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The Unreal Conditional

This document provides a review and expansion of the unreal conditional tense in English. It contains four sections: 1. Completing sentences in the second conditional by filling in verbs in the correct form. 2. Completing sentences in the present unreal conditional using "would". 3. Rewriting sentences in the present unreal conditional to correct errors. 4. Rewriting sentences in the unreal conditional by reversing the order of the clauses. The document provides examples to practice different forms of the unreal conditional tense in English, including filling in verbs, correcting errors, and rewriting sentences by changing the clause order.
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The Unreal Conditional

This document provides a review and expansion of the unreal conditional tense in English. It contains four sections: 1. Completing sentences in the second conditional by filling in verbs in the correct form. 2. Completing sentences in the present unreal conditional using "would". 3. Rewriting sentences in the present unreal conditional to correct errors. 4. Rewriting sentences in the unreal conditional by reversing the order of the clauses. The document provides examples to practice different forms of the unreal conditional tense in English, including filling in verbs, correcting errors, and rewriting sentences by changing the clause order.
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Elisa Amelie Sandoval Muñoz 2.

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The unreal conditional: Review and expansion
I.Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type II) by putting the
verbs into the correct form. Look at the example.
2. If he (have) had more time, he (learn) would learn karate.
3. If they (tell) told their father, he (be) would be very angry.
4. She (spend) would spend a year in the USA if it (be) were easier to get a
green card.
5.If I (live) lived on a lonely island, I (run) would run around naked all day.
6.We (help) would help you you if we (know) knew how.
7.My brother (buy) would buy a sport car if he (have) had the money.
8. If I (feel) felt better, I (go) would go t to the cinema with you.
9. If you (go) would go by bike more often, you (be / not) weren’t so flabby.
10. She (not / talk) wouldn’t talk to you if she (be) were mad at you.

II. Complete the sentences in the present unreal conditional. Use


would.
12. What time would you go (you / go) to sleep if you hadn’t to (you / not /
have to) get up to go to work?
13. If we knew (we / know) Margaret’s e-mail address, we would send
(we / send) her an invitation.
14.Would you get (you / get) the new Banana tablet if the price were (the price /
be) right?
15. Who would you tell (you / tell) if you saw (you / see) someone steal
something in a store?
16. Where would Mark go (Mark / go) if he had (he / have) a one-month vacation?
17.Would you take (you / take) your children to the new action film
If it weren’t (it / not / be) too violent?
18. Do you think would more people get (more people / get) plastic surgery
If no one knew (no one / know)?
19. If it weren’t (it / not / be) very expensive to join a health
club, would most people join (most people / join)?
20. If you hadn’t to (you / not / have to) work, would you stay (you/stay)home?

III. Rewrite the present unreal conditional sentences, correcting


the errors.
22. If the weather would be good, will you take the day off ?
If the weather were good, would you take the day off?
23. Would you drive a colleague home from work if he or she would be sick?
Would you drive a colleague home from work if he or he were sick?
24. What would most people eat for dinner if they will want to lose weight?
What would most people eat for dinner if they wanted to lose weight?
25. Will people have fewer accidents if they didn’t talk on the phone when they
drove?
Would people have fewer accidents if they didn’t talk on the phone when they
drive?

IV. Rewrite the unreal conditional sentences, reversing the order


of the clauses.
27. Would a vegetarian eat meat if there were nothing else to eat?
If there were nothing else to eat, would a vegetarian eat meat?
28. Would you rent a car if you took a trip to London?
If you took a trip to London, would you rent a car?
29. If there weren’t a good movie at the Uptown Theater, I wouldn’t go out tonight
I wouldn’t go out tonight If there weren’t a good movie at the Uptown Theater

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