Grammar · A2/B1

If clauses step by step

If you try, you'll succeed. If you tried, you would succeed. If you had tried…

Structure 1: drag each consequence next to its condition.Structure 1 : fais glisser chaque conséquence à côté de sa condition.

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  1. We will be late
  2. I won't accept you in class
  3. If you don't pay before the end of the week,
  4. If you don't go to bed now,
  5. I won't be able to make the cake
  6. If you forget your camera,
  7. I won't help you
  8. If you don't stop smoking,
  9. If you're not here at 5 o'clock,
  10. If you don't tell me the truth,
  11. You will never be ready for the tournament

Step 2: all the structures →

Structures 1, 2 and 3: look at the tenses to find the right ending.Structures 1, 2 et 3 : regarde les temps pour trouver la bonne fin.

  1. If you're absent,
  2. If you type too hard on the keyboard,
  3. If you were me,
  4. If you didn't know me,
  5. If she hadn't stopped the bleeding,
  6. If the plumber hadn't come,
  7. If you win,
  8. If you don't wear proper shoes,

Step 3: which structure? →

Which structure is it? 1: likely · 2: imagined · 3: too late.Quelle structure ? 1 : probable · 2 : imaginé · 3 : trop tard.

  • If you tell him, he will do it.
  • If you told him, he would do it.
  • If you had told him, he would have done it.
  • If I had more time, I could run more tests.
  • She'll be furious if she finds out.
  • We could have come if it hadn't snowed.
  • If I were you, I'd buy that one.
  • You can go home if you want to.

Step 4: the right tense →

Find the structure, then put the verb in brackets in the right form.Repère la structure, puis mets le verbe entre parenthèses à la bonne forme.

If the weather is good tomorrow, we (go) to the seaside.
If you had come earlier, we (not / arrive) so late.
I would be very surprised if he (come) tomorrow.
I (not / clean) up after you if you make a mess.
If I (win) the lottery, I would certainly stop working.
I (not / help) you if you don't even try.
He would have understood if someone (explain) it to him.
If you tell us what you know, we (let) you go.
If he were here now, he (tell) you exactly the same thing.
If I (have) more time, I could run a series of tests.

Step 5: translate →

Translate: write the missing verbs.Traduis : écris les verbes qui manquent.

S'il fait beau demain, j'irai à la piscine. → If the weather good tomorrow, I to the swimming pool.
Si tu venais demain, je serais ravi. → If you tomorrow, I delighted.
Si tu n'es pas satisfait, tu peux partir. → If you satisfied, you .
Si tu ne travailles pas, tu ne pourras pas passer l'examen. → If you , you take the exam.
Si tu avais travaillé, tu n'aurais pas échoué. → If you , you .
S'il n'avait pas neigé, nous aurions pu venir. → If it , we .
Si nous n'arrivons pas avant 8 h, l'hôtel sera complet. → If we before 8, the hotel full.
Si les pompiers n'étaient pas arrivés à temps, toute la maison aurait brûlé. → If the firefighters in time, the whole house down.
Je ne t'aiderai pas si tu n'essaies pas d'abord. → I you if you first.
Si j'étais lui, j'arrêterais de me comporter ainsi. → If I him, I behaving like this.
Je ne ferais pas ça si j'étais toi. → I that if I you.
Je n'aurais pas fait ça si j'avais été toi. → I that if I you.

Step 6: final test →

Final test: move the right words into each gap. Only one try!Test final : place les bons mots dans chaque trou. Un seul essai !

  1. If it tomorrow, we'll stay at home.would rainwill rainrains
  2. If I won the lottery, I a house by the sea.will buyboughtwould buy
  3. If you , you would have understood.would have listenedlistenedhad listened
  4. I'll call you if I time.havewill havewould have
  5. If I you, I wouldn't say anything.would beamwere
  6. She would have passed if she harder.workedwould workhad worked
  7. If he up, he'll miss the bus.doesn't hurrywouldn't hurrywon't hurry
  8. What would you do if you a ghost?seewill seesaw
  9. If we had left earlier, we the train.wouldn't have missedwon't missdidn't miss
  10. I won't go you come with me.ifunlesseven if

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