6th grade Grammar

October

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GRAMMAR

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Grammar Exercises - Conditional sentences

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Do the exercises below on conditional sentences and click on the button to check your answers.

(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on conditional sentences) 

Match the numbers with the letters to form conditional sentences:

1.   a b c  If I were a millionaire, 2.   a b c  She wouldn't have  had an accident 3.   a b c  I’ll watch the film,

a. if I finish early. b. I would buy a beautiful car. c. if she had driven carefully.

Decide which of the sentences below is conditional type 1, 2 & 3 :

1. If I were rich, I would travel around the world.   Conditional1 Conditional2 Conditional3 
2. She wouldn't have missed the train if she had woken up earlier.   Conditional1 Conditional2 Conditional3 
3. I’ll call you if I come back early.   Conditional1 Conditional2 Conditional3  

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (conditional 1):

1. If I (finish) early, I will call you.
2. I (catch) the 9:00 train if I hurry up .
3. She will know the answer, if she (try) to understand. 

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (conditional 2):

1. If I (be) a star, I would help the needy.
2. He (buy) a house if he had a job.
3. She (be) happy, if she married him . 

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense (conditional 3):

1. If he (be) careful, he would not have had that terrible accident.
2. I (pass) the exam if I had worked hard .
3. Her father would not have died, if he (go) to the doctor. 

Choose the correct answer: 

1. If I (wake up)   wake up will wake up woke up had woken up would wake up would have woken up  early, I’ll go jogging. 
2. He (visit)   will visit visited had visited would visit would have visited  his uncle, if he finishes early. 
3. If she had taken care of her son, he (not/become)   does not become did not become will not become had not become would not become would not have become  a criminal. 
4. If I were a star, I (help)   will help helped had helped would help would have helped  the poor. 
5. She would have been top of her class if she (work)   works worked had worked will work would work would have worked  hard. 

Warning

Before submitting the test, check the following:

• Punctuation and capitalization 
• Spelling
• Spaces (don't add any unnecessary spaces) 

Such mistakes would cost you valuable points. Good luck! 

Third Conditional

for no possibility

If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a car.

The first conditional and second conditionals talk about the future. With the third conditional we talk about the past. We talk about a condition in the past that did not happen. That is why there is no possibility for this condition. The third conditional is also like a dream, but with no possibilityof the dream coming true.

Last week you bought a lottery ticket. But you did not win. :-(

if	condition	result
	Past Perfect	would have + past participle
If	I had won the lottery,	I would have bought a car.

Notice that we are thinking about an impossible past condition. You did not win the lottery. So the condition was not true, and that particular condition can never be true because it is finished. We use the Past Perfect tense to talk about the impossible past condition. We use would have + past participle to talk about the impossible past result. The important thing about the third conditional is that both the condition and result are impossible now.

Look at these example senteces:

if	condition	result
	Past Perfect	would have + past participle
If	I had seen Mary,	I would have told her.
If	Tara had been free yesterday,	I would have invited her.
If	they had not passed their exam,	their teacher would have been sad.
If	it had rained yesterday,	would you have stayed at home?
If	it had rained yesterday,	what would you have done?

result	if	condition
would have + past participle		Past Perfect
I would have told Mary	if	I had seen her.
I would have invited Tara	if	she had been free yesterday.
Their teacher would have been sad	if	they had not passed their exam.
Would you have stayed at home	if	it had rained yesterday?
What would you have done	if	it had rained yesterday?

Sometimes, we use should have, could have, might have instead of would have, for example: If you had bought a lottery ticket, you might have won.

Second Conditional

for unreal possibility

If I won the lottery, I would buy a car.

The second conditional is like the first conditional. We are still thinking about the future. We are thinking about a particular condition in the future, and the result of this condition. But there is not a real possibility that this condition will happen. For example, you do not have a lottery ticket. Is it possible to win? No! No lottery ticket, no win! But maybe you will buy a lottery ticket in the future. So you can think about winning in the future, like a dream. It's not very real, but it's still possible.

if	condition	result
	Past Simple	would + base verb
If	I won the lottery,	I would buy a car.

Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. We use the Past Simpletense to talk about the future condition. We use would + base verb to talk about the future result. The important thing about the second conditional is that there is an unreal possibility that the condition will happen.

Look at these example sentences:

if	condition	result
	Past Simple	would + base verb
If	I married Mary,	I would be happy.
If	Ram became rich,	she would marry him.
If	it snowed next July,	would you be surprised?
If	it snowed next July,	what would you do?

result	if	condition
would + base verb		Past Simple
I would be happy	if	I married Mary.
She would marry Ram	if	he became rich.
Would you be surprised	if	it snowed next July?
What would you do	if	it snowed next July?

Sometimes, we use should, could or might instead of would, for example: If I won a million dollars, I could stop working.