Exercise on If Clauses
Complete the sentences.
- If your conditions are competitive, we will place an order.
- If I had more time, I would do a course in business English.
- If we had known more about their culture, negotiating would have been easier.
- If you customize your CV, your chances of getting a job will be better.
- We will cancel our order if you don’t deliver the goods by Friday.
- If Brittany speaks better English, she would apply for a job abroad.
- If you would have told me about the problem, I would have helped you.
- I would let you know if I weren’t satisfied.
- If you execute the order carelessly, they will not place another order with you in the future.
- If I were you, I wouldn’t worry about the presentation.
3. Fill in the gaps with a form of the passive. The tense could be past, present or future.
1. Many rock stars say the real thrill is that they enjoy to be watched by thousands of adoring fans.
2. Your car is a death trap. It should be sent to the scrap yard years ago!
3. I’m sorry this office is so dirty but it can’t be cleaned until tomorrow morning at the earliest.
4. Any teacher who hits a student should be sacked immediately.
5. John’s big dream is that he wants be discovered by a big time music producer.
6. To be robbed in the street is a terrifying experience indeed.
7. The factory is losing a lot of money every week and will be shut next Thursday.
8. But it might be saved if we make an appeal to the local bank.
9. Before being recycled, glass bottles are thoroughly washed and the labels removed.
10. Jak was fired from the local car wash because, even though he hadn’t paid, he let his friend’s car be washed.
4. Reading text: Robot teachers, read and do task 1, task 2
5. Drag the words into the correct boxes.
1. At school I was good at two subjects, French and Spanish, so I took them both
at university.
2. I was a good student and my essays were always handed in
on time.
3. I studied really hard and attended all my lectures
every week.
4. When it was time for exams, I revised for weeks
before.
5. After three years, I received an average grade of A
which was a great result