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This second gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice

questions on the topics of conditionals (if clauses) and
wish clauses of English grammar. Both English learners
and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision 5. 5. If Poland’s presidential election______ as expected
to check the knowledge of English conditionals (if clauses) —with victory for a then the rest of Europe_____ up.
and wish clauses.
A) went / couldn’t have looked
B) will go / haven\'t looked
1. C) had gone / wouldn’t have looked
1. _____ you live on the Florida coast during
hurricane season, you probably have some D) went / wouldn’t be looked
bottled water and plywood window boards E) had gone / shouldn’t have looked
around - just______.

A) Provided / so
B) Supposing / like
6. 6. If the full potential impact of the current
C) Unlike / as proposals_____ , conventional commercial agriculture
D) If / in case as it is currently practised_____ achievable.
E) So long as / because
A) realised / wouldn’t be
B) had been realised / couldn’t have been
C) were realised / wouldn’t be
D) were realised / hadn’t been
2. 2. If the ban ___i t _____ the loss of $20.7 million that
E) had realised / might not be
commercial and recreational trade brings into the
area economy each year.

A) held / would have meant

B) would hold / means
7. 7. If you to reduce the number of tools in the
C) had hold / would have meant armoury, then that_____ the business of food
D) holds / had meant production much more risky.
E) holds / will mean
A) have started / has made
B) start / will make
C) are starting / makes
D) started / would have made
3. 3. If you______to see your DVD movies as you saw
E) could start / will make
them in the movie theater, you_____ a widescreen TV.

A) wanted / had to purchase

B) have wanted / could purchase
C) want / need to purchase 8. 8. If destabilizing Iran______the top priority, then the
D) had wanted / should have purchased United States_____ to abandon the pro-Iranian regime
E) want / must be purchasing it has created in Iraq.

A) had been / would have needed

B) were / could have needed
C) will be / might need
4. 4. If yo u _____ long-term goals, such as travelling, D) is / will need
you _____ to set money aside just as you would for
E) was to be / were
any other expenses.

A) are having / need

B) have had / would need
C) have / will need
D) had / would have needed
E) had had / have needed

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9. 9. I wish mum____while she was doing the washing 14. 14. As a child my little sister always chatted with her
up. teddy bear as if it ____ real.

A) didn’t whistle A) had been

B) wouldn\'t be whistling B) were
C) couldn\'t have whistled C) is
D) hadn’t whistled D) has been
E) hasn’t whistled E) would be

10. 10. If Mary’s classmates ____ punctual for her party, 15. 15. Punitive damages may not be imposed against
she____ so upset now. the owner of a vessel for tortious acts of the master
and crew_____ the owner directed, or participated in
A) had come / wouldn’t be the wrong.
B) have come / hasn’t be
A) on condition that
C) had been / wouldn’t have been
B) provided
D) should have been / isn’t
C) supposed
E) must be / won’t be
D) unless
E) if

11. 11. We had better take the spare tyre in case we

____it.
16. 16. You can go to the party on Saturday night _____
A) should need you're back home by midnight.
B) will need
A) therefore
C) shall need
B) as long
D) have needed
C) provided
E) would need
D) in case
E) unless

12. 12. They ought to have checked the train schedule

beforehand. They ____ somewhere else now.
17. 17 ._____ a telescope is convenient to use, it will
A) could be visiting quickly become relegated to a dark corner.
B) have visited
A) Unless
C) will have visited
B) Only if
D) have visited
C) On condition that
E) would have visited
D) If
E) Providing

13. 13. I sincerely wish we ____ the problem in the exam

but unfortunately we could not.
18. 18 ._____ him tomorrow, I______ to him about the
A) have solved conference.
B) could solve
A) Had I seen / would have talked
C) were solving
B) Did I see / could take
D) could have solved
C) Were I to see / have talked
E) would have solved
D) Seeing / could talk
E) Should I see / will talk

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22. 22. An executive said anchovy is so popular among

consumers that they will continue to buy the fish at
markets, _____ the price rises substantially.
19. 19. In the United States alone, conservationists have
estimated that over a hundred kinds of animals, fish A) if
and birds will disappear _____ the end of the century
B) even if
_____ action is taken to protect them.
C) supposing
A) after / until D) as if
B) until/if E) only if
C) by the time/till
D) by / as if
E) before / unless
23. 23.  ___they are not libelous, obscene, or likely to
lead to lawbreaking or disorder, laws protect
students’ right to publish articles.

20. 20. Because many elderly are in poor health and A) As if

have weakened immune systems, they are
B) As long as
vulnerable to getting the disease when exposed to
the virus _____ they have already been immunized. C) Only if
D) Unless
A) if E) Suppose that
B) supposing
C) in case
D) as long as
E) even if
24. 24 .____ the regimes in Iran and Iraq hated each
other even more than they hated the United States,
dual containment worked.

A) Supposing
21. 21 ._____ the increase continues at its current rate? B) So long as
A) Suppose C) Unless
B) Even if D) If only
C) Unless E) Only if
D) What if
E) As long as

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25. 25. Protein is generally good for everyone ____ they

eat an extreme amount of it.

A) only if
B) whether
C) as though
D) unless
E) supposing

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Answer Key:

1: D 14: B
2: E 15: D
3: C 16: C
4: C 17: A
5: C 18: E
6: C 19: E
7: B 20: E
8: D 21: D
9: D 22: B
10: A 23: B
11: A 24: B
12: A 25: D
13: D

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