Name: __________________

Mark: Teacher:

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES Date: _____/ _____ / ______

1st Conditional is used to: make promises make predictions make threats make warnings

2nd Conditional is used to: talk about improbable conditions talk about impossible situations

3rd Conditional is used to: speculate about imaginary situations regret past events

A- Rewrite the following sentences starting them as suggested below. Dont forget to make the necessary changes.

1. Some languages are endangered because their number of speakers is decreasing. If ________________________________________________________________ ____ 2. Internet reaches all corners of the world, so English, the Net language, influences the culture of non-speaking countries. If ________________________________________________________________ ____ 3. Unless other languages set foot on Internet, English will keep on being global. If ________________________________________________________________ ____ 4. The worlds linguistic experts are alarmed because many languages are disappearing at an alarming rate. The worlds linguistic experts _____________________________________________ 5. Some tribes are urbanized and assimilated into mainstream, so their languages die out.

If ________________________________________________________________ ____ 6. Youngsters have to learn foreign languages to be able to communicate with people from abroad. Youngsters ____________________________________________________________ 7. The EU is worried about endangered languages, so it has issued a special directive on preserving them. If ________________________________________________________________ ____ 8. Minority languages arent politically tolerated. Thats why they are in jeopardy. If ________________________________________________________________ ____ 9. The EU corridors are like a Tower of Babel due to the high number of languages spoken there. If ________________________________________________________________ ____ 10. The English is the language of trade and diplomacy. Thats why it is considered nowadays lingua franca. If ________________________________________________________________ ____

Answer key

1. the number of speakers of some languages werent decreasing, these wouldnt be endangered. 2. Internet didnt reach, English, the Net Language, wouldnt influence 3. other languages dont set foot, English will keep 4. wouldnt be alarmed if many languages werent disappearing. 5. some tribes werent, their languages wouldnt die out 6. wont be. if they dont learn 7. the EU werent worried it wouldnt have issued 8. minority languages were politically tolerated, they wouldnt be 9. a huge number of languages werent spoken in the UE corridors, these wouldnt be considered / these wouldnt be like 10.English werent, it wouldnt be considered.