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if: future I'll phone you if I hear from Alice.

Most tenses are possible in sentences with if. But after if, we normally use a pr e s e n t t e n s e to talk about the fu t u r e .
If it is sunny tomorrow, we'll eat in the garden. I'll phone you if I hear from Alice.
I'll be sorry if I don't pass this exam.

fa Choose the best verb to complete the sentence.
► I'll buy you a sweater if I a nice one. [find, hold, pay)

► If it rains, we "kUOP.y.?.........the party indoors, [think, play, have)

1 I'll be glad if I .............a letter from Jack tomorrow. (expect, get, decide)
2 Olivia.......................back your bike if she remembers, [come, bring, sell)
3 If you like, I ........................you Japanese lessons, [bring, hold, give)
4 If Alex........................ tell him I'm out. [phone, stop, write)
5 We'll stop and see you in Dublin if w e.......................time, [give, think, have)

6 I'll give you £100 if you........................smoking, [stay, stop, break)
7 I ...................... very surprised if Angela marries Jack, [be, stand, find)
8 If you sing, I ....................... , I promise, [not learn, not laugh, not drive)
9 If you cook lunch, I ........................supper, [eat, drink, cook)
10 The government will do what it likes if nobody........................it. [stop, speak, find)

Q Put in the correct verb forms.

► If it ..r« K ^........... we the party inside, [rain; have)
1 I ........................ happy if I ........................ my exam, [be; pass)
2 If you.......................now, you........................ the train, [leave; catch)

3 John says he.......................as a taxi-driver if he........................money, [work; need)
4 If I ........................free tomorrow evening, I ........................you on Friday, [not be; see)
5 Mary........................Chinese next year if she.........................time, [study; have)
6 I ........................you to the station if I ........................find my car keys, [drive; can)
7 If he........................her, he.........................a happy life, [marry; not have)
8 ...................... you......................... work if the doctor........................you that you must? [stop; tell)
9 If you........................to your father very politely,....................... he..........................us his car? [talk; lend)

^ Make sentences with if.
I'm afraid the bus will be late.
► ( > get to work late again)

► ( > lose my job) if.!.£)£*:$?. J.V: JPJ?;..

1 (—► not find another job) If I lose my jo b ,...........................................................

2 (—► lose my flat) ...........................
3 (—► move back to my parents' house)

4 get very bored) ......................
5 (—► go swimming every day) ........

6 (—► look very good) ......................

7 (—► meet interesting people) .......

8 (—► go to lots of parties) ...............
9 (—► have a wonderful time) ..........

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full IF 245
forms (for example / am, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.