Conditional Sentences Exercise

This grammar exercise tests your ability to use conditional sentences correctly.

Grammar notes

In type 1 conditional, use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will/may/can + bare infinitive in the main clause.

In type 2 conditional, use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would/might/could + bare infinitive (infinitive without to) in the main clause.

In type 3 conditional, use a past perfect in the if-clause and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause.

Conditional sentences exercise

1. If you ……………………….. the medicine, you would feel better. (take / took / had taken)

2. If it wasn’t too late, I ……………………………. for a walk. (will go / would go / would have gone)

3. If I ……………………….. the job, I would be in trouble. (don’t get / didn’t get / hadn’t got)

4. If you ………………………….. on time, you could have gone with them. (arrive / arrived / had arrived)

5. If she had met the targets, she ……………………………. her job. (will not lose / would not lose / would not have lost)

6. If I find the key, I …………………………. it to you. (will give / would give / would have given)

7. If she ………………………………. to me, she would not have landed herself in trouble. (listen / listened / had listened)

8. If you reserve a table, you ………………………… to wait. (will not have / would not have)

9. If you exercised regularly, you ……………………………… so much weight. (will not gain/ would not gain / would not have gained)

10. If they had practiced well, they …………………………………. the match. (can win / could win / could have won)

Answers

1. If you took the medicine, you would feel better.

2. If it wasn’t too late, I would go for a walk.

3. If I didn’t get the job, I would be in trouble.

4. If you had arrived on time, you could have gone with them.

5. If she had met the targets, she would not have lost her job.

6. If I find the key, I will give it to you.

7. If she had listened to me, she would not have landed herself in trouble.

8. If you reserve a table, you will not have to wait.

9. If you exercised regularly, you would not gain so much weight.

10. If they had practiced well, they could have won the match.

Conditional Clauses Worksheets

• 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
• If clauses exercise for classes 9 and 10