I. Put the verbs into the correct form.

1. If you found(find) a wallet in the street, what would you do with it?

2. I must hurry. My friend would be (be) annoyed if I wasn’t (not/ be) on time.

3. If I were (be) a bird, I wouldn’t want (not/ want) to live my whole life in a cage.

4. I didn’t realize that Gary was in hospital. If I had known (know) he was in hospital, I would
have gone (go) to visit him.

5. If you pour (pour) oil on water, it floats (float)

6. If the phone rings (ring), can you answer it?

7. If I had (have) wings, I wouldn’t have to (not/ have to) take an airplane to fly home.

8. Ken got to the station in time to catch his train. If he misses (miss) it, he will be (be) late for
his interview.

9.
A: What shall we do tomorrow?
B: Well, if it was (be) a nice day, we would go (go) to the beach.

10.
A: You look tired.
B: Well, if you hadn’t wake(not/ wake) me up in the middle of the night, I wouldn’t have been
(not/ be) tired.

11. This soup isn’t very good. It would taste (taste) better if it weren’t(not/ be) so salty.

12. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my address book with me when I was in New York. If I had had
(have) your address, I would have send (send) you a postcard.

13. I think there are too many cars. If there weren’t (not/ be) so many cars, there wouldn’t be
(not/ be) so much pollution.

14.
A: I think I left my watch at your house. Have you seen it?
B: No, but I’ll have a look. If I had found (find) it, I would have told (tell) you.

15. Mark and Carol are expecting us. They were (be) disappointed if we wouldn’t come (not/
come).

16. The accident was your fault. If you had driven (drive) more carefully, it wouldn’t have
happened (not/ happen).

17.
A: Why do you read newspapers?
B: Well, if I didn’t read (not/ read) newspapers, I would read (not/ know) what was happening in
the world.
18. If you had (have) enough money to go any where in the world, where would you go
(you/go)?

19. This box has got to be in Chicago tomorrow. I’m sure if I send(send) it today by express
mail, it will arrive (arrive) in time.

20. People would be (be) able to fly if they had(have) feathers instead of hair.

21. Last night Alex ruined his sweater when he washed it. If he had read(read) the label, he
wouldn’t have washed (not/ wash) it in hot water.

22.
A: Is Trevor a practical person?
B: Trevor? No, he isn’t. If he was (be) practical, he would put (put) those shelves up a bit
quicker. It took him ages.

23.
A: United didn’t play very well today.
B: We were awful. But if Hacker had taken (take) that easy chance, we_______ (win).

24.
A: Why are you sitting in 'the dark?
B: Let’s just say that if I paid (pay) my electricity bill last month, I wouldn’t be(not/ be) in the
dark now. 25.
A: Would you like a cup of coffee?
B: No, thanks. If I drink (drink) coffee late at night, I won’t sleep(sleep)

