Unreal conditionals

If there was a fire in this hotel, it would be very difficult to escape.
I wouldn't have a car if I didn't live in the country.
If it wasn't raining so hard, we could get to the top of the mountain.
If I were you, I'd make Jimmy wear a helmet when he's cycling.
If they had found the river sooner, they would all have survived.
I wouldn't have got lost if I hadn't taken the wrong path.
He would have died if he hadn't been wearing a helmet.
If the weather had been better, I might have arrived earlier.
If you came to class more often, you would probably pass the exam.
If you had come to class more often, you would probably have passed the exam.

Exercise a

If Tim hadn't got injured, he would have played in the final.
I wouldn't have made so much coffee if you'd told me you weren't hungry.
If I were you, I wouldn't lend money to members of your family.
If Jack were here, I would ask him to help me.
Joe wouldn't have had an accident if he hadn't been driving so fast.
I'd run a half-marathon if I was / were a bit fitter.
If you had looked where you were going, you wouldn't have fallen over.
I'm sure you would enjoy dancing if you came to the class with me.
We'd go to the local restaurant more often if they changed the menu from time to time.
Nina wouldn't have gone abroadif she had been able to find a job here.
If you had asked for a discount in the shop, they might have given you one.

Exercise b

You didn1't wait ten minutes. You didn't see Jim.
If you'd waited ten minutes, you would have seen Jim.

Luke missed the train. He was late for the interview.
If Luke hadn't missed the train, he wouldn't have been late for the interview.

Millie didn't buy the top. She didn't have enough money.
Millie would have bought the top if she had had enough money.

It started snowing. We didn't reach the top.
If it hadn't started snowing, we would have reachedthe top.

Rebecca drinks so much coffee. She sleeps badly.
If Rebecca didn't drink so much coffee, she wouldn't sleep badly.

I don't drive to work. There's so much traffic.
I would drive to work if there weren't so much traffic.

Matt doesn't work very hard. He won't get promoted.
If Matt worked harder, he would get promoted.

We ran for the bus. We caught it.
If we hadn't run for the bus, we wouldn't have caught it.

Second Conditional

We use second conditional sentences to talk about a hypothetical or imaginary situation in the present or future and its consequences.

In the if-clause you can also use the past continuous. In the other clause you can use could or might instead of would.

With the verb be you can use was or were for I, he and she in the if-clause, e.g. If Dan was / were here, he would know what to do. However, in conditionals beginning If I were you... to give advice, we always use were.

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