PRACTICE EXERCISES

Exercise 1: Give the correct forms of the verbs using the conditional sentences.
Question 1: If Tracy had a mobile phone, she______(phone) all her friends.
Question 2: I______(be) very angry with Nick if he forgets my CD again.
Question 3: If the boys______(win) this match, their coach will invite them to a barbecue.
Question 4: If you don't read these articles, you______(not know) the facts about Africa.
Question 5: If she'd had enough money, she (buy)______a car.
Question 6: I (see)______him if I (go)______to the party last night.
Question 7: We could have gone out if the weather (not be)______so bad.
Question 8: If the book (not be)______expensive, I______(buy) it.
Question 9: What you______(do) if you______(be) in my situation?
Question 10: I'll go out if it______(not rain).
Question 11: If I spoke English, my job______(be) a lot easier.
Question 12: If we had known who he was, we______(invite) him to speak at our meeting.
Question 13: My dog (bark)______if it (hear)______any strange sound.
Question 14: If I (be)______in your place, I (accept)______Mr. Anderson’s invitation.
Question 15: If I (win)______a big prize in a lottery, I’d give up my job.
Question 16: If I (have)______breakfast, I (not feel)______hungry now.
Question 17: I was busy. If I (have)______free time I (go)______to the cinema with you.
Question 18: Why didn’t you attend the meeting? Oh, I did not know. If I (know)______ I
(come)______there.
Question 19: If I (not have)______an important test today, I (not stay)______up late last night.
Question 20: It’s too bad Helen isn’t here. If she (be) ______here, she (know)______what to do.
Question 21: She (come)______late again, she will lose her job.
Question 22: If he (not be)______selfish, his wife (not leave)______him.
Question 23: We (live)______in a town, life would be better.
Question 24: I know I (feel)______better if I (stop)______smoking.
Question 25: I (understand)______him if he spoke more slowly.
Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
Question 1: Students will not be allowed into the exam room if they______their student cards.
A. don’t produce B. didn’t produce C. produced D. hadn’t produced
Question 2: 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
Question 3: If Martin were here now, he______us to solve this difficult problem.
A. would help B. helps C. will help D. has helped
Question 4: 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
Question 5: If you didn’t have to leave today, I______you around the city.
A. have shown B. showed C. will show D. would show
Question 6: If our teacher were here now, he______us with this difficult exercise.
A. has helped B. helps C. will help D. would help
Question 7: If he were younger, he______a professional running competition now.
A. will j oin B. had j oined
C. would have joined D. would join
Question 8: If you watch this film, you______about the cultures of Southeast Asian countries.
A. learned B. were learning C. will learn D. would learn
Question 9: If he were better qualified, he______get the job.
A. will B. can C. may D. could
Question 10: If life______predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
A. is B. would be C. were D. had been
Question 11: 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
Question 12: 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
Question 13: 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
Question 14:______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
Question 15: 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
Question 16: But for his kind support, I______.
A. would not have succeeded B. did not succeed
C. had not succeeded D. would succeed
Question 17: - Jean: “Why didn’t you tell me about the plans for the merge?” - Jack: “I would have
told you______.”
A. if you asked me to B. had you asked me to
C. you had asked to meD. you were asking me
Question 18: 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
Question 19:______anyone call, just say I'll be back in the office at four o'clock.
A. If B. Were C. Should D. Unless
Question 20:______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
Question 21: If we______, the work would have been completed, I’m sure.
A. hadn’t been disturbed B. weren’t disturbed
C. didn’t disturb D. hadn’t disturbed
Question 22: The palace is so heavy and massive that no redecoration can make it look like a little
gracious villa. Even if we______it pink, which, of course, is out of the question.
A. would paint B. had painted C. were to paint D. paint
Question 23: Well, you see, if I______up in a neighborhood where drink problems were endemic, I
might find these jokes really funny.