II. Write a sentence with if for each situation.

1. You should take more exercise because that’s the way to get fit.
If you take more exercise, you’ll get fit.
2. The accident happened because the driver in front stopped so suddenly.
If the driver in front hadn’t stopped so suddenly, the accident wouldn’t have happened.
3. I haven’t got a key, so I can’t get in.
If I have a key, I can get in.
4. Throw a stone into water and it sinks.
If you throw a stone into water, it sinks.
5. I didn’t have any breakfast, and now I’m hungry.
If I had had breakfast, I wouldn’t have hungry.
6. Road travel is cheaper than rail travel in this country, so we have lots of traffic jams.
If road travel is cheaper than rail travel in the country, we will have lots of traffic jams.
7. Martin failed his driving test last week. He was very nervous and that’s why he failed.
If Martin hadn’t been nervous, he wouldn’t have failed his driving test last week.
8. You may want a chat, so just give me a ring.
If you want a chat, juts give me a ring.
9. I didn’t finish my report yesterday, so I can’t begin a new project today.
If I had finished my report yesterday, I could begin a new project today.
10. The wind is blowing hard, so I won’t take the boat out for a ride.
If the wind is blowing hard, I won’t take the boat out for a ride.
11. I’m sorry I disturbed you. I didn’t know you were busy
If I had known you were busy, I wouldn’t have disturbed you.
12. It might rain. If it does, everyone can eat inside.
If it rains, everyone can eat inside.
13. We don’t visit you very often because you live so far away.
If you didn’t live so far away, we would often visit you very often.
14. Margaret wasn’t injured in the crash because she was wearing a seat belt.
If Margaret hadn’t been worn a seat belt, she would have been injured in the crash.
15. I have to work tomorrow evening, so I can’t meet you.
If I didn’t have to work tomorrow evening, I could meet you.
16. I don’t know anything about plumbing, so I didn’t fix the leak in the sink myself.
If I had known anything about plumbing, I could have fixed in the sink myself.
17. Is Matthew going to enter the race? He’ll probably win it.
If Matthew going to the enter the race, he will probably win it.
18. We should have bought that picture five years ago because it would be quite valuable now.
If we had bought that picture five years ago, it would be quite valuable now.
19. I feel better now because you talked to me about my problems last night.
If you hadn’t talked to me about my problem last night, I wouldn’t feel better now.
20. Carol didn’t answer the phone because she was studying.
If Carol hadn’t been studying, she would have answered the phone.
III. Write a new sentence with the same meaning. Use UNLESS in your sentence.
1. You don’t get there in time if you don’t hurry.
You don’t get there in time unless you hurry.
2. We can’t do the job if we don’t get help.
We can’t do the job unless we get help.
3. You are allowed into the club only if you’re member.
You are not allowed into the club unless you’re member.
4. I don’t like fish. I wouldn’t eat it if I wasn’t extremely hungry.
I wouldn’t eat fish unless I was extremely hungry.
5. Don’t leave the TV on if you aren’t watching it.
Don’t leave the TV unless you are watching it.
6. The doctor will see you today only if it’s an emergency.
The doctor wont see you today unless it’s an emergency.
7. I wouldn’t have bought the picture if I didn’t like it.
I wouldn’t have bought the picture unless I like it.
8. You can’t get a driver’s license if you’re not at least eighteen years old.
You can’t get a driver’s license unless you are at least eighteen years old.
9. I’m going to the party only if you go with me.
I’m not going to the party unless you go with me.
10. The dog will attack you only if you move suddenly.
The dog won’t attack you unless you move suddenly.
IV. Make sentences with the same meaning by omitting if.
1. If you should need more money, go to the bank before six o’clock.
Should you need more money, go to the bank before six o’clock.
2. If I were you, I wouldn’t do that.
Were I you, I wouldn’t do that.
3. If they had realized the danger, they would have done it differently.
Had they realized the danger, they would have done it differently.
4. If I were your teacher, I would insist you do better work.
Were I your teacher, I would insist you do better work.
5. If you should change your mind, please let me know immediately.
Should you change your mind, please let me know immediately.
6. She would have gotten the job if she had been better prepared.
She would have gotten the job had she been better prepared.
7. Your boss sounds like a real tyrant. If I were you, I would look for another job.
Your boss sounds like a real tyrant. Were I you, I would look for another job.
8. If you should need to reach me, I’ll be at the Hilton Hotel in Seoul.
Should you need to reach me, I’ll be at the Hilton Hotel in Seoul.
9. I wouldn’t have known about your new job if I hadn’t talked to your mother.
I wouldn’t have known about your new job had I not talked to your mother.
10. If she were ever in trouble, I’d do anything I could to help her.
Were she ever in trouble. I’d do anything I could to help her.

V. Choose the best correct word or expression for each sentence.

1. Rachel will be pleased if/ unless she passes her driving test.
2. You can use my car unless/ as long as you drive carefully.
3. The bus won’t stop unless/ providing you ring the bell.
4. You’d better take a coat if/ in case it gets cold.
5. Don’t bother to ring me unless/ in case it’s important.
6. Children are allowed to use the pool unless/ provided they are with an adult.
7. I’ll make myself an omelette when/ if I get home tonight.
8. I don’t mind if you come in late unless/ so long as you come in quietly.
9. You won’t have to leave unless/ if you can pay your bill. 10. Write the name down in case/
provided you forget it.

VI. Complete the following sentences with your own ideas.

1. I like to walk to work in the morning unless it’s rain.
2. What would happen if I have wings?
3. You can borrow the money providing your identification
4. Take a sandwich with you in case you’ll get hungry
5. You wouldn’t have felt ill if you had done exercise yesterday.
6. If he had listened to my advice, he could have gotten a better job.
7. You won’t pass the exam unless you concentrate on your study.
8. If you see Jane, please send him my prepared letter.
9. Were I your doctor, I would recommend you to do exercise everyday.
10. There would be less pollution if I closed the window.

