Question IV.

 Supply the correct verb tense.

1. If I (have) ________________ a typewriter, I could type it myself.
2. You could make much progress if you (attend) ________________ class regularly.
3.If I (know) ________________ his telephone number, I would give it to you.
4. If you are kind to me, I (be) _______________ good to you.
5. He (come) _______________ if you waited.
6. If he (study) ________________ harder, he can pass an exam.
7. She may be late if she (not hurry) ________________.
8. What (you do) ________________ if you got fat?
9. f you (ring) _______________ the bell, the servant would come.
10. If it (not, rain) _______________ a lot, the rice crop wouldn’t grow.
11. If today (be) _______________ Sunday, we wouldn’t have to work.
12. We lost the match. If you (play) _______________ for us, we (win)
_______________.
13. They would not be paid unless they (do) _______________ their work well.
14. If I became very rich, I (build)_______________ a hospital for the poor.
15. If he (give) _______________ up smoking, as his doctor orders, he will be soon well
again.
16. You would have to stay in bed unless your health (improve) _______________.
17. If I (have) ________________ a typewriter, I could type it myself.
18. You could make much progress if you (attend) ________________ class regularly.
19. If I (know) ________________ his telephone number, I would give it to you.
20. If he (study) ________________ harder, he can pass an exam.

Exercise 2: Using the given information, make conditional sentences with IF

1. They are poor, so they can’t help us.
→ If they ...................................................................................................
2. He doesn’t do his homework. He is always punished.
→ If he .....................................................................................................
3. He doesn’t have enough time. He can’t help me.
→ If he ......................................................................................................
4. She doesn’t take any exercise, so she is overweight.
→ If she ....................................................................................................
5. He doesn’t have a bicycle, so he always goes to class late.
→ He wouldn’t ...........................................................................................
6. I am bad at English, so I can’t do homework.
→ I could ...................................................................................................
7. He doesn’t practise speaking French, so he doesn’t speak it fluently.
→ If he .......................................................................................................
8. The meeting can be cancelled because it snows heavily.
→ If it .....................................................................................................
9. We don’t go because it will rain.
→ If it ........................................................................................................
10. John is fat because he eats so many chips.
→ If John ..................................................................................................