I knew his address I could write 26 If he shaved he'd look more attractive 27 If you
worked more slowly you wouldn't make 28 If I could park near my office I'd come by car 29 If I lived nearer
the centre I wouldn't always be late 30 If I had a map I could direct 31 If people drove more slowly there
wouldn't be 32 If English people spoke more slowly I might/might be able to understand 33 If my house
wasn't/weren't guarded by two Alsatian dogs it would be broken into 34 If the flats were clearly numbered it
would be easier to find people 35 If you wiped your feet you wouldn't make muddy marks 36 If I didn't live
near my office I'd spend a lot of time
1 If I had seen the signal I would have stopped 2 If I'd known your number I would have rung 3 If she had
known you were in hospital she would have visited 4 If there had been taxis we would have taken one 5 If
she hadn't been so shy she might have spoken 6 If she hadn't threatened to set fire to her flat I wouldn't have
asked 7 If we'd had time we'd have visited 8 If the lift had been working I wouldn't have come up the stairs 9
If we had listened carefully we mightn't have made 10 If we hadn't got a lift we shouldn't/wouldn't have
reached 11 If you hadn't washed it in boiling water it wouldn't have shrunk 12 If we hadn't been using an
out-of-date timetable we shouldn't/wouldn't have missed 13 If his own men hadn't deserted him he wouldn't
have failed 14 If they hadn't been driving so quickly the accident wouldn't have been 15 If it hadn't been
raining I would have taken 16 If I'd known that in summer etc. I wouldn't have bought 17 If Tom's father
hadn't been on the Board he wouldn't have got 18 If he'd been looking where he was going he wouldn't have
been run over 19 If I'd been brought up in the country I might like country life 20 If I'd known he was so
quarrelsome I wouldn't/shouldn't have invited him 21 If it hadn't rained all the time he might have enjoyed
his visit 22 If I'd worked hard at school I would/should/might have got a good job 23 If they hadn't used
closed-circuit television they wouldn't/mightn't have spotted 24 If he'd been wearing a shirt they wouldn't
have asked him to leave 25 If the streets had been clearly marked it wouldn't have taken us so long 26 If
we'd had enough money we would/should have gone by air 27 If you'd put your hand up the bus would have
stopped 28 If he hadn't turned up looking so disreputable they would have given him 29 If I'd known how
thin the ice was I wouldn't/shouldn't have been walking 30 If he had taken the fight seriously from the
beginning he might have won 31 If they hadn't paid the ransom at once they wouldn't have got 32 If he had
read the passage more slowly the candidates would have understood 33 If they'd been wearing life-jackets
they mightn't have been drowned 34 If his wife had encouraged him he might have got 35 If the exit doors
hadn't been blocked people would have been able to escape/could have escaped 36 They would have walked
further if they hadn't been hampered by or But for the thick dust they would have walked further