Conditional - All

Conditional I Simple
The conditional I simple expresses an action that might take place.
Form
• A: He would talk.
• N: He would not talk.
• Q: Would he talk?
Use
• action that might take place
• if clause type II (If I were you, I would go home.)

Conditional I Progressive (Conditional I Continuous)
The conditional I progressive puts emphasis on the course of an action that might take place.
Form
• A: He would be talking.
• N: He would not be talking.
• Q: Would he be talking?
Use
• action that might take place
puts emphasis on the course of an action


Conditional II Simple
The conditional II simple expresses an action that could have taken place in the past.
Form
• A: He would have talked.
• N: He would not have talked.
• Q: Would he have talked?
Use
• action that could have taken place in the past
• if causes type III (If I had seen that, I would have helped.)

Conditional II Progressive (Conditional II Continuous)
Conditional II Progressive puts emphasis on the duration of an action that could have taken place in the past.
Form
• A: He would have been talking.
• N: He would not have been talking.
• Q: Would he have been talking?
Use
• action that could have taken place in the past
• puts emphasis on the course / duration of an action

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional I simple).
1. They (walk) would walk to the station.
2. He (tell) you the truth.
3. I (go) home.
4. They (watch) a scary movie.
5. You (not / say) that.
6. She (not / do) this.
7. (give / you) him this letter?
8. I (not / wait) any longer.
9. (wake / she) me up at six o'clock?
10. (help / they) him in the garden?

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional I progressive). Use would.
1. Usually I (work) would be working at this time.
2. The baby (sleep) now.
3. We (write) a test now. But our teacher is sick.
4. If the music were better, everybody (dance) now.
5. If I had not broken my leg, I (dive) in the Carribean now.
6. If the weather were better, we (sit) outside now.
7. He (watch) TV now if I had not pulled out the plug.
8. She (go out) with that hottie if her best friend had not snapped him first.
9. If you had taken another route, we (not / stand) in the traffic jam.
10. (wait / she / still) for me now if I had not picked her up?

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional II simple).
1. They (walk) would have walked to the station.
2. We (sleep) in the tent.
3. I (win) the race.
4. He (tell) her.
5. I (not / open) the door.
6. We (not / say) that.
7. She (not / drive) that fast.
8. (do / he) that?
9. (travel / you) by train?
10. (begin / they) earlier?

Put the verbs into the correct form (conditional II progressive).
1. He (work) would have been working when the accident happened. But that day he went home earlier.
2. If the storm had not frightened them, the kids (sleep) all night.
3. If I had not send them outside, they (sit) in front of the computer all day.
4. If he had won the race, he (celebrate) three days in a row.
5. If he had not had to go home, we (play) chess all night.
6. They (booze) all night. But they ran out of money.
7. He (fly) to Australia, if he had not missed the plane.
8. She (not / study) in Toronto for 2 years if her parents had not wanted her to.
9. We (not walk) around in the woods all night if they had told us it was dangerous.
10. (gamble / he) all night long if we had not stopped him?