KEY TOPIC 11: CONDITIONAL SENTENCE

1. ________, he would have been able to pass the exam.

A. If he had been studied more B. Had he studied more
C. If he studied more D. If he studies more
2. According to some historians, if Napoleon had not invaded Russia, he________the rest of the
world.
A. had conquered B. would conquer C. would have conquered D. conquered
3. Tony would have forgotten the appointment if I________him.
A. don’t remind B. didn’t remind C. hadn’t reminded D. reminded
4. “I’m going out now.” -”________you happen to pass a chemist’s, please get me some
aspirins.”
A. Had B. Should C. Did D. Were
5. “What would you do in my position?” - “Were________like that, I would complain to the
manager.”
A. I be treated B. I treated C. I to be treated D. to treat
6. Had I studied harder, I________better in the last exam.
A. would do B. would have done
C. had done D. wouldn’t have done
7. The book would have been perfect________the ending.
A. had it not been for B. it had not been for
C. it hadn’t been for D. hadn’t it been for
8. He said if he had not answered the phone at the petroleum station then, he________a fine.
A. would pay B. hadn’t paid
C. had been paid D. wouldn’t have had to pay
9. If________taller, I might be better at basketball.
A. I am B. I were C. I had been D. were I
10. ________the book, please return it to me.
A. Should you find B. You find C. Were you to find D. If you found
11. If she________sick, she would have been to the party with me.
 A. wasn’t B. hadn’t been C. hasn’t been D. weren’t
12. ________anyone object, the plan will be reconsidered.
A. If B. Should C. Do D. Might
13. Had I known that you were ill last week,________.
A. I would have gone to see you B. I would go to see you
C. I will go to see you D. I shall have gone to see you
14. Students will not be allowed into the exam room if they________their student cards.
A. don’t show B. didn’t show C. showed D. hadn’t showed
15. Without your help, I________the technical problem with my computer the other day.
A. wouldn’t solve B. couldn’t have solved
C. could solve D. can’t solve
16. If Martin were here now, he________US to solve this difficult problem.
A. would help B. helps C. will help D. has helped
17. If he didn’t have to work today, he________his children to the zoo.
A. will take B. takes C. would take D. has taken
18. If you didn’t have to leave today, I________you around the city.
A. have shown B. showed C. will show D. would show
19. If our teacher were here now, he________US with this difficult exercise.
A. has helped B. helps C. will help D. would help
20. If he were younger, he________a professional running competition now.
A. will join B. had joined C. would have joined D. would join
21. If you watch this film, you________about the cultures of Southeast Asian countries.
A. learned B. were learning C. will learn D. would learn
22. If he were better qualified, he________get the job.
A. will B. can C. may D. could
23. If life________predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
A. is B. would be C. were D. had been
24. That sounds like a good offer. I________it if I________you.
A. would accept - were B. accepted - would be
 C. accept - will be D. will accept - were
25. If he improved his IT skills, he________a job.
A. will easily get B. would easily get
C. will easily have got D. would easily have got
26. If it had not rained last night, the roads in the city________so slippery now.
A. must not be B. would not be
C. could not have been D. would not have been
27. ________ten minutes earlier, you would have got a better seat.
A. Had you arrived B. If you arrived
C. Were you arrived D. If you hadn’t arrived
28. If it________their encouragement, he could have given it up.
A. hadn’t been for B. wouldn’t have been for
C. had been for D. hadn’t been
29. But for his kind support, I________.
A. would not have succeeded B. did not succeed
C. had not succeeded D. would succeed
30. - Jean: “Why didn’t you tell me about the plans for the merge?”
- Jack: “I would have told you________.”
A. if you asked me B. had you asked me
C. you had asked to me D. you were asking me
31. We________on the beach now if we hadn’t missed the plane.
A. will lie B. could be lying C. will be lying D. might have lain
32. If I were in charge, I________things differently.
A. had done B. would do C. would have done D. will do
33. If a drop of oil is placed in a glass of water, it________to the top.
A. will float B. would float C. does float D. should float
34. ________anyone call, just say I’ll be back in the office at four o’clock.
A. If B. Were C. Should D. Unless
35. ________me twice my current salary, I wouldn’t work for them.
 A. If they paid B. Weren’t they paid
C. Were they not to pay D. Had they not paid
36. If I________just one year younger, I would be eligible for the scholarship.
A. am B. will be C. would be D. were
37. If we are not busy this weekend, we________the new fruit farm in the countryside.
A. will visit B. would visit C. would have visited D. visited
38. If you follow my directions, you________her house easily.
A. would find B. would have found C. found D. will find
39. ________advised on what and how to prepare for the interview, he might have got the job.
A. Had he been B. If he had C. Unless he had been D. Were he to be
40. If my father________bankrupt last year, he could own the luxurious car now.
A. didn’t go B. hadn’t gone C. wasn’t going D. weren’t to go
41. If I had enough money, I________abroad to improve my English.
A. will go B. would go C. should go D. go
42. If you________to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
A. listen B. had listened C. will listen D. listened
43. If you________Tom, tell him I have a message for him.
A. will meet B. would meet C. meet D. met
44. If I lived nearer the centre, I________always late for work.
A. wouldn’t be B. can be C. won’t be D. will be
45. If we had known your new address, we________to see you.
A. came B. will come C. would come D. would have come
46. ________she agreed, you would have done it.
A. If B. Had C. Should D. Would
47. If you________to be chosen for the job, you’ll have to be experienced in the field.
A. want B. wanted C. had wanted D. wants
48. If the doctor had arrived sooner, the boy________saved.
A. might be B. have been C. was D. might have been
49. If there________enough water, the rice fields could have been more productive.
 A. had been B. were C. would be D. are
50. If he________a thorough knowledge of English, he could have applied for this post.
A. had had B. had C. has D. has had