Exercise on Conditional Sentences[1]

8/12/2019 Exercise on Conditional Sentences[1]

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REVISION OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

I- Choose the most suitable tense

1- I cant understand what he sees in her! If anyone treats/ will treat/ treatedme like that, I am/will be/

would beextremely angry.

2- If you help/ helped me with this exercise, I will do/ would dothe same for you one day.

3- According to the timetale, if the train leaves/ lefton time, we will/wouldarrie at ".3#.$- If it is/ will befine tomorrow, wego/will goto the coast.

"- If wefind/founda taxi, we will get/ would getthere efore the %lay starts.

&- Its 'uite sim%le really. If you take/will take/tookthese talets eery day, then you lose/will lose/lost

/ would loseweight.

(- I dont like this flat. I thinkIwill be/I am/Id beha%%ier if I lived/live/ will live/would livein a house

in the country.

)- I cant %lay footall, ut Im sure that if I will do/ do/did, Iplay/will play/would playa lot etter than

anyone in this awful team.

*- Iphone/will phone/phoneyou tonight, areyou/will you be/would you bein+

1#- hy didnt you tell me+ If you told/ had toldme, I had/would have helpedyou.11- If ill didnt stea l/hadnt stolenthe car, he werent/wouldnt be/ hadnt beenin %rison now.

12- If Ann werent driving/didnt drive/ hadnt drivenso fast, her car didnt crash/wouldnt crash/

wouldnt have crashedinto a tree.

13- /et me gie some adice. If you smoked/ would smoke /had smokedless, you didnt feel/ wouldnt

feel/ wouldnt have felttired.

1$- hat ad luck! If Alan didnt fall/ hadnt fallen/ wouldnt falloer, he won/ would win/ would have

wonthe race.

1"- If you invited0had invitedme last week, I was able0had been able0would have beenale to come.

1&- Im sure your letter hasnt arried yet. If it came0had come, Im sure I noticed0hadnoticed0would have

noticed it.

1(- e hae a suggestion to make. ow do you feel0wouldyoufeelif we offered0wouldoffer0had offered

you the o of assistant manager.

1)- If you lent0had lentus the money, wepaid0would pay0had paidyou ack next week.

1*- I wish eter doesnt live0didnt live0wouldnt liveso far away from the town center. ell hae to take a

taxi.

2#- I feel rather cold. I wish I brought0had broughtmy %ulloer with me.

21- I wish you tell0had told0toldme aout the test. I haent done my reision.

22- Im sorry I missed your irthday %arty. I really wish I come0came0had come0wouldcome.

23- I like my new oss ut I wish shegave0would give0could giveme some more res%onsiility.

2$- aing a loely time in righton, I wish you are0were0had beenhere. /oe, 4ary.

2"- A che'ue is all right, ut Id rather youpay0paidme cash.

2&- If only I have0had0would havea screwdrier with me.

2(- If you want to catch the last train, its time you leave0left

2)- Id rather you dont tell0didnt tellanyone aout our conersation.

2*- Its high time you learn0learnedto look after yourself.

3#- 5ean thinks that eeryone likes her. If only she knows0knewwhat %eo%le say ehind her ack.

II- Put each verb in bracket into a suitable tense1- Its a %ity you missed the %arty. If you 6come788.you 6meet78888.. my friend from ungary.

2- If we 6hae788..some tools, we 6e7888.ale to re%air the car, ut we haent had any with us.


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3- 9hank you for your hel%. If you 6not hel%7888me, I 6not %ass7888.the examination.

$- Its a eautiful house, and I 6uy7888.it if I 6hae7888the money, ut I cant afford it."- I cant imagine what I 6do7888..with the money if I 6win7 888.the footall %ools or a lottery.

&- 4ark isnt a serious athlete. If he 6train78888harder, he 6e788.'uite a good runner.

(- If :laire 6listen7888to her mother, she 6not marry7888.;aid in the first %lace.)- It rained eery day in our holiday. If we 6not take7888..the 9< with us, we 6not hae7 anything to do.

*- 5im is so untidy! If he 6uy7888some new clothes, he 6not look7 so ad.

1#- I wish I6hae788.. the money to uy some new clothes, ut I cant afford it at the moment.

11- I wish the goernment 6do7888something aout the air %ollution in this city.12- Im getting really soaked! I wish I 6not forget7888..my umrella.

13- 9hat was a loely meal, ut I wish I 6not eat7 888.so much.

1$- :ome on children! Its time you 6e7888..in ed.1"- Actually, Id rather you 6not smoke7888..in here.

1&- =u%%ose you 6see7888..a ghost, what would you do+

1(- Im so annoyed aout my car accident. If only I 6e78888 more careful!1)- Id rather you 6not %ut7888your coffee on the to% of the ook.

III- Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown

1- I didnt hae an umrella with me so I got wet. I wouldnt888888888882- Ill call the %olice if you dont leae me alone. >nless888888888888..

3- In the snowy weather we dont go to school. If888888888888888

$- ithout 5acks hel%, I wouldnt hae een ale to moe this tale. If8888888

"- ?ou drink too much coffee, thats why you cant slee%. If you888888888..

&- 4ake me some coffee, and Ill gie you some sweets. If88888888888..(- If you hadnt told me aout =ues hair, I wouldnt hae noticed her. >nless888.

)- If you see eter, tell him he should e here at ) ##. =hould8888888888

*- I wouldnt acce%t if you ask me to marry you. If you were8888888888

1#- hat would you do if there were an earth'uake+ =u%%osing88888888

11- If you do the sho%%ing, Ill cook lunch. ?ou8888888888888888.12-hat would you do if you found some uried treasure+ If you were88888..13- If aul hadnt een interested, the %roect would hae een aandoned. ut for8.

1$- If y any chance you find my wallet, could you let me know+ If you ha%%en88..

1"- I might e late. If so, start without me. If I88888888888888888

1&- 9he fire was rought under control thanks to the night watch-man. If it hadnt8...

1(- ;ick is in %rison ecause a detectie recogni@ed him. If a8888888888...

1)- If you want my adice, Id think twice aout uying a car like that. If I88888.1*- If the %ainting is finished y =aturday, well %ay you extra. inish8888888

2#- Betting u% early makes me feel hungry. If 8888888888888888..

21- lease dont eat in the classroom. Id rather8888888888888822- I think we should leae now. I think its time888888888888.

23- hat a %ity we ate all the food. If only we8888888888888888..

2$- Its a shame we dont hae a 9/;

2- e wont go away if the weather is ad. >D/E==

3- I didnt hae the money, so I didnt uy a new suit. C>/;


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$- If you hurry u%, you wont e late. BCIDB

"- If they offered you the o, would you acce%t+ EFE

&- If you are in /ondon y any chance, come and see me. AED

(- ithout you, I would hae gien u% years ago. EED

)- lease take a seat, and Ill in'uire for you. I//

*- ;ont take this o if you dont really want it. >D/E==

1#- I wasnt tall enough to reach the shelf. 9A//EF

11- If the shi% sank, what would you do+ EFE12- If you should notice whats on at the cinema, let me know. AED13- If you hadnt encouraged me, I would hae gien u%. >9

1$- I dont hae any money, so I cant lend you any. I

1"- ut for elen, the %lay would e a flo%. EFE

V- Choose the best option

1- It would hae een a much more serious accident888..fast at the time.

A- had she een driing - was she driing :- she had drien ;- she droe

2- :an I orrow your car for this eening+ =ure, ut Doras using it right now. If she 8.. it ack, you are

welcome to orrow it.

A- rought - would ring :- will ring ;- rings

3- I didnt get home until well after midnight last night. Ctherwise, I88..your call.

A- returned - had returned :- would return ;- would hae returned

$- If energy888inex%ensie and unlimited, many things in the world would e different.

A- is - will e :- were ;- would e

"- e888..the game if wed had a few more minutes.

AG might hae won - won:- had won ;- will win

&- I888Alan with me if I had known you and he didnt get along with each other.

AG hadnt rought - didnt ring

:- wouldnt hae rought ;- wont ring

(- 9he lecturer last night didnt know what he was talking aout, ut if ;r. 4ason888,

I would hae listened carefully.

A- had een lecturing - was lecturing :- would lecture ;- lectured

)- If you888to my adice in the first %lace, you wouldnt e in this mess right now.

A- listen - will listen :- had listened ;- listened

*- 8888.. interested in that suect, I would try to learn more aout it.

A- ere I - =hould I :- I was ;- If I am

1#- If I888the same %rolems you had as a child, I might not hae succeeded in life as well as you hae.

A- hae - would hae:- had had ;- should hae

11- I8888you sooner had someone told me you were in hos%ital.A- would hae isited - isited :- had isited ;- isit

12- 888.more hel%, I could call my neighor.

A- Deeded - =hould I need :- I hae needed ;- I should need

13- 888..then what I know today, I would hae saed myself a lot of time and troule oer the years.

A- ad I known - ;id I know :- If I know ;- If I would know

1$- I didnt know you were aslee%. Ctherwise, I8888..so much noise when I came in.

A- didnt make - wouldnt hae made c- wont make ;- dont make

1"- hen I sto%%ed talking, =am finished my sentence for me as though he8888 my mind.

A- would read ;- had read :- reads ;- can read


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Exercise on Conditional Sentences[1]