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5. Open the brackets. Both right and both wrong

The black car screamed round the corner on the wrong side of the road and passed a white car doing exactly the same thing in the other direction. Both drivers stopped and got out of their cars. ‘If I (1) (be) had been on my side of the road, you (2) ___ (kill) me’, driver A shouted. ‘But you weren’t on your side of the road,’ driver B shouted back. ‘If you (3) ___ (... driving) more carefully, you (4) ___ (not be) on the wrong side of the road.’ ‘If I (5) ___ (know) what was round the corner, I (6) ___ (keep) to my side of the road,’ driver A said. ‘If you (7) ___ (know) what was round the corner, you (8) ___ (... not driving) so carelessly.’ Suddenly, both men stopped shouting and driver A said, very quietly, ‘If we both (9) ___ (not be) on the wrong side of the road. we (10) ___ (be) dead now.’ Without speaking a further word, both men shook hands and drove away.

6. Comment on the following situations with if (expressing regret, etc.).

Model: John ate too much cake, so he was sick.

If John hadn’t eaten too/so much cake, he wouldn’t have been sick.

  1. We came home from our holiday early because we ran out of money.

  2. The house didn’t burn down because the fire brigade came immediately.

  3. The men were wearing protective clothing, so they were all quite safe.

  4. I had an accident because I wasn’t watching the road.

  5. I was sweating because it was so hot.

  6. My father didn’t earn much money, so life wasn’t easy for us.

  7. I didn’t enjoy school, so I didn’t do very well.

7. Read a situation and write a sentence with if.

Model: She didn’t eat anything because she wasn’t hungry

If she had been hungry, she would have eaten something.

  1. The accident happened because the driver in front stopped so suddenly.

If the driver in front ___.

  1. I didn’t wake Nora because I didn’t know she wanted to get up early.

If I ___.

  1. She wasn’t injured in the crash because she was wearing a seat belt.

If ___.

  1. I was able to buy the car because Jim lent me the money.

If ___.

  1. You’re hungry now because you didn’t have breakfast.

If ___.

  1. She didn’t buy the coat because she didn’t have enough money on her.

If ___.

8. Rewrite these sentences as conditionals.

Model: Unfortunately I didn’t see him, so I couldn’t give him your message.

If I had seen him, I could have given him your message.

  1. Unfortunately he didn’t pass his exams or he might have gone to university.

  2. He didn’t realize what was happening or he would have run away.

  3. Fortunately I didn’t hear what she said or I would have been very angry.

  4. They got in because you didn’t lock the door properly.

  5. It only happened because you didn’t follow the instructions.

  6. Luckily she didn’t find out or she would have been furious.

  7. It’s lucky we looked a room or we would have had nowhere to stay.

  8. It’s a good job we weren’t going any faster or someone could have been killed.

  9. He was so tired that he went home at lunchtime.

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