LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1414.114.1AStudy:SUConditional sentencesType 1 conditionalsType 1 conditionals, basic uses: 'If the weather clears, we'll go for aWalk' [> LEG 14.4-6]1 We can use all present tenses after if, not just the simple present, for example:If she finishes work early, she will go home. (if+ simple present + will)If she has finished work by 4 o'clock, she will go home, (if + present perfect + will)2 We can use all future tenses in the main clauses, not just the w/'//-future:If he doesn't hurry, the plane will have left by the time he gets to the airport.3 We use Type 1 conditionals to describe what will or won't (probably) happen:If the weather clears, we'll go for a walk. (Not *If the weather will clear")Write:14.1 ВStudy:i*gSupply the correct forms of the missing verbs.1 If it (be) fine tomorrow, we (go) for a picnic.2 If I (have) time tonight, I (finish) the novel I'm reading.3 If it (rain) next weekend, we (not able to) plant the vegetables.4 If he (be leaving) at 6 o'clock, I (ask) him to give me a lift.5 If she (have drive) all that way since this morning, (be) tired and hungry.6 If they (have/be working) all afternoon, they (probably need) a cup of tea.7 If I (can't/finish) the job this weekend, I (try) to get it done during the week.8 If John (be picked) for the team, he (be boasting) about it for weeks!9 If you (have/forget) to phone, they (will have/go) without you.10 If we (stay) in this flat till May, we (will have/be living) here for twenty years.'If + present + modal: 'If it's fine tomorrow, we may go for a swim'[> LEG 14.7]When we use will in the main clause, we are expressing certainty or near-certainty:If the weather clears, we'll go fora walk, (certain, or nearly certain) [> 11.4A]If we do not feel 'certain' enough to use will, we can use another modal to say what is possible,necessary or desirable, for example:If it's fine tomorrow, we may go for a swim, (it's possible)If it's fine tomorrow, we must go for a swim, (it's necessary or desirable to do this)Write:Supply the correct forms of the missing verbs, but use these modals in the main clause:can, could, may, might, should, ought to, or must. Alternatives are possible.1 If you (be) still ill tomorrow, you stay at home.2 If you (finish) work early, you come for a drink with us.3 If she (have) too much to do, she ask someone to help her.4 If he (not be coming) tonight, he come next week.5 If he (have only just arrive), he not have heard the news.6 If they (have be/waiting) longer than an hour, they be getting impatient.7 If we (can't/go) next week, we manage to go the week after.206