REWRITE THESE SENTENCES USING AN IF CONSTRUCTION:
1.
I didn’t
see the signal , so I didn’t stop.
2.
I didn’t
know your number , so I didn’t ring.
3.
She didn’t
know you were in hospital, so she didn’t visit you.
4.
We only came
by bus because there were no taxis.
5.
She didn’t
speak to him, possibly because she was so shy.
6.
Landlord:
She threatened to set fire to her flat; that’s the only reason I asked her to
leave.
7.
We didn’t
visit the museum because we hadn’t time.
8.
We
didn’t listen carefully ; perhaps that’s why we made this mistake.
9.
I only came
up the stairs because the lift wasn’t working.
10. We get a lift , so we reached the
station on time.
11. You washed it in boiling water ,
that’s why it shrank.
12. We missed the train because we were
using an out-of-date timetable.
13. His own men deserted him; that is
the only rason why he failed.
14. They were driving very quickly.
That’s why the accident was so terrible.
15. It was raining. That’s the only
reason I didn’t take the children in the beach.
Key: these
are possible answers.
1.
If I had
seen the signal I would have stopped.
2.
If I’d kow
your number I would have rung.
3.
If she had
known you were in hospital she would have visited.
4.
If there had
been taxis we would have taken one.
5.
If she
hadn’t been so shy she might have spoken.
6.
If she
hadn’t threatened to see fire to her flat I wouldn’t have asked.
7.
If we’d have
time we’d have visited.
8.
If we had
listened carefully we mightn’t have made.
9.
If the lift
had been working I woudn’t have come up the stairs.
10. If we hadn’t got a lift
we shouldn’t / wouldn’t have reached.
11. If you hadn’t washed it in the boiled water if would’t have shrunk.
12. If we hadn’t been using an out-of-
date timetable we shouldn’t/ wouldn’t have missed.
13. If his own men hadn’t deserted him
he wouldn’t have failed.
14. If they hadn’t been driving so
quickly the accident wouldn’t have been.
15.
If it hadn’t been raining I would have taken. 