VII. Choose the correct answer.

1. If I were you, I ________ that coat. It’s much too expensive.

a. won’t buy
b. don 't buy
c. wouldn’t buy
d. didn’t buy
2. If I could speak Spanish, I ________ next year studying in Mexico.
a. will spend
b. had spent
c. would have spent
d. would spend

3. It would have been a much more serious accident____ fast at the time.
a. was she driving
b. she had driven
c. had she been driving
d. if she drove

4. ‘Can I borrow your car this evening?’ ‘Sure, but Nora’s using it right now. If she _____it back
in time. You’re welcome to borrow it.’
a. brought
b. would ring
c. will bring
d. brings

5. If energy__________ inexpensive and unlimited, many things in the world would be different.
a. is
b. will be
c. would be
d. were

6. We________ the game if we’d had a few more minutes.

a. could have won
b. won
c. had won
d. will win

7. I _____ William with me if I had known you and he didn’t get along with each other.
a. hadn’t brought
b. didn’t bring
c. wouldn’t have brought
d. won’t bring.

8. The lecturer ______ last night didn’t know what he was talking about, but if Dr. Mason I
would have listened carefully
a. lectured
b. had been lecturing
c. was lecturing
d. would lecture

9. If you_____ to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
a. listened
b. will listen
c. had listened
d. listen

10. ________ interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it.
a. If I am
b. Should I
c. Was I
d. Were I

11. If I ________ the same problems you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as
well as you have.
a. have
b. would have
c. had had
d. should have

12. I ________ you sooner had someone told me you were in hospital.
a. would have visited
b. visited
c. had visited
d. visit

13. ________ more help, I could call my neighbor.

a. Needed
b. Should I need
c. I have needed
d. I should need

14. ________ then what I know today, I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble over
the years.
a. If I know
b. If I would know
c. Did I know
d. Had I known

15. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people________ the same
language?
a. speak
b. will speak
c. spoke
d. had spoken

16. If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this,____this incident again.
a. I don’t mention
b. I will never mention
c. I never mention
d. will I never mention

17. I didn’t know you were asleep. Otherwise, I so much noise when I came in.
a. didn’t make
b. wouldn’t have made
c. won’t made
d. don’t make

18. Unless you______ all of my questions, I can’t do anything to help you.

a. answered
b. answer
c. would answer
d. are answering

19. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I ________ it.
a. would never have believed
b. don’t believe
c. hadn’t believed
d. can’t believe

20. If Jake________ to go on the trip, would you have gone?

a. doesn’t agree
b. didn’t agree
c. hadn’t agreed
d. wouldn’t agree

21. If you________ , I would have brought my friends over to your house this evening to watch
TV, but I didn’t want to bother you.
a. had studied
b. studied
c. hadn’t been studying
d. didn’t study

22. If I weren’t working for an accounting firm, I ________in a bank.

a. work
b. will work
c. have worked
d. would be working

23. ‘Here’s my phone number.’ ‘Thanks. I’ll give you a call if I ___ some help tomorrow.’
a. will need
b. need
c. would need
d. needed

24. ______you, I’d think twice about that decision. It could be a bad move.
a. If I had been
b. Were I
c. Should I be
d. If I am

25. ‘Was Pam seriously injured in the accident?’ ‘She broke her arm. It________ much worse if
she hadn’t been wearing her seat belt.’
a. will be
b. would have been
c. was
d. were

26. If my candidate had won the election, I ________ happy now.

a. am
b. would be
c. was
d. can be

27. Page 12 of the manual that came with the appliance says, “ ________ any problem with the
merchandise, contact your local dealer.”
a. Do you have
b. Had you
c. Should you have
d. You have

28. ‘Why didn’t Bill get the promotion he was expecting?’ ‘He may not be qualified. If he were,
he________that promotion last year.’
a. would have been given
b. was given
c. would be given
d. had been given

29. Hurry! We’ve got to leave the house immediately. Otherwise,__________ the opening
ceremony.
a. we’d miss
b. we’d have missed
c. we miss
d. we’re going to miss

