First and second conditionals – English Grammar Test for B1
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Reading Passage
Last weekend, Mark wanted to play football with his friends in the park. Before leaving home, his mother said, “Take your jacket. If it rains, you will need it.” Mark didn’t listen. He thought, “If the weather was bad, we would play indoors.” At first, the sun was shining, and everything seemed fine. But after twenty minutes, dark clouds appeared, and it started to rain heavily. Because Mark didn’t have his jacket, he got very wet and cold. His friends decided to stop the game. They told him, “If you had listened to your mother, you would be warm now.” Mark learned his lesson. He said, “If I go out next time, I will take my jacket. And if the weather were terrible again, we would still find a way to have fun indoors.”
1 Who did Mark want to play with?
2 Where did they play football?
3 What did his mother tell him before leaving?
4 What will happen if it rains?
5 Did Mark listen to his mother?
6 What did Mark think about bad weather?
7 Which conditional is used in “If the weather was bad, we would play indoors”?
8 What happened after twenty minutes?
9 Why did Mark get wet?
10 What would have happened if Mark had taken his jacket?
11 How did Mark feel without his jacket?
12 What did his friends decide to do?
13 What did they say to Mark about his mother’s advice?
14 What would be different if he had listened?
15 What lesson did Mark learn?
16 What did he promise to do next time?
17 Which conditional is used in “If I go out next time, I will take my jacket”?
18 Which conditional is used in “If the weather were terrible again, we would still find a way to have fun indoors”?
19 How can conditionals express real future situations?
20 How can conditionals describe imaginary or unreal situations?
21 What will Mark do if he goes out next time?
22 What would they do if the weather were terrible again?
23 Why is “If it rains, you will need it” a First Conditional?
24 Why is “If the weather was bad, we would play indoors” a Second Conditional?
25 Which type of conditional shows advice for the future?
26 Which type of conditional shows imaginary present situations?
27 What would have kept Mark warm?
28 How can we use conditionals to give advice?
29 What mistake should Mark avoid next time?
30 If you were Mark, what would you have done differently?
Answer
1 His friends. – Direct detail.
2 In the park. – From the passage.
3 She told him to take his jacket. – Advice.
4 He will need his jacket. – First Conditional.
5 No, he didn’t. – Direct detail.
6 He thought they would play indoors. – Second Conditional.
7 Second Conditional – Unreal present/future.
8 It started to rain heavily. – Direct event.
9 Because he didn’t have his jacket. – Cause.
10 He would have stayed warm. – Unreal past result.
11 He felt wet and cold. – Direct detail.
12 They stopped the game. – Real event.
13 They said if he had listened, he would be warm. – Conditional comment.
14 He would have been warm and dry. – Unreal past.
15 To listen to advice and be prepared. – Lesson.
16 He promised to take his jacket. – Direct statement.
17 First Conditional – Real future.
18 Second Conditional – Unreal/imaginary.
19 By using “If + Present Simple, will + Verb”. – Grammar point.
20 By using “If + Past Simple, would + Verb”. – Grammar point.
21 He will take his jacket. – First Conditional.
22 They would find a way to have fun indoors. – Second Conditional.
23 Because it talks about a real possibility in the future.
24 Because it describes an unreal, imagined situation.
25 First Conditional – It refers to future possibilities.
26 Second Conditional – It refers to imaginary/unreal situations.
27 His jacket. – Real item.
28 Example: If I were you, I would take an umbrella. – Second Conditional advice.
29 Not listening to his mother’s advice. – Mistake.
30 Sample answer: I would have listened and taken my jacket. – Correct conditional advice.