Conditional Clauses – Free Exercise

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Exercise B1

First conditional (real condition)
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

  1. Si (yo/perderse)  , te llamaré.[If I lose my way, I’ll call you.]|presente de indicativo in the si-clause; futuro de indicativo in the main clause
  2. Si (vosotros/ayudar)   a los vecinos con la mudanza, tenéis que ayudarme a mí también.[If you help the neighbours move, you ought to help me too.]|presente de indicativo in the si-clause; futuro de indicativo in the main clause
  3. Si (tú/querer)   a alguien, tienes que decírselo.[If you love someone, you have to tell them.]|presente de indicativo in the si-clause; presente de indicativo in the main clause.
  4. Si (vosotros/comer)   muchos caramelos, os pondréis enfermos.[If you eat too many sweets, you will get sick.]|presente de indicativo in the si-clause; futuro de indicativo in the main clause
  5. Si (ellos/no tener)   dinero, saben a quién preguntar.[If they don’t have any money, they know who to ask.]|presente de indicativo in the si-clause; presente de indicativo in the main clause

Second Conditional (unreal condition in the present)
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

  1. Si tú quisieses, (poder)   tener el trabajo de tus sueños.[If you wanted, you could have the job of your dreams.]|Imperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional simple in the main clause.
  2. Si la Tierra (ser)   cuadrada, nosostros (tener)   un horizonte puntiagudo.[If the Earth were a cube, the horizon would have corners.]|Imperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional simple in the main clause.
  3. Si tú me (mentir)  , yo lo sabría.[If you lied to me, I would know.]|Imperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional simple in the main clause.
  4. Si vosotros (cocinar)   más a menudo, conoceríais los utensilios.[If you cooked more often, you’d be familiar with the appliances.]|Imperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional simple in the main clause.
  5. Si papá (enterarse)   de esta tontería, (enfadarse)  .[If Papa learned about this foolishness, he would get mad.]|Imperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional simple in the main clause.

Unreal condition (past)
Complete the sentences.

  1. Si tu (me/llamar)  , habría venido.[If you had called me, I would have come.]|Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional compuesto in the main clause.
  2. Si yo no hubiese ido al coro, yo (no/encontrarse)   a Pedro.[If I hadn’t gone to chorus rehearsal, I wouldn’t have met Pedro.]|Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional compuesto in the main clause.
  3. Si las gallinas (poner)   huevos, habríamos hecho tortilla de patata.[If the hens had laid any eggs, we would have made a potato omelette.]|Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional compuesto in the main clause.
  4. Si hubiésemos tenido suerte, nosotros (ganar)   la carrera.[If we had been lucky, we would have won the cruise.]|Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional compuesto in the main clause.
  5. Si Lorenzo y Tomás (dormir)   más tiempo, no habrían tenido el accidente.[If Lorenzo and Tomás had slept longer, they wouldn’t have had an accident.]|Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo in the si-clause, condicional compuesto in the main clause.