Conditional or Future?
B1–B2 · IntermediateWill commonly refers to future events, while would can describe the result of an imagined situation. Decide whether a sentence presents a future possibility or a hypothetical condition.
For each of the sentences, choose whether the verb should be in the conditional tense, or in the future tense.
Example: I will buy a new phone next week. (will buy/would buy)
1. Tomorrow I ________ to the movies.
Correct answer: will go — a definite plan for tomorrow uses will — not conditional.
2. If I had a lot of money, I ________ a house in Miami Beach.
Correct answer: would buy — second conditional — hypothetical situation (if I had) → would.
3. When I have a lot of money, I ________ a house in Miami Beach.
Correct answer: will buy — first conditional — real/likely situation (when I have) → will.
4. He told me that he ________ come later.
Correct answer: would come — reported speech shifts will to would in the past tense.
5. If I were you, I ________ a cheaper car insurance policy.
Correct answer: would look for — second conditional — if I were you signals hypothetical → would.
6. I ________ my brother tomorrow.
Correct answer: will see — a definite plan for tomorrow uses will — not conditional.
7. I ________ to find someone to fix my air conditioner.
Correct answer: will try — a firm intention stated directly uses will.
8. She promised me that her father ________ me.
Correct answer: would pay — reported speech: promised shifts the future to would.
9. The students thought that he ________ their professor.
Correct answer: would be — reported speech: thought shifts the future to would.
10. They ________ my car tomorrow.
Correct answer: will fix — a definite arrangement for tomorrow uses will.
MORE CONDITIONAL PRACTICE TESTS
First conditional 1 (B)
First conditional 2 (B)
First conditional 3 (A1/A2)
Second conditional 1 (I)
Second conditional 2 (I)
First or second conditional? 1 (I)
First or second conditional? 2 (B1/B2)
Third conditional 1 (I/A)
Third conditional 2 (B1/B2)
Mixed conditionals 1 (I)
Mixed conditionals 2 (I)
Conditional, future, or present? 1 (I)
First conditional 2 (B)
First conditional 3 (A1/A2)
Second conditional 1 (I)
Second conditional 2 (I)
First or second conditional? 1 (I)
First or second conditional? 2 (B1/B2)
Third conditional 1 (I/A)
Third conditional 2 (B1/B2)
Mixed conditionals 1 (I)
Mixed conditionals 2 (I)
Conditional, future, or present? 1 (I)
