Corrigé conditionnel anglais : hypothèses et inversion, seconde

1. rains : possible, présent après if.
2. were : irréel du présent, were à toutes les personnes.
3. heat : vérité générale (type 0).
4. had : irréel du présent.
5. hurry : unless suit la règle du présent et contient déjà la négation.
6. offered : la condition est jugée peu probable, d’où le prétérit et would.
7. bring : as long as + présent.
8. would go : principale de l’irréel du présent.

1. If you had told me, I would have helped you.
2. She wouldn’t have failed the test if she had revised.
3. If the alarm had rung, we wouldn’t have been late.
4. If Columbus hadn’t sailed west, he wouldn’t have reached the Caribbean.
5. We would have won the match if our goalkeeper hadn’t got injured.
6. If I had known it was your birthday, I would have bought you a present.

1. Had she known the truth, she would have stayed.
2. Were I in your shoes, I would apologise.
3. Should you need any help, call me.
4. Had they left earlier, they would have caught the train.
5. Were the weather better, we would eat outside.
6. Had we not met, my life would have been different. Pas de contraction à la négation.
7. Should anyone call, take a message.

1. If I had seen the sign, I would have stopped.
2. If he were more patient, he would be a great teacher.
3. If the flight is delayed (ou should be delayed), passengers will be informed by text message.
4. If it hadn’t been for her courage, they would have drowned.
5. If I won (ou were to win) the lottery, I would travel the world.

1. 1-b : vérité générale.
2. 2-a : irréel du passé.
3. 3-d : condition possible suivie d’un impératif.
4. 4-c : irréel du présent.
5. 5-f : unless + présent, will dans la principale.
6. 6-e : inversion avec had, would have dans la principale.

1. If I had money, I would buy a car. Jamais would après if.
2. If it snows, we will build a snowman. Jamais will après if.
3. If he had studied, he would have passed the exam.
4. Had she not called, we would have been worried.
5. Unless you stop, I’ll call the police : unless vaut déjà if… not.
6. If I were you, I would see a doctor.

1. If you come on Saturday, we’ll go to the cinema.
2. If I were you, I would refuse.
3. If it had rained, the match would have been cancelled.
4. If we had taken a taxi, we would be on time now. Hypothèse mixte : condition passée, conséquence présente.
5. Had she known, she wouldn’t have come.
6. Unless you work, you will fail.

1. Si j’avais des ailes, je volerais jusqu’à toi.
2. Si le médecin était arrivé plus tôt, l’homme aurait survécu.
3. Si jamais tu changes d’avis, fais-le-moi savoir.
4. Nous ferons de la randonnée à condition qu’il ne pleuve pas.
5. Si elle n’avait pas raté l’avion, elle serait à New York maintenant.

1. She turned down a scholarship in Boston.
2. She would have become an architect.
3. “Had I accepted, I would have become an architect.” → If I had accepted, I would have become an architect.
4. If you should open me (ou If you open me), you will live the life you missed.
5. a) irréel du présent (if + prétérit, would) ; b) irréel du passé (if + past perfect, would have).
6. She opened the second door because she didn’t want to lose her family and the people she loved.

1. If I had set my alarm, I wouldn’t have been late.
2. If she had taken her umbrella, she wouldn’t have got wet.
3. If he spoke Spanish, he could work in Madrid. Situation présente : irréel du présent.
4. If we hadn’t missed the last bus, we wouldn’t be stuck here now. Hypothèse mixte.
5. If they had booked a table, they wouldn’t have had to wait for an hour.
6. If I had studied medicine, I would be a doctor today. Hypothèse mixte.

Réponses modèles, d’autres idées sont bien sûr possibles si les temps sont justes.

1. If I could live anywhere in the world, I would choose a small village in Scotland.
2. If I had been born a hundred years ago, I wouldn’t have had a smartphone.
3. Had I known about this exam earlier, I would have revised more.
4. Were I the head of my school, I would open the library on Saturdays.
5. Should I ever meet my favourite artist, I will ask for an autograph.