30. If everyone________ , how would we control air traffic? Surely, we’d all be crashed into
each other.
a. can fly
b. will fly
c. flies
d. could fly

31. If you_______ him tomorrow,_______ him my message.

a. will see... give
b. should see... give
c. see... you’ll give
d. saw ... could you give

32. _______ a serious crime, what exactly should you do?

a. Unless you witness
b. If only you witness
c. If you were to witness
d. Even if you witness

33. In case you_______ a car,_______ me to drive?

a. bought... will you teach
b. bought... would you teach
c. will buy... will you teach
d. buy... will you teach

34. _______ , this project would not have been possible.

a. But for their help
b. Unless their help
c. With their help
d. In the event of their help

35. If Chris_______ to the hospital, he_______ alive today.

a. went... wouldn’t be
b. hadn’t gone... wouldn’t be
c. wouldn’t go ... was
d. hadn’t gone... wouldn’t have been

36. In the event that you should fail the first writing assignment for this class, I _______ you one
more week to revise.
a. would give
b. will give
c. will have given
d. give

37. I will accept the job_______ me a good salary.

a. provided that they will offer
b. if they will offer
c. unless they offer
d. provided that they offer

38. _______ , the meeting will not be postponed.

a. Unless it snows
b. If it will snow
c. Whether it snows or not
d. Even if it snow or not
39. _______ , I wouldn’t have been able to move this table.
a. If Jack had helped
b. Without Jack’s help
c. In case of Jack’s help
d. Unless Jack helped

40. _______ you were waiting outside, I would have invited you to come in.
a. I had known
b. If I knew
c. Should I known
d. Had I known

41. _______ positively, we couldn’t have continued with the project.

a. Had you contributed
b. Should you had contributed
c. Unless you contributed
d. If you hadn’t contributed

42. Only if it rains continuously for three hours_______ the baseball game.
a. the officials will cancel
b. will cancel the officials
c. will the officials cancel
d. the officials cancel

43. If Tom really_______ ambitious, he_______ a decent job years ago.

a. was... would have found
b. had been... would find
c. were... would find
d. had been... would have found

44. If the earth_______ a Moon, there_______ any tides.

a. doesn’t have... aren’t
b. doesn’t have... won’t be
c. didn’t have... wouldn’t be
d. hadn’t had ... wouldn’t have been

45. We’ve installed an alarm link with the local police station_______
a. but for burglary
b. without burglary
c. Only if burglary
d. in case of burglary.

46. We would appeal_______ to go against us.

a. the decision was
b. were the decision
c. was the decision
d. unless the decision was
47. ___________ your full attention on driving, will you lower your chances of having an
accident.
a. Unless you put
b. If you put
c. Only if you put
d. Provided that you put

48. If Flight 4590 had not been overloaded, it _______with only three engines.
a. had taken off
b. could have taken off
c. would have taken off
d. would take off

49. _______ about the meeting, he would have participated.

a. If Jake was informed
b. Were Jake informed
c. Had Jake been informed
d. Jake had been informed

50. _______turned off, write down the number of my office phone.

a. In case my phone is
b. Unless my phone is
c. Should my phone be
d. Even if my phone is

VIII. Rewrite the following sentences so that the meaning stays the same.
1. Unless she hurries up, we won’t arrive in time.
If she don’t hurries up, we won’t be on time.
2. But for your help, I won’t pass the exam.
If you don’t help, I won’t pass the exam.
3. If I should prepare for my final exam carefully, I will pass the exam.
Should I prepare for my final exam carefully, I will pass the exam.
4. We’ll give you your bicycle only if you do well on your exams.
Only if you do well on your exams, I’ll give you your bicycle.
5. We could not handle the situation without you.
If you weren’t here, we could not handle the situation.
6. I will help you if you keep your promise.
On condition that you keep your promise, I will help you.
7. They won’t be able to come whether or not they have enough money.
Whether they have enough money or not, they won’t be able to come.
8. If we gave up the fight now, it would mean the end of democracy in our country.
Were we to give up the fight now, it would mean the end of democracy in our country.
9. We’ll go for a picnic by the river tomorrow if it doesn’t ram.
Unless it is ram, we’ll go for a picnic by the river tomorrow.
10. In case of an earthquake, keep some extra batteries and bottled water on hand.
In case there is an earthquake, keep some extra batteries and botted water on hand.