CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Exercise 1. Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.

1. They ........ angry if you didn’t visit them.
A. would be B. should be C. would D. should
2. What would you do if you ........... a million dollars?
A. win B. won C. had won D. will win
3. What will happen if the air ......................... ?
A. was polluted B. be polluted C. is polluted D. has polluted
4. He wouldn’t have had an accident if he .............. more carefully.
A. drives B. drove C. had driven D. was driving
5. If you ........ better last night, you wouldn’t have been so tired.
A. sleep B. has left C. was sleeping D. slept
6. If I had noticed him, I ............ hello to him.
A. say B. said C. would say D. would say
7. If I ................. his address, I would give it to you.
A know B. would known C. knew D. had known
8. If you .............. time, please write to me.
A. have B. had C. have had D. has
9. I shouldn’t go there at night if I ........ you.
A. am B. was C. be D. were
10. If I ........... get a pole, I will go fishing.
A. can B. could C. may D. might
11.If you had the chance, ........ you go fishing?
A. did B. may C. would D. do
12.If you ............ a choice, which country would you visit?
A. have B. had C. have had D. will have
13.Trees won’t grow ........... there is enough water.
A. if B. when C. unless D. as
14.She agreed, you would have done it.
A. if B. had C. should D. would
15.If I had taken that English course, I ........ much progress.
A. had made B. would have made C. made D. would make
16.If I were in your place, I ......... a trip to England.
A. will make B. had made C. would make D. made
17.You ....... disappointed if there ....... no snow for this winter holiday?
A. Would be / was B. will be / is
C. will be / are D. could be / is
18.If she ........ yesterday, she would come here with us tomorrow night.
A. finished it B. finishes it C. had finished it D. has finished it
19.If I ....... for an accounting firm, I would be working in a post-office.
A. wasn't working B.worked C. hadn't worked D. weren't working
20.What would you have done if you ............. a lot of money?
A. had B. will C. had had D. have had
21.If we had known that you were there, we ............ you a letter.
A.would write B. would have write
C. would have written D. had written
22.If we had checked the petrol before we started, we here.
A. wouldn't stop B. wouldn't have stopped
C. would have stopped D. would stop
23.“Did he study yesterday?” “No, but if he ......, he would have done
better on today’s test.”
A. had B. has C. will study D. had done
24.My sister ............ you the technique of weaving if you ask her.
A. would show B. shows C. will show D. showed
25.She would be happy if we ............ her a bunch of flowers.
A. had sent B. sent C. would send D. send
26.If you don’t feel well, you ........... better take a rest.
27.A. are B. would C. had D. have
28.What would you have done if you ....... a lot of money?
29.A. had B. had had C. have had D. have
30.I’ll be very disappointed if you ........ the exam.
A. don’t pass B. won’t pass C. aren’t passing D. wouldn’t pass
31.If he ............ harder, the results would be better.
A. has worked B. works C. will work D. worked
32.If I had had free time, I ...... shopping.
A. would have gone B. can go
C. will go D. will have gone
33. If you take the map with you..............
A.You will get lost B. You won’t get lost
C. You get lost D. You got lost
34.If you had come to the party, you .............. her.
A. would meet B. had me C. would have met D. met
35.I’m not tired enough to go to bed yet. I wouldn’t sleep if I ....... to bed now.
A. go B. went C. had gone D. would go
36.If I were you, I ......... that shirt. It’s much too expensive.
 A. won’t buy B. don’t buy
C. am not going to buy D. wouldn’t buy
37. I decided to stay at home last night. I would have gone out if I ........so tired.
A. wasn’t B. weren’t C. wouldn’t have been D. hadn’t been
38.What will I do if no one ......... me at the airport?
A. meet B. will meet C. meets D. met
39.Jean gets very agitated if her daughter ............ her once a week.
A. doesn't ring B. didn't ring C. not ring D. don't ring
40.If the train is late, we...........to the office.
A. walk B. will walk C. would walk D. walks
41.She ............ if she has time.
A. calls B. would call C. will call D. calling
42.Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets in to the correct forms:
43. If he (eat)..........................................all that, he will be ill.
44. She could give us some advice if she (be)................here now.
45. What (happen).................... if my parachute does not open?
46. The baby (wake)..........................................up if you spoke louder.
47. If I (know).................... ......the answer, I would tell you.
48. You (not have)............so many accidents if you drove more carefully.
49. If Peter (ask).................me, I’ll help him with all my ability.
50. If she studied harder, she (get)..................better grades.
51. If I (be)............... you, I (tell)................. .them the truth.
52. Lee will go to a Disneyland if he (save)......enough money.
53. If you (do)...................... as I told you, you (succeed)......................
54. I (not go).................to his house unless you go with me.
55. We could have a drink if it.................(not be) so late.
56. Please don’t disturb him if he (be)..............busy.
57. If ice (be).................. heavier than water, it (not float)....................
Exercise 3 : Rewrite the following sentences using If clauses.
Model:
a/ My brother will have enough money. He will buy a bicycle.
® If my brother has enough money, he will buy a bicycle.
b/ She can’t speak English. She won’t apply for the job.
® If she could speak English she would apply for the job.
c/ He wasn’t here. He didn’t have a lot of fun.
® If he had been here, he would have had a lot of fun.
1/ She can’t be employed because she doesn’t have a college degree.
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2/ I don’t have enough money. I can’t go on a long holiday this year.
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3/ He is very slow, so we won’t give his such an important task.
