Grammar Practice Reinforcement UNIT 3

Conditional sentences
1 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1 If you put ice in the sun, it melts / wouldn’t melt.
2 People wouldn’t become obese if they know / knew more about health issues.
3 I would go / will go to the supermarket as soon as you tell me what you want.
4 If you had taken / take regular exercise before, you wouldn’t be overweight now.
5 If you eat / ate more fibre, your health improves.
6 Will you give Dave the money if you see / will see him?
7 If she didn’t go / hadn’t gone to the doctor, she wouldn’t have known about her problem.
8 If I were you, I will eat / would eat more fruit.

Mixed conditionals
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 We would be eating pizzas now if you (tell) me what you wanted.

2 If she had gone to the doctor, she (feel) ill today.
3 If she (want) me go to the supermarket, she should have told me.
4 If you take regular exercise, you (might) lose weight.
5 You would have been promoted years ago if you (work) harder.
6 If you had worked harder, you (earn) more money now.
7 If we (have) more money, we would have gone on holiday this year.
8 Your stomach (feel) better now if you had eaten more sensibly.
9 Those people wouldn’t be unfit if they (look after) themselves last year.
10 We (have) some dessert now if we hadn’t eaten all those cakes.

3 Match the beginnings of sentences 1–6 with their endings a–f.

1 If you hadn’t added sugar to my coffee,
2 If Jason weren’t so rude,
3 If you enjoy eating meat,
4 If we had seen the teacher yesterday,
5 If she had a migraine earlier,
6 If Dad hadn’t eaten so much junk food last year,
a then you won’t like the new vegetarian restaurant.
b why is she watching TV at the moment?
c I’d drink it now.
d then he wouldn’t be overweight now.
e I would invite him to the party tomorrow night.
f we would know exactly what to do now.

Unless, as long as, provided / providing, in case, supposing, even if;

otherwise
4 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1 Take some money in case / provided you want to buy something.
2 I’ll start doing more exercise, supposing / providing my knee gets better.
3 Otherwise / Supposing it’s closed – what then?
4 I’m not going to the party supposing / unless Samantha is going.
5 Let’s eat something now, even if / otherwise the restaurants will all be closed.
6 It’s not a problem as long as / unless you have insurance.
7 We can have a nice picnic unless / providing it rains.
8 I wouldn’t go even if / as long as you paid me!

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5 Complete the sentences with providing, even if, as long as, in case, unless, otherwise or supposing. Use each word
once.
1 I’ll have to stop eating so much sugar, I’ll put on weight.
2 I can eat in that restaurant they have a vegetarian option.
3 I wouldn’t eat there it were the last place in this town!
4 I can’t drink any juice drinks they have a low sugar content.
5 I get seasick, what shall I do then?
6 We’ll pick up the prescription the chemist is open.
7 She’s brought dozens of batteries with her they don’t sell them there.

Wish, if only
6 Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences.
1 weight / sooner / I / wish / I / had lost
. I feel like a different person now.
2 school / really / he / Jack / wishes / nearer / lived
.
3 they / hadn’t come / to the health centre / they wish / today
because it’s so busy.
4 the piles / from their garden / they / only / if / of rubbish / would remove
. It is so messy.
5 all night / I / stay out / we / wish / could
.
6 hadn’t moved / Australia / she / if / to / only
. It’s thousands of miles away!

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