Conditionals & Wish Clauses/Test-1

6. If the TEM motorway ____, the traffic in

01.-45. sorularda, cümlede boş bırakılan yere
Istanbul _____ to a standstill.
uygun düşen sözcük ya da ifadeyi bulunuz.
A) wasn’t building / should have come
B) isn’t going to be built / would have come
1. We ____ more on outgoings and souvenirs if
C) hadn’t been built / would have come
we ____ a cheaper hotel.
D) won’t be built / has come
E) doesn’t build / would come
A) will be spending / chose
B) were to spend / might choose
C) are spending / would have chosen
D) have spent / have chosen
7. Jim is having difficulty doing his maths
E) could have spent / had chosen
assignments, and he wishes he ____ to the

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instructions of his teacher more carefully.
2. If you ____ me for suggestions before you
A) was listening
left, I ____ you some nice restaurants
B) should listen
around here.
C) would listen
D) had listened
A) are asking / can recommend
E) has been listening
B) could have asked / were to recommend
C) asked / had been recommending
D) had asked / would have recommended
E) would ask / have been recommending
8. If anyone ____ with a five thousand lira note,
please hold it up to the light to check if it
____ a forgery.
3. I wish everybody ____ the same language all
over the world. Then we ____ so hard to
A) pays / is
learn English now.
B) is paid / wasn’t
C) has paid / can’t be
A) would speak / won’t study
D) paid / wouldn’t be
B) speaks / weren’t studying
E) will pay / won’t be
C) could speak / aren’t studying
D) has been spoken / don’t study
E) spoke / wouldn’t be studying
9. We keep a spare set of car keys in case we
____ the originals.
4. I’m sure we ____ on better terms with the
A) have lost
manager if she ____ us so disrespectfully all
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B) will lose
the time.
C) should lose
D) lost
A) would be / didn’t treat
E) are losing
B) have been / weren’t treating
C) were / hadn’t been treating
D) will have been / isn’t treating
E) can be / hadn’t treated
10. Many people believe that football stadiums
____ safer places for families to go if strict
measures ____ to solve the problem of
5. If the classroom ____ with an overhead
football hooliganism.
projector, it ____ lessons more interesting.
A) had been / would be taken
A) had equipped / could have made
B) were to be / are taken
B) were equipped / would make
C) have been / could have been taken
C) had been equipped / will have made
D) should be / will be taken
D) won’t be equipped / might make
E) would be / were taken
E) equipped / should make

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11. If nature reserves ____ to protect the turtles, 16. I do wish Mr Swan ____ so aggressive in
undoubtedly they ____ rarer today. discussions. Every time we have a meeting,
he tries to pick an argument with someone.
A) weren’t establishing / could have been
B) hadn’t been established / would be A) isn’t
C) aren’t established / have been B) couldn’t be
D) won’t be established / might be C) might not be
E) haven’t been established / are D) weren’t
E) hasn’t been

12. Why are you buying so many books all the 17. I wish international communications like the
time? If you ____ a library, you ____ money ‘internet’ ____ more frequently to aid
by borrowing them. environmental and health projects instead of
for promoting big business.

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A) were joining / saved
B) joined / would be able to save A) are used
C) have joined / could have saved B) have been used
D) could join / have saved C) were used
E) had joined / were able to save D) will be using
E) could have used

13. You ____ your manager if you think that you 18. If we ____ baby sitters, we ____ out more
____ by that supplier. often, but we prefer to leave our children in
the care of our parents, whom we don’t want
A) have informed / have been overcharging to bother too often.
B) would rather inform / overcharged
C) had better inform / are being overcharged A) have trusted / had gone
D) will be informing / were overcharging B) trust / would have gone
E) are informing / were overcharged C) can trust / might have gone
D) had trusted / will go
E) trusted / could go

14. Because of the swearing it contains, this film

____ on national television if it had been 19. If Florence Nightingale ____ alive today I’m
released twenty years ago. sure she ____ impressed with the current
standard of nursing care in the majority of
A) wasn’t shown the world.
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B) couldn’t be showing
C) hadn’t been shown A) were / would be
D) wouldn’t have been shown B) was / could have been
E) didn’t use to show C) is / will be
D) has been / might be
E)could be / was

15. I wish I ____ with you longer, but

unfortunately, I have a lecture at four 20. Measures to combat global warming ____ if
o’clock. all countries ____ on a solution together.

A) could stay A) will fail / don’t work

B) would stay B) will be failing / didn’t work
C) will stay C) must fail / hadn’t worked
D) can stay D) would be failing / haven’t worked
E) have stayed E) had failed / couldn’t worked

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