CONTITIONAL SENTENCES TYPE 2

Công thức
Mệnh đề if Mệnh đề chính
If + S + Past Simple
S + would/ could/ might/ had to …+ Vo
Be : were/ weren’t

Cách dùng

 Dùng để diễn tả một hành động, sự việc có thể sẽ không xảy ra trong hiện tại và
tương lai.

Ex: If I were rich, I would buy that house.

 Dùng để khuyên bảo, đề nghị người khác hoặc đưa ra một yêu cầu lịch sự.

Ex: If I were you, I wouldn't study English.

Cấu trúc đảo ngữ câu điều kiện loại 2.

 Đảo ngữ với động từ to be:

Were + S + (not) + …, S + would/might/could + V

If I were you, I would learn how to cook.

= Were I you, I would learn how to cook.

 Đảo ngữ với động từ thường:

Were + S + (not) + to V …, + S + would/might/could + V

If I had the chance, I would visit this island.

= Were I to have the chance, I would visit this island.

1. If I had a typewriter, I __________ (type) it myself. Would type

2. If I __________ (know) his address, I'd give it to you. Knew

3 .He __________ (look) a lot better if he shaved more often. Would look

4. If he worked more slowly, he __________ (not make) so many mistakes. Wouldn’t

Task 2. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense

1. If he __________ (clean) his windscreen, he'd be able to see where he was going.
Cleaned

2. If you drove your car into the river, you __________ (be) able to get out?would be

3. If you __________ (not belong) to a union, you couldn't get a job. Didn’t belong

4. If I __________ (win) a big prize in a lottery, I'd give up my job. Won

5. What_______ you __________ (do) if you found a burglar in your house? Would you
do

6. I could tell you what this means if I __________ (know) Greek. Knew

7. If everybody __________ (give) Ј1, we would have enough. Gave

8. He might get fat if he __________ (stop) smoking. Stopped

9. If he knew that it was dangerous, he __________ (not come). Wouldn’t come

10. If you__________ (see) someone drowning, what would you do? saw

Task 3. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense

1. I __________ (be) ruined if I bought her everything she asked for. Would be

2. If you slept under a mosquito net, you __________ (not be) bitten so often. Wouldn’t
be

3. I could get a job easily if I __________ (have) a degree. Had

4. If she__________ (do) her hair differently, she might look quite nice. did
5. If we had more rain, our crops __________ (grow) faster. Would grow

Task 4. Using the given information, make conditional sentences with IF

1. They are poor, so they can’t help us.

→ If they .................................................

2. He doesn’t do his homework. He is always punished.

→ If he .................................................

3. He doesn’t have enough time. He can’t help me.

→ If he .............................................

4. She doesn’t take any exercise, so she is overweight.

→ If she ...................................................

5. He doesn’t have a bicycle, so he always goes to class late.

→ He wouldn’t ...............................................

Task 5. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense

1. The whole machine would fall to pieces if you __________ (remove) that screw

2. I __________ (keep) a horse if I could afford it. '

3. I'd go and see him more often if he __________ (live) on a bus route.

4. If they __________ (ban) the sale of alcohol at football matches there might be less
violence. Banned

5. I __________ (offer) to help if I thought I'd be any use.

Task 6. Using the given information, make conditional sentences with IF

1. I am bad at English, so I can’t do homework.

→ I could .....................................
2. He doesn’t practise speaking French, so he doesn’t speak it fluently.

→ If he ................................................................

3. The meeting can be cancelled because it snows heavily.

→ If it didn’t snow heavily, the meeting couldn’t be cancelled

4. We don’t go because it will rain.

→ If it rained , we couldn’t go

5. John is fat because he eats so many chips. Fries

→ If John didn’t eat so many chips, he wouldn’t be fat

Task 7. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense

1) If you__________ (help) your grandma, I__________ (do) the shopping. Helped -

2) Andrew__________ (water) the flowers if he__________ (stay) at [Link] water –

3) If she__________ (have) 5 pounds more, she__________ (buy) herself this T-shirt.

4) If they__________ (offer) me the job, I__________ (take) it. Offered - would take

5) You_______ (have) summer holidays from June till August if you________ (live) in
the USA. Would have - lived

Task 8. Rewrite the following sentences as directed

1. If Germany were to beat Romania, they would face Italy in the final.(using inversion
with WERE)

-> Were Germany to beat …….

2. If she were rich, she would buy a villa. (using inversion with WERE)

-> Were she rich ,

……………………………………………………………………………………
3. If I won a big prize in a lottery, I would build a school for the poor Were

→ Were I to win ………………………………………………………………………

4. Without the rain, they could not have such good crop. (if)

-> If it didn’t rain , they……

……………………………………………………………………………………

5. If I didn’t say sorry, I wouldn’t be here. (otherwise : nếu không thì ….

…I said sorry otherwise I wouldn’t be here

6. If it weren’t for the view, this would be a lovely room. (But for)

But for the view, this would be a lovely room.

Task 9. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense

1. We__________ (sell) the bike for 20 Euros if Ron__________ (repair) it.

2. If you__________ (use) a pencil, the drawing__________ (be) perfect.

3. The children__________ (be) happy if he__________ (teach) them English.

4. If Peter__________ ( visit) us, we__________(go) out tonight.

5. They__________ (come) again if he __________ (plan) a second stay.

Task 10. Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct tense

1. I shouldn't drink that wine if I __________ (be) you.

2. More tourists would come to this country if it __________ (have) a better climate.

3. If I were sent to prison, you __________ (visit) me?

4. If someone __________ (give) you a helicopter, what would you do with it?

5. I __________ (buy) shares in that company if I had some money.