(B) Conditional II:

1. If I had children like hers, … _______________________________________

2. If you weren’t so busy, ….. _______________________________________

3. You would do it much quicker … _______________________________________

4. If you really loved me, … _______________________________________

5. If it weren’t so cold, … _______________________________________

a) …I’d show you how to play.

b) … I’d tidy up the garden.

c) …you’d buy me those diamonds.

d) …I would send them to a boarding school.

e) … if you used a computer.

(C) Conditional III:

1. He wouldn’t have crashed into the wall … _______________________________________

2. If Cleopatra’s nose had been shorter, … _______________________________________

3. I would have finished my work … _______________________________________

4. The burglars wouldn’t have got in … _______________________________________

5. If we hadn’t invited him, … _______________________________________

a) … if they hadn’t cut off the electricity.

b) … if you had remembered to lock the back door.

c) … if he had been looking where he was driving.

d) … we wouldn’t have got in bad trouble.

e) … the whole history of the world would have been different.

Exercise 8. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Be careful, describing unreal

situations in the past, present or future - (Conditionals II or Conditional III).

Example: I didn’t know you were in hospital. If I __had known__ (know),

I __would have_gone__(go) to visit you.

1. Ken got to the station in time to catch the train. If he ____________ (miss) it, he ________

(be) late for his interview.

2. It’s good that you reminded me about Ann’s birthday. I __________ (forget) if you

________ (not / remind) me.

3. Unfortunately, I don’t have my address book with me here in Tokyo. If I _________

(had) their address, I _________ (send) them a postcard.

4. A: How was your holiday? Did you have a nice time?

B: It was OK, but we __________ (enjoy) it more if the weather __________ (be) nicer.

5. I took a taxi to the hotel but the traffic was very bad. So, in fact, it ____________ (be)

quicker if I _________ (walk).

6. I wasn’t tired last night. If I __________ (be) tired, I _________ (go) home earlier.

7. I’m not tired tonight. If I __________ (be) tired, I _________ (go) home right now.

8. She was able to buy the car only because her friend lent her the money. If her friend _______

(not / lend) her the money, she __________ (not / be able) to buy the car.

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

__________ (not / be) injured in the crash if she ____________ (be) wearing a seat belt.

10. This view is wonderful. If I ________ (have) a camera, I _________ (take) some

photographs.

11. They want to sell their haunted house. If anybody ever _________ (agree) to buy it, he

______ soon ________ (find) a nice little ghost, living in the attic.