Exercise 4. Put “if” or “when” into the gaps (sometimes both variants are possible).

1. _____ I get home this evening, I’m going to have a bath.

2. _____ I’m late this evening, don’t wait for me.

3. We’re going to play tennis ____ it doesn’t rain.

4. John is still at school. ______ he leaves school, he wants to go to university.

5. I’m thinking of going to see Tim. ______ I go, will you come with me?

6. Shall we have a picnic tomorrow _______the weather is good.

7. _____ you don’t want to go out tonight, we can stay at home.

8. I’m going to do some shopping now. ________ I come back, we can have lunch.

9. _____ you change your mind, just call and tell me.

10. ______ the bus stops, we’ll get off.

Exercise 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form - (Mixed conditional).

Example: If I (eat) my lunch, I (not be) so hungry now. ->

If I had eaten my lunch, I wouldn’t be so hungry now.

1. If his wife (encourage) him, he (be) at the top of his profession now.

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2. He is not practical. If he (be) practical, he (not buy) such a useless thing.

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3. If I (finish) my report yesterday, I (can begin) a new project today.

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4. He still (be) alive today if he (not take) that drug.

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5. I don’t know German. If I (know) German well enough, I (help) you with that essay

yesterday.

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6. If we (buy) some apples yesterday, I (make) an apple pie this afternoon.

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7. She (not make) so many mistakes now if she (not skip) so many classes.

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8. If Helen (follow) the doctor’s prescriptions, she (not be) sick now.

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Exercise 6. Write each sentence in Conditional I , Conditional II and in Conditional III.

Translate all the variants into Russian.

Example: If I (be) free, I (go out) tonight. ->

If I am free, I’ll go out tonight. (cond. I)

If I were free, I’d go out tonight. (cond. II)

If I had been free, I’d have gone out that night. (cond. III)

1. If you (be) busy, I (leave) you alone.

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2. If I (live) in Brazil, I (see) the Carnival every year.

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3. If we (get) the tickets, we (go) to the opera.

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4. If he (lose) his money, he (be) very sorry.

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5. If she (save) enough money, she (buy) a car.

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6. If I (make) a cake, we (have) a nice tea-party.

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7. Unless they (hurry), they (miss) the train.

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8. If she (not work) hard, she (fail) her exam.

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9. If I (come) home early, I (surf) the Internet.

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10. If you (call), Mother (not worry).

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Exercise 7. Match the beginnings and the ends and translate the sentences into Russian.

(A) Conditional I:

1. If I can’t fix the video, … ______________________________________

2. You have to practice a lot… ______________________________________

3. I’ll go with you, … ______________________________________

4. If anybody asks you what you’re doing, …______________________________________

5. How can you make decisions…. ______________________________________

a) …say you’re with me.

b) …I’ll take it back to the shop.

c) …if you want to learn a musical instrument.

d) …if you don’t know what’s going on.

e) …if you like.