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Activities: “How to form conditional sentences without if?”

By: Anna Classing
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These activities are part of our English Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Activity 1: Conjunctions of condition

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  • We can’t afford having another car we start to cut down on other expenses.

  • Jack may continue working he apologizes to Mrs. Glen and reimburses her for the damage.

  • he starts exercising, he’ll notice the changes.

  • we took a loan, how would we pay it back?

  • They will set another table inside it starts raining.

  • You can go on vacation with your friends I go with mine next year.

  • the king dies without children, the heir is chosen from his siblings.

  • You can buy a new guitar you sell your old one.

Activity 2: Conditionals with the imperative

Use the verbs from the box and the conjunctions ( and / or/ or else / otherwise) to make conditional sentences with imperatives.

and
or
or else
otherwise
pack
paint
call
plant
do
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  1. your mom, she’ll start worrying.

  2. that again, you will go to the principal’s office.

  3. a hat and warm gloves, you will get cold.

  4. the walls white, the room will be dark.

  5. a fir tree in the front yard, you’ll have a live Christmas tree to decorate every year.

  6. information from the Internet into your research, you will be punished for plagiarism.

Activity 3: Inversion in conditional sentences

Put the words and phrases in the correct order to create conditional clauses with inversion.

  • on the road
    I
    construction
    had
    known
    there was
    • , I would have left earlier.

  • propose
    to
    were
    he
    • , would you say yes?

  • be unable
    on time
    you
    should
    the book
    to return
    • , you need to complete the online extension form.

  • we
    not invited
    had
    them
    • They wouldn’t have come .

  • had
    your vacation
    more carefully
    you
    planned
    • , you wouldn’t have ended up without a place to stay.

  • you
    sick
    to fall
    were
    • , who would take care of you?

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