A. wouldn’t be brought B. weren’t brought
C. didn’t bring D. hadn’t been brought
Question 24: If, as Mark says, the landlord______so surprised seeing the group, he must have
forgotten the arrangement.
A. has been B. was C. would have been D. had been
Question 25: I’m glad I managed to talk Sandra out of buying a dog. If I______, we would now be
looking for a pet-friendly hotel.
A. hadn’t B. did C. didn’t D. wouldn’t
Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each
of the following questions.
Question 1: I didn't have an umbrella with me, so I got wet.
A. Since I got wet, I didn't have an umbrella with me.
B. My umbrella helped me to get wet.
C. I wouldn’t have got wet if I had had an umbrella with me.
D. I got wet, so I didn't have an umbrella.
Question 2: Unless you leave me alone, I'll call the police.
A. I'll call the police because you leave me alone.
B. I'll call the police if you don't leave me alone.
C. If you leave me alone, I'll call the police.
D. You leave me alone, so I'll call the police.
Question 3: If you hadn't told me about the changes in the timetable, I wouldn't have noticed.
A. You hadn't told me about the changes in the timetable, so I didn't notice.
B. Unless you had told me about the changes in the timetable, I wouldn't have noticed.
C. If you had told me about the changes in the timetable, I would have noticed.
D. Unless you tell me about the changes in the timetable, I won't notice.
Question 4: If I had known the reason why she was absent from class, I would have told you.
A. I knew the reason why she was absent from class, but I didn't tell you.
B. Unless I knew the reason why she was absent from class, I wouldn't tell you.
C. I didn't know the reason why she was absent from class, so I didn't tell.
D. Although I knew the reason why she was absent from class, I didn't tell you.
Question 5: But for your carelessness, you could have been a partner in the firm.
A. If it hadn't been your carelessness, you could have been a partner in the firm.
B. Your carelessness was only thing to prevent being a partner in the firm.
C. It was your carelessness that made you impossible to be a partner in the firm
D. You could have been a partner in the firm, but you were so careless.
Question 6: Without skillful surgery, he would not have survived the operation.
A. With skillful surgery, he would have survived the operation.
B. Had it not been for skillful surgery, he would have survived the operation.
C. But for skillful surgery, he would not have survived the operation.
D. He wouldn't have survived the operation if he hadn't skillful surgery.
Question 7: We could not handle the situation without you.
A. You didn't help us handle the situation.
B. If you had not helped us, we could not have handled the situation.
C. If you did not help us, we could not handle the situation.
D. We will handle the situation if you help.
Question 8: Unless you have tickets you can't come in.
A. You can't come in provided that you have tickets.
B. You can come in provided that you have tickets.
C. If you didn't have tickets, you couldn't come in.
D. Unless you don't have tickets, you can come in.
Question 9: He stepped on the mine, and it exploded.
A. If he doesn’t step on the mine, it doesn’t explode.
B. If he doesn’t step on the mine, it won’t explode.
C. If he didn’t step on the mine, it wouldn’t explode.
D. If he hadn’t stepped on the mine, it wouldn’t have exploded.
Question 10: It may rain this afternoon. I hope it doesn’t because I don’t want the match to be
cancelled.
A. If it rains, the match is cancelled.
B. If it rains, the match will be cancelled.
C. if it rained, the match would be cancelled.
D. If it had rained, the match would have been cancelled.
Question 11: Unfortunately, I don’t know philosophy, so I can’t answer your question.
A. If I know Philosophy, I can answer your question.
B. If I know Philosophy, I will be able to answer your question.
C. If I knew Philosophy, I would be able to answer your question.
D. If I had known Philosophy, I would have been able to answer your question.
Question 12: We survived that accident because we were wearing our seat belts.
A. But for our seat belts, we would have survived that accident.
B. Had we not been wearing our seat belts, we wouldn't have survived that accident.
C. Without our seat belts, we could have survived that accident.
D. If we weren't wearing our seat belts, we couldn't have survived that accident.