Ces exercices vous permettent de mettre en pratique les quatre structures hypothétiques étudiées dans le cours : conditionnels zéro, premier, deuxième et troisième. Travaillez la conjugaison, la précision et la naturalité de vos formulations.
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Exercice 1 — Complétez les structures hypothétiques
Conjuguez le verbe entre parenthèses à la forme correcte pour compléter chaque structure hypothétique.
- If I ___ (know) her address, I would send her an invitation to the party.
- She wouldn't have missed the flight if she ___ (leave) the house earlier that morning.
- If you heat water to 100 degrees Celsius, it ___ (boil) regardless of the altitude.
- If they ___ (study) harder before the exam, they will probably pass without any difficulty.
Correction
- If I knew her address, I would send her an invitation to the party.
- She wouldn't have missed the flight if she had left the house earlier that morning.
- If you heat water to 100 degrees Celsius, it boils regardless of the altitude.
- If they study harder before the exam, they will probably pass without any difficulty.
Exercice 2 — Transformez les phrases hypothétiques
Réécrivez chaque phrase en changeant le conditionnel indiqué entre crochets. Conservez le sens le plus proche possible.
- I don't have enough money, so I can't buy a new laptop. [Reformulez au 2nd conditionnel]
- He didn't apply for the job, so he didn't get the promotion last year. [Reformulez au 3rd conditionnel]
- If you don't water plants regularly, they die. [Reformulez au 1st conditionnel pour un cas précis]
- She regrets not learning Spanish as a child. [Reformulez au 3rd conditionnel]
Correction
- If I had enough money, I would buy a new laptop.
- If he had applied for the job, he would have got the promotion last year.
- If you don't water these plants regularly, they will die.
- If she had learned Spanish as a child, she would have been able to speak it fluently now.
Exercice 3 — Corrigez les erreurs dans les conditionnels
Chaque phrase contient une erreur liée à la structure ou à la conjugaison d'un conditionnel. Réécrivez la phrase entière et correctement.
- If she would know the truth, she would be very upset with him.
- They would have finished the project if they didn't waste so much time yesterday.
- If it will rain tomorrow, we cancel the outdoor event immediately.
- He would be a great doctor today if he studied medicine at university.
Correction
- If she knew the truth, she would be very upset with him.
- They would have finished the project if they hadn't wasted so much time yesterday.
- If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the outdoor event immediately.
- He would be a great doctor today if he had studied medicine at university.
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