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4/ I’ll have to work this Sunday, so I shan’t join your picnic.
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5/ He works overtime to get more money because he has to pay father’s debt.
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6/ City life isn’t enjoyable because everything is very expensive.
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7/ Everything on the earth grows well because the sun always shines.
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8/ I don’t have a typewriter. I can’t type it myself.
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9/ I’ll buy a new hat. I’ll give it to you.
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10/ You’ll ask the teacher. He’ll explain the lesson to you.
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11/ Mary doesn’t see the sight. She can’t tell you about that.
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12/ I don’t know his address. I can’t give it to you.
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13/ He didn’t look a lot better because he didn’t shave more often.
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14/ She was ill. She didn’t go to work.
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15/ It was raining all morning. We didn’t go out.
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Exercise 4. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following
questions.
1. Without transportation, our modern society would not exist.
A. Our modern society will not exist without having traffic.
B. Our modern society does not exist if there is no transportation.
C. If transportation no longer exists, our modern society will not either.
D. If there were no transportation, our modern society would not exist.
2. Work hard or you will fail the exam.
A. You will fail the exam if you work hard.
B. If you work hard, you won’t pass the exam.
C. You won't fail the exam if you don't work hard.
D. If you don’t work hard, you will fail the exam.
3. I can’t understand him because he speaks so quickly.
A. If he spoke so quickly, I’d understand him.
B.If he speaks so quickly, I can understand him.
C.If he didn’t speak so quickly, I’d understand him.
D.If he didn’t speak so quickly, I understood him.
4. I regret going to bed so late last night.
A. I wish I hadn’t gone to bed so late last night.
B. I wish I had gone to bed so late last night.
C. I wish I went to bed so late last night.
D. I wish I didn’t go to bed so late last night.
5. We did not visit the museum because we had no time.
A. If we have time, we will visit the museum.
B. If we had time, we would visit the museum.
C. If we had had time, we would have visited the museum.
D. If we had had time, we will visit the museum.
6. It’s a pity that you didn’t tell us about this.
A.I wish you told us about this.
B. I wish you would tell us about this.
C. I wish you had told us about this.
D. I wish you have told us about this.
7. Julia couldn’t pass the driving test because she was so nervous.
A. Julia could pass the driving test if she hadn’t been so nervous.
 B. Julia could pass the driving test if she wasn’t very nervous.
C. Julia could have passed the driving test if she hadn’t been so nervous.
D. Julia will pass the driving test if she wasn’t so nervous.
8. She is too busy to come to the party.
A. If she was not so busy she must come to the party.
B. If she was not so busy she could come to the party.
C. If she was not so busy she needs to come to the party.
D. If she was not so busy she should come to the party.
9. She was careless. A fire broke out in the kitchen.
A. If she were careless, a fire broke out in the kitchen.
B. If she had been careful, a fire broke out in the kitchen.
C. If she had been careless, a fire would have broken out.......
D. If she had been careful, a fire would not have broken out...... `
10. Men can’t fly because they don’t have wings.
A. If men have wings, they will fly.
B. If men could fly, they would have wings
C. Men couldn’t fly unless they had wings.
D. Men could fly if they had wings.
11. She didn't do the test because it was too difficult.
A. If the test had been too difficult, she could have done it.
B. If the test hadn't been too difficult, she could have done it.
C. If the test were not too difficult, she could do it.
D. If the test hadn't been too difficult, she couldn't have done it.
12. Peter doesn't read a lot. He can't find the time.
A. If Peter hadn't got the time, he would read a lot.
B. If Peter has the time, he will read a lot.
C. If Peter had had the time, he would have read a lot.
D. If Peter had the time, he would read a lot.
13. She didn’t stop her car because she didn’t see the signal.
A. If she saw the signal, she would stop her car.
B. If she had seen the signal, she would stop her car.
C. If she had seen the signal, she would have stopped her car.
D. If she saw the signal, she would have stopped her car.
14. I did not understand what the lecturer was saying because I had not read
his book.
A. What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to
understand.
B. The lecturer's book which I had not read was difficult to understand.
C.I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer said in his
book.
D. I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read
his book.
`15. John is fat because he eats so many chips.
 A. If John doesn’t eat so many chips, he will not be fat.
B. John is fat though he eats so many chips.
C. being fat, John eats so many chips.
D. If John didn’t eat so many chips, he would not be fat.
16. Susan regretted not buying that villa.
A. Susan wished she had bought that villa.
B. Susan wished she bought that villa.
C. Susan wished she could buy that villa.
D. Susan wished she hadn’t bought that villa.
17. You drink too much coffee, that's why you can't sleep.
A. If you drank less coffee, you would be able to sleep.
B. You drink much coffee and you can sleep.
C. You would sleep well if you didn't drink any coffee.
D. You can sleep better without coffee.
18. If you don't have his number, you can't phone him.
A. You can phone him unless you have his number.
B. You can't phone him unless you don't have his number.
C. You can phone him unless you don't have his number.
D. You can't phone him unless you have his number.
19. She took the train last night, so he wasn’t late.
A. If she had taken the train last night, she would have been late.
B. Unless she hadn’t taken the train last night, she would be late.
C. If she took the train last night, she would be late.
D. Unless she had taken the train last night, she would have been late.
20. I didn’t have an umbrella with me, so I got wet
A. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t get wet
B. If I had had an umbrella, I would get wet
C. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet
D. If I had had an umbrella, I would have got wet