{"id":899,"date":"2015-11-15T09:27:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T09:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=899"},"modified":"2015-11-15T09:27:32","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T09:27:32","slug":"if-clauses-grammar-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/if-clauses-grammar-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"If clauses | Grammar exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are mainly three types of<strong> if-clauses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First conditional<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Second conditional<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Third conditional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In <strong>first conditional<\/strong> sentences we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and <strong>will + infinitive<\/strong> in the main clause.<\/p>\n<p>In<strong> second conditional sentences<\/strong>, we use a simple past tense in the <strong>if-clause and would + infinitive<\/strong> in the main clause.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>third conditional sentences,<\/strong> we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and <strong>would have + past participle<\/strong> in the main clause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Test your understanding of if-clauses with this grammar exercise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. If I have enough time, I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. a cake.<\/p>\n<p>a) will make<br \/>\nb) would make<br \/>\nc) would have made<\/p>\n<p>2. If you &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. too much, you will get fat.<\/p>\n<p>a) eat<br \/>\nb) ate<br \/>\nc) had eaten<\/p>\n<p>3. If I knew the answer, I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. you.<\/p>\n<p>a) will tell<br \/>\nb) would tell<br \/>\nc) would have told<\/p>\n<p>4. If I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; the answer, I would have told you.<\/p>\n<p>a) know<br \/>\nb) knew<br \/>\nc) had known<\/p>\n<p>5. If they invited me, I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>a) will go<br \/>\nb) would go<br \/>\nc) would have gone<\/p>\n<p>6. If she hadn&#8217;t helped me, I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; in bad trouble.<\/p>\n<p>a) will be<br \/>\nb) would be<br \/>\nc) would have been<\/p>\n<p>7. If you asked me nicely, I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. you a drink.<\/p>\n<p>a) may get<br \/>\nb) might get<br \/>\nc) might have gotten<\/p>\n<p>8. If I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; rich, I would make generous donations to charities.<\/p>\n<p>a) am<br \/>\nb) were<br \/>\nc) had been<\/p>\n<p>9. If I win this race, my mom &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. quite happy.<\/p>\n<p>a) will be<br \/>\nb) would be<br \/>\nc) would have been<\/p>\n<p>10. If you had run a bit faster, you &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>a) will win<br \/>\nb) would win<br \/>\nc) would have won<\/p>\n<h3>Answers<\/h3>\n<p>1. If I have enough time, I <strong>will make<\/strong> a cake.<\/p>\n<p>2. If you eat too much, you<strong> will get<\/strong> fat.<\/p>\n<p>3. If I knew the answer, I <strong>would tell<\/strong> you.<\/p>\n<p>4. If I had known the answer, I <strong>would have told<\/strong> you.<\/p>\n<p>5. If they invited me, I <strong>would go<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>6. If she hadn&#8217;t helped me, I <strong>would have been<\/strong> in bad trouble.<\/p>\n<p>7. If you asked me nicely, I <strong>might get<\/strong> you a drink.<\/p>\n<p>8. If I <strong>were<\/strong> rich, I would make generous donations to charities.<\/p>\n<p>9. If I win this race, my mom <strong>will be<\/strong> quite happy.<\/p>\n<p>10. If you had run a bit faster, you <strong>would have won<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are mainly three types of if-clauses: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First conditional \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Second conditional \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Third conditional In first conditional sentences we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + infinitive in&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[177],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-exercises","tag-if-clauses-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":900,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}