Conditional evaluation

Universidad de los Andes

First term exam

Conditional evaluation

Teachers: Anthony Villamizar & Rafael Escalante.

I.D: 26.675.517.

Name: _________________ 

Last name: _________________

I.D: _________________

Score: ____/_20_

11^th grade

General instructions

Conditional tenses are used to speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen. In English, most sentences using the conditional contain the word if. Many conditional forms in English are used in sentences that include verbs in one of the past tenses.

Items

1.    Recognition item:

Identify the conditional sentences (circle the number at the start of each correct sentence):

a)    If it rains, grass gets wet.

b)    It has rained, therefore grass has got wet.

c)    It rained yesterday, grass got wet.

d)    If it rained, grass would get wet.

e)    It will rain after midday.

Total score: 2.

Points per correct answer: 1.

2.    Production item:

Write a verb on each of the blanks to complete all of the sentences (conjugate the verb according to the tense being used):

a)    If he ______ breakfast, he feels happy.

b)    If you heat ice, it will ______.

c)    She would feel relaxed if she ______.

d)    If they had a dog, they would ______.

e)    I will go to the movies if you ______ with me.

2

Per answer: 0.4.

3.    Recognition and production item:

Read the text below. Then circle or outline at least five (4) conditional sentences. Finally, write four other conditional sentences different from the ones you found, but with the same verbs:

THE IF GENERATION

Nowadays, many people have issues with appreciating what they have; it is always the matter of ‘If I were richer…’, ‘If I were younger…’, ‘If I were him…’ etc. I don’t have a problem with the fact that we want more from our lives; what annoys me is the fact that we keep saying what we would do ‘IF’ …

When I was younger, I thought that if my parents had been richer I could have been more fortunate with my life. I was losing my time on thinking that if I had been born in the family of my cousin, I would have enjoyed private tennis lessons, skiing holidays in Austria or expensive, fashionable clothes. What I didn’t take into consideration back then was the fact that I didn’t really like sport, I absolutely hated skiing and expensive clothes often covered the lack of personality. In other words, I was jealous of the things that I didn’t want in reality.

Nowadays I keep finding myself the new ‘ifs’ that can successfully keep me away from being happy. I think that if I had more time, I would start going to the gym; if I had more money, I would eat healthy etc. Result? An overweight 30 year-old woman, always complaining about how difficult life is.

But the problem of ‘ifs’ doesn’t finish here. We tend to overuse the 1st conditional in quite straightforward situations. ‘I’ll visit you if I have time’ usually means ‘I won’t visit you, I’m busy’ or ‘I will lend you the money if I can’ equals: ‘ I will not lend you the money, don’t put me in an uncomfortable situation’. Why do we choose to send confusing messages when we can simply say what we think? We have to be not only politically correct anymore, we must be socially correct too.

a)    ________________________________________________________.

b)    ________________________________________________________.

c)    ________________________________________________________.

d)    ________________________________________________________.

10

Per answer: 2.5.

4.    Recognition item:

Listen to the audio sample the teacher will play. Then, write at least one of the two verbs used in each of the conditional sentences you hear (at least one verb per conditional sentence):

a)    _______________________________________________________.

b)    ______________________________________________________.

c)    _______________________________________________________.

d)    _______________________________________________________.

3

Per answer: 0.75.

5.    Production item:

Turn the next conditional sentence into a different type of conditional:

Example:

-       If you don’t drink your milk, it will go bad.

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-       If you didn’t drink your milk, it would go bad.

a)    If you get wet, you will get a cold.

_______________________________________________________.

b)    If we were tall, we would touch the roof.

______________________________________________________.

c)    María would smile if her dog played with her.

_______________________________________________________

d)    If it had not rained, it would have been a shiny day.

_______________________________________________________.

3

Per answer: 0.6.