ZERO and FIRST CONDITIONAL

ZERO CONDITIONAL

Zero Conditional again!

Make zero conditionals: 
For example: (not / rain / the flowers / die) => If it doesn’t rain, the flowers die.
1. (I / wake up late / I / be late for work) _______________________________________________________________ 
2. (my husband / cook / he / burn the food) _______________________________________________________________ 
3. (Julie / not wear a hat / she / get sunstroke) _______________________________________________________________ 
4. (children / not eat well / they / not be healthy) _______________________________________________________________ 
5. (you / mix water and electricity / you / get a shock) _______________________________________________________________ 
6. (people / eat / too many sweets / they / get fat) _______________________________________________________________ 
7. (you / smoke / you / get yellow fingers) _______________________________________________________________ 
8. (children / play outside / they / not get overweight) _______________________________________________________________ 
9. (you / heat ice / it / melt) _______________________________________________________________ 
10. (I / speak to John / he / get annoyed) _______________________________________________________________ 
11. (I / feel good the next day / I / go to bed early) _______________________________________________________________ 
12. (lots of people / come / Jenny / have a party) _______________________________________________________________ 
13. (she / buy expensive clothes / she / go shopping) _______________________________________________________________ 
14. (my daughter / pass her exams / she / work hard) _______________________________________________________________ 
15. (David / be sick / he / drink milk) _______________________________________________________________ 
16. (the river / freeze / it / be very cold) _______________________________________________________________ 
17. (I / like to visit the museums / I / be in a new city) _______________________________________________________________ 
18. (I / cycle to work / the weather / be fine) _______________________________________________________________ 
19. (my flatmate / clean it really well / she / clean the house) _______________________________________________________________ 
20. (everybody / be grumpy / it / rain a lot) _______________________________________________________________ 



FIRST CONDITIONAL

Exercise 1:  Put the verbs into the right tense so as to form the First Conditional.

1. If we ……………………… (come) to the party, you ……………………….(have) fun.

2. If the weather ……………………………(be) good, we …………………….. (go) for a picnic.

3. If you …………………………………..(eat) a lot of sweets, you ………………..….. (get) fat.

4. If she ……………………………. (call), I ………………………(tell) her to come back earlier.

5. If Mary ………………………………….. (not/ study), she ……………………….(not pass) the exam.

6. If it …………………………….. (rain), we ………………………….(stay) at home.

7. If you ……………………… (do) your homework now, we …………………………..(go) to the park later.

8. If I ……………………….(buy) the book, I …………………………….(lend) it to you.

9. If we …………………………….(not / leave) now, we …………………………(miss) the bus.

10. If we …………………………….(miss) the bus, we …………………………(be) late.

Exercise 2:  Put the verbs into the right tense so as to form the First Conditional.

1. Dad ………………………. (be) angry if we ……………………………...(get) home late.

2. If you …………………………….(come), we ……………………………….(have) a good time.

3. I ……………………………(punish) you if you …………………………(not/stop) fighting.

4. If …………………………. (break) anything, you …………………………(have to) pay for it.

5. If I ………………………….. (miss) the bus, I ……………………………(take) a taxi.

6. You friend ……………………………(forgive) you if you …………………….(apologize)

7. If you …………………………… (not/leave) now, we ……………………………(call) the police.

8.  If we ………………..(go) shopping, we ………………………(spend) a lot of money.

9. If they …………………. (not/invite) us we …………………………..(not/go)

10. If you …………………………(be/ not) careful you ………………(break) the vase.

Exercise 3:  Put the verbs into the right tense so as to form the First Conditional. (can / may / must/ imperative)

1. If you ………………………..(go) without calling first he ……………………..(may/not/be) there.

2. If we ………………………… (move) to a bigger house we ………………………(can / have) a pet.

3. If he ………………………………………(call),…………………………… (tell) him to come.

4. If you ………………………(not / put on) your coat you …………………………..(may/catch) a cold.

5. If she …………………………(not/feel) well, we ………………………………….(must/call) the doctor.

6. If you ………………….(go) now, ………………………………..(I/can/come) with you?

7. If the baby …………………………….(wake up), …………………………….(give) me a call.

8. If you ………………………………..(see) him, ……………………….(ask) him to tell you the truth.

9. You ……………………………..(must /give) Tom his toy back if he …………………….(ask) for it.

10. If you really ……………………….(want) pass the exam, you …………………………(can/do) it.

Exercise 4:  Write type 1 conditional sentences for the following situations.

example: Please have some more ice cream (get / sick)

                 If I have more ice cream, I will get sick.

1. You should eat your breakfast. (be late for school)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. Why don’t you go out for a walk in the woods? (get lost)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Why don’t you sing with us? (everybody / leave the room)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. Have some more wine. (get drunk)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. We should go to Italy for holidays (it/cost/a lot of money)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

6. Let’s stay a little bit longer (we /miss the bus)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

7. Why don’t you ask her to marry you? (she/say no)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

8. Let’s order dessert. (we/not have enough money to pay the bill)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

9. Let’s take dad’s car to go to the beach (Dad /be angry)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

10. Let’s prepare dinner (mum/be/happy)

……………………………………………………………………………………………….