Svolgi i seguenti 24 esercizi sui conditionals. Lavora con cura: identifica prima il tipo di periodo ipotetico richiesto dal contesto, poi applica con precisione la regola del tempo verbale. Per gli esercizi aperti scrivi frasi originali e complete, non limitarti a una parola.
- Which type of conditional describes a general truth or scientific fact? Example: 'If you boil water at sea level, it ___ at 100°C.'
- A) Zero conditional
- B) First conditional
- C) Second conditional
- D) Third conditional
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Complete with the correct form: 'If the temperature ___ (drop) below zero, water freezes.'
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Choose the correct first conditional sentence about tomorrow's school trip.
- A) If it will rain, we cancel the trip.
- B) If it rains, we will cancel the trip.
- C) If it rained, we would cancel the trip.
- D) If it had rained, we would have cancelled the trip.
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Complete with the first conditional: 'If Marta ___ (finish) her homework early, she ___ (join) us at the cinema.'
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In a standard first conditional sentence, we can use 'will' in the if-clause to express a future event.
- Vero / Falso
- Which sentence is a correct second conditional?
- A) If I was you, I will tell the truth.
- B) If I were you, I would tell the truth.
- C) If I am you, I would tell the truth.
- D) If I would be you, I told the truth.
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Complete with the second conditional: 'If my grandmother ___ (live) closer, I ___ (visit) her every weekend.'
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Rewrite using the second conditional: 'I am not a famous singer, so I do not perform at the Sanremo Festival.'
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Which sentence correctly expresses a regret about the past using the third conditional?
- A) If I studied more, I would pass the exam.
- B) If I had studied more, I would have passed the exam.
- C) If I have studied more, I would pass the exam.
- D) If I would have studied more, I had passed the exam.
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Complete with the third conditional: 'If we ___ (book) the hotel earlier, we ___ (not pay) so much.'
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Rewrite as a third conditional: 'She missed the bus because she did not set her alarm.'
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Match each if-clause on the left with the most appropriate main clause on the right. | Colonna A | Colonna B | |---|---| | If you mix red and yellow, | I'll call you after dinner. | | If I have time tonight, | I would invest more in public schools. | | If I were the Prime Minister, | they would not have been stuck in traffic. | | If they had left earlier, | you get orange. |
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Which sentence is a mixed conditional (past condition, present result)?
- A) If I studied harder, I would get better grades.
- B) If I had been born in London, my English would be perfect now.
- C) If I had been born in London, my English would have been perfect.
- D) If I am born in London, my English is perfect.
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Complete the mixed conditional: 'If she ___ (not / lose) her passport last week, she ___ (be) in Dublin now.'
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In the sentence 'If I were more organised, I wouldn't have forgotten the deadline yesterday', the condition refers to a general/permanent trait and the result refers to the past.
- Vero / Falso
- Choose the sentence with the correct meaning of 'unless'.
- A) I won't lend you my notes unless you give them back tomorrow. = I will lend them only if you give them back tomorrow.
- B) I won't lend you my notes unless you give them back tomorrow. = I will lend them even if you don't return them.
- C) Unless means 'only because'.
- D) Unless is always followed by 'will'.
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Rewrite using 'unless' instead of 'if not': 'If you do not hurry, you will miss the train.' → 'You will miss the train ___ you hurry.'
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Which connector best fits this sentence? 'Take a charger with you ___ your phone runs out of battery during the trip.'
- A) unless
- B) in case
- C) provided that
- D) as long as
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Match each connector with the closest meaning. | Colonna A | Colonna B | |---|---| | unless | only on the condition that | | as long as | as a precaution against the possibility that | | in case | on the strict condition that | | provided that | if not / except if |
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Complete with 'wish' or 'if only' + the correct tense: 'I ___ I ___ (can) speak Japanese fluently.'
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Express a regret about a past event using 'I wish'. Start with: 'I wish I ___' and refer to something you did or did not do last year.
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Choose the correct inverted (formal) conditional.
- A) Were I to win the scholarship, I would study abroad.
- B) Was I to win the scholarship, I would study abroad.
- C) If I would win the scholarship, I studied abroad.
- D) Would I win the scholarship, I will study abroad.
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Rewrite using inversion (without 'if'): 'If you should have any questions, please contact our secretary.'
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Write a short paragraph (60-80 words) describing what you would do if you discovered a hidden talent for music. Use at least one second conditional, one third conditional referring to the past, and one sentence with 'unless' or 'as long as'. Underline the conditional clauses.