4ESO Unit 8 (third conditional, gerund or infinitive)

Third conditional

1 Complete the third conditional sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

__ If I’d known about the concert, I would have told (tell) you.
1 You’d have passed the exam if you ______________________ (not make) mistakes.
2 If I ______________________ (not go) to the café, I wouldn’t have met Tina.
3 I ______________________ (come) with you to the cinema if I hadn’t had so much homework.
4 If we ______________________ (score) that goal, we would have won the match.
5 The police ______________________ (not catch) the thief if he hadn’t fallen over.


Online exercise:

Third conditional exercise 

Gerunds and infinitives

2   Choose the correct forms.

1_ Meeting / To meet my friends is always good fun.

2_ It would be nice going / to go out tonight.

3_ I tend getting / to get nervous before exams.

4_ They regret not studying / not to study harder at school.

5_ I’d prefer not cook / not to cook tonight.

6_ He doesn’t feel like to work / working today.

7 What do you want doing / to do tonight?

3 Gerund or infinitive?

1. The police accused him of _____________(steal) the money from the house.
2. She didn't like __________(leave) the children alone but she had no choice.
3. My father taught me _____________(ride) a bike.
4. _____________(sunbathe) is not good for your skin.
5. She apologised for ______________(borrow) the book without permission.
6. It was difficult _____________(obtain) his permission.
7. Before ______________(leave) the house, I always check everything.
8. We have decided ____________(travel) to Australia.
9. They don't mind ___________(wait) outside.
10. It's incredible ____________(be) here.
11. We are always excited about _______________(climb) the mountain.
12. I miss _____________(study) at university.

Answers

Exercise 1  

1   hadn’t made             4   had scored
2   hadn’t gone              5   wouldn’t have caught
3   would have come

Exercise 2 

1   Meeting                       4   not studying     7 to do
2   to go                        5   not to cook
3   to get                       6   working

Exercise 3

1. stealing
2. leaving
3. to ride
4. sunbathing
5. borrowing
6. to obtain
7. leaving
8. to travel
9. waiting
10. to be
11. climbing
12. studying