Exercices : les phrases conditionnelles (if)

Exercice 1

Réponse : share · will hack

Condition réaliste : présent dans la subordonnée, will + base verbale dans la principale.

Exercice 2

Réponse : spent · would sleep

Hypothèse imaginaire : prétérit après if, would + base verbale dans la principale.

Exercice 3

Réponse : had checked · would not have published

Passé irréel : past perfect après if, would have + participe passé dans la principale.

Exercice 4

Réponse : Faux

Pas de would après if : If I knew the answer, I would tell you.

Exercice 5

Réponse : If I had seen him, I would have told him.

Le type 3 (past perfect / would have + participe passé) imagine un passé différent : c’est un regret.

Exercice 6

Réponse : You won’t pass unless you revise

Unless = if … not. La subordonnée est donc affirmative : unless you revise.

Exercice 7

Réponse : If I were you, I would report the account.

If I were you, I would… est la tournure du conseil : type 2 avec were.

Exercice 8

Exemple de réponse : If social media disappeared tomorrow, our daily lives would change a lot. Teenagers would probably spend more time with their friends face to face, and they might sleep better. However, many small businesses would lose customers, because they depend on online advertising. Activists would also find it harder to organise protests. If social media had never existed, some protest movements of the last fifteen years might have been much smaller. Personally, I think we would survive: if you have a real friend, you will always find a way to stay in touch. Social media is not bad as long as we use it wisely.

Le type 2 sert à imaginer ; le type 3 à réécrire l’histoire ; le type 1 à revenir à des conditions réalistes.

• Type 2 correctement formé (prétérit / would).
• Au moins un autre type (1 ou 3).
• Pas de would après if.
• Arguments variés (avantages et inconvénients).