Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conditional verb form.

Note that conditional clauses are also called if clauses. Conditional clauses express a condition. There are mainly three types of them.

In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will/can/may + first form of the verb in the main clause.

In the second conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would/could/might + first form of the verb in the main clause.

In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause.

1. If you lend me a few thousand rupees now, I ………………………. a cell phone. (will buy / would buy / would have bought)

2. If you had lent me some money, I ………………………………. in that course. (can enrol / could enrol / could have enrolled)

3. If I knew about his plan, I …………………………. him. (will not support / would not support / would not have supported)

4. If you ………………………… now, you will reach there before evening. (start / started / had started)

5. If you ………………………. the right questions, you will get the right answers. (ask / asked / had asked)

6. If you ……………………………. that plant every day, it wouldn’t have died. (water / watered / had watered)

7. If you …………………………. your lessons regularly, you could score better marks. (revise / revised / had revised)

8. If they ………………………… him, he would die. (do not help / did not help / had not helped)

9. If they had invited us to their party, we …………………………. them too. (will invite / would invite / would have invited)

10. If she had paid the dues, they …………………………….. any action against her. (will not take / would not take / would not have taken)

Answers

1. If you lend me a few thousand rupees now, I will buy a cell phone.

2. If you had lent me some money, I could have enrolled in that course.

3. If I knew about his plan, I would not support him.

4. If you start now, you will reach there before evening.

5. If you ask the right questions, you will get the right answers.

6. If you had watered that plant every day, it wouldn’t have died.

7. If you revised your lessons regularly, you could score better marks.

8. If they did not help him, he would die.

9. If they had invited us to their party, we would have invited them too.

10. If she had paid the dues, they would not have taken any action against her.

See also

• Conditional clauses exercise for class 8
• Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 conditional clauses worksheet
• First conditional worksheet for class 8
• First conditional worksheet 2
• Conditional sentences exercise for class 8
• Conditional sentences exercise
• Type 2 conditional exercise for class 8
• Type 3 conditional clauses exercise for class 8
• Conditional clauses worksheet for class 8 CBSE
• If clauses exercise for classes 9 and 10