If I ________ my alarm last night, I ________ late to work today.
If I had remembered to set my alarm last night, I wouldn't have been late to work today.
Give an alternative to this sentence: If it rains tomorrow, I will bring an umbrella. Should...
Should it rain tomorrow, I will bring an umbrella.
If he ________ his passport last week, he ________ stuck at the airport now.
If he hadn't lost his passport last week, he wouldn't be stuck at the airport now.
Give an alternative: If I were you, I would apply for that job opportunity. Were I......
Were I (to be) you, I would apply for that job opportunity.
Transform these sentences into a conditional: Lucy is claustrophobic. She refused to go into the cave.
If Lucy weren’t claustrophobic, she might not have refused to go into the cave.
Transform these sentences into a conditional: I didn’t sleep at all last night. Now I am tired and grumpy.
I wouldn’t be tired and grumpy now if I had slept last night.
Give an alternative: If I see Sarah at the party, I’ll invite her over for dinner next week. If I happen...
If I happen to see Sarah at the party, I’ll invite her over for dinner next week.
Give an alternative: Provided that you sign the agreement by Friday, we will proceed with the project as planned. As long as...
As long as you sign the agreement by Friday, we will proceed with the project as planned.
Give an alternative for the capitalized words: IF YOU WERE TO LIVE on a desert island, how would you survive?
Were you to live; supposing you lived; if you lived.
If she ________ harder this term, she ________ more prepared for the exam now.
If she had studied harder this term, she would be more prepared for the exam now.
If I ________ the train yesterday, I ________ late to the meeting.
If I hadn't missed the train yesterday, I wouldn't have been late to the meeting.
If she ________ more careful with her spending in the past, she ________ in debt now.
If she had been more careful with her spending in the past, she wouldn't be in debt now.
Give an alternative to this sentence: If we arrive on time, we will secure front-row seats at the concert. Provided...
Provided we arrive on time, we will secure front-row seats at the concert.
Give an alternative to this sentence: If you need any assistance, please contact our Customer Service Centre.
Should you need any assistance, please contact our Customer Service Centre.
If it ________ for her support last year, he ________ able to finish the project on time.
If it weren't for her support last year, he wouldn't have been able to finish the project on time.
Transform these sentences into a conditional: Jasper is not very good at tennis. He was unable to represent his school in the sport.
If Jasper were better at tennis, he might have been able to represent his school in the sport.
Make an inversion. If I had known you were coming, I would have baked my famous chocolate cake.
Had I known you were coming, I would have baked my famous chocolate cake.
Make an inversion: If they had not missed the crucial deadline, their research could have altered the course of scientific history.
Had they not missed the crucial deadline, their research could have altered the course of scientific history.
Make an inversion: If he hadn't missed the train, he would have arrived at the meeting on time.
Had he not missed the train, he would have arrived at the meeting on time.
Transform these sentences into a conditional: I dropped my iPhone and totally smashed the screen. Because of that I am currently waiting for it to be repaired.
If I hadn’t dropped my iPhone and totally smashed the screen, I wouldn’t be waiting for it to be repaired now.
Rephrase this sentence using BUT FOR: Had it not been for the accident on the highway, I would have made my flight.
But for the accident on the highway, I would have made my flight.
Transform this sentence into a conditional. You may go to the party, but you have to finish all of your homework first.
You may go to the party so long as/provided/on condition that etc you finish all of your homework first.
Give an alternative to the capitalized structure: The furniture will be delivered on Friday morning, AS LONG AS that payment is received in advance.
On (the) condition that...
If I won the lottery, I would invest in making new films. Were I...
Were I to win the lottery, I would invest in making new films.
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