CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

PRACTICE
I. Correct the verbs
1.You will be ill if you (eat) ___________________ so much.
2. I ( go) ___________________if I had known the fact.
3. If he (be) ___________________ my friend, I would be very glad.
4. If she were older, she (have) ___________________ more sense.
5. If the dog had not woken us, we ( never hear ) ___________________ the burglar.
6. He will be happy if he (study) ___________________ overseas.
7. We (enjoy) ___________________the play better if it had not been so long.
8. ’m sure Mary will do well if she (enter) ___________________ college.
9. They would do it if they (can) ___________________
10. If the children (be) ___________________, they can stay up late.
II. Circle the best answer.
1.If you not here, where would you like to be ?
A. was B. were C. be D. are
2. We will be unhappy if you come.
A. haven’t B. don’t C. have D. didn’t
3. If you somewhere else ,where would you like to be ?
A. have been B. can be C. are D. could be
4.You must hurry .If you , you’ll be late .
A. won’t B. do C. aren’t D. don’t
5. If I _____ a lottery , I __________ a new house .
A. win / should build B . won / should build
C. win / should have built D. won/ should have built
6. What you do if you have a lot of money?
A. have B. will C. would D. did
7. If you this car , you would have to pay for it yourself.
A. had bought B. have bought C. bought D. buy
8. What will you do if you the final exam?
A. pass B. passed C. will pass D. passes
9. If you want to attend the course , you the coming written examination .
A. will pass B. passed C. can pass D. must pass
10.They will not over the job even if they’ve been able to.
A. allow B. receive C. agree to take D. agree to
11. If I were you , I that camera.
A. haven’t bought B. wouldn’t buy C. won’t D. didn’t buy
12. you work harder , you won’t be able to pass the exam.
A. Unless B. If C. when D. As
13. If it rain , we’ll have the party outside.
A. didn’t B. doesn’t C. won’t D. wouldn’t
14. If I here, I’d like to be in London.
A. haven’t been B. weren’t C. am not D. hadn’t been
 15. If I a bird, I would be able to fly.
A. were B. am C. is D. are
16. Unless you understand, I explain it to you again.
A. am B. would C. will D. was
17. You should stay home if it .
A. rain B. rained C. rains D. raining
18. You’ll burn yourself if you aren’t .
A. good B. careful C. kind D. working hard
19. If anybody question, please ask me after class.
A. have B. have the C. has D. has a
20. If I somebody else, I’d like to be the teacher.
A. must be B. could be C. would be D. became
21. If people stop using dynamite for fishing, a lot of sea creatures .
A. will be well preserve B. will be well preserving
C. will preserve D. will be well preserved
22. Liz would come to see you if she your address.
A. has B. having C. have D. had
23.If we hard, we’ll make this beach a clean and beautiful place again.
A. will work B. worked C. have worked D. work
*24.“ It’s beginning to rain .”
“ , we won’t be able to finish the ball game “
A. Unless it stops B. Should it stop C. If it stops D. If it didn’t stop
*25. Yoko comes in half an hour, I will go alone.
A. If B. Because C. When D. Unless
26. “ My boss made me work overtime again .”
“ If I were you, I my job”
A. quit B. would quit C. will quit D. must quit
27. If I were you, I not do that .
A. would B. will C. may D. should
28. If the weather fine, we will go on a camping trip.
A. be B. is C. was D. will
29. If I the day-off tomorrow, I would go on a trip to the mountains.
A. can have B. will have C. have D. had
30. We’ll get by train if we leave now.
A. there fast enough B. fast enough there
C. there enough fast D. enough fast there
II.Each sentence has a mistake.Identify it by choosing A,B,C or D.
1.If you feel unwell , you shouldn’t stay in bed .
A B C D
2.We will get lost if we take a map.
A B C D
3.If the little girl knew how to do it , her mother will be pleased.
A B C D
4. There is no water in the house . If there is , we could cook for dinner .
A B C D
5. He doesn’t like chocolate. If he does, he wouldn’t leave them all over the kitchen.
 A B C D
6. If there will be too much exhaust fume in the air, our breathing will be badly affected.
A B C D
7. If we would have a large garden , we would plant a lot of flowers in it.
A B C D
8. If you won’t study hard , you’ll fail the exam.
A B C D
9. If he would speak more slowly , I could understand him .
A B C D
10. If you really want to get good grades , you had to study hard .
A B C D
11. If you will stay in bed and take enough medicine, the flu will certainly disappear
A B C
in three days.
D
12. If we will burn trash to reduce the amount of garbage , we will certainly polute
A B C D
the air.
13. If you are captured by alines and taken aboard a spacecraft , what would you do?
A B C D
14.Nam’ll get up early if he had an alarm clock.
A B C D
15. If you went to his office after 10 A.m., You will see him.
A B C D
16. If you went to the wedding last night, you would have seen her.
A B C D
17. If I were on the moon now, I will tidy up the junk that has been left there.
A B C D
18. If you listen to music , you can not concentrate on your works.
A B C D
19. If a lizard loses its tails, a new one grows to replace it
A D C D
20. If she wants to be an architect , she has work hard at university.
A B C D
III. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.
1.Unless he apologizes , I’ll never invite him here again .
A. If he doesn’t apologizes , I’ll never invite him here again
B. If he doesn’t apologize , I’ll invite him here again
C. If he didn’t apologize , I’d never invite him here again
D. If he apologizes , I’ll never invite him here again
2. I’m not a millionaire , so I can’t buy you a plane .
A. If I am a millionaire , I will buy you a plane
B. If I were a millionaire , I would buy you a plane
C. If you were a millionaire , I would buy your plane
D. If I buy a plane , I’ll become a millionaire
3. If you don’t study harder , you will surely fail the next exam .
 Unless .
A. You don’t study harder , you will surely fail the next exam
B. You study hard , you will pass the exam
C. You study hard , you will surely fail the next exam
D. You study hard , you won’t surely fail the next exam
5. They didn’t follow the map , so they got lost .
If .
A. They didn’t follow the map , they wouldn’t get lost
B. They followed the map , they wouldn’t get lost
C. They hadn’t followed the map , they wouldn’t have got lost
D. They had followed the map , they wouldn’t have got lost
6. Unless he phone her immediately , he won’t get information.
If .
A. He doesn’t phone her immediately , he won’t get information
B. He phones her immediately , he won’t get any information
C. He doesn’t phone her immediately , he will get any information
D. He doesn’t phone her immediately , he gets any information
7. The children will go swimming if it is sunny .
A. It isn’t rainy, the children will go swimming.
B. It is rainy, the children will go swimming.
C. It is sunny, the children will go swimming.
D. It is rainy, the children won’t go swimming.
8. If motorists were to drive carefully, they would have fewer accidents.
A. Motorists are not careful and there are many accidents.
B. Motorists are careful and yet there are many accidents.
C. Motorists are not careful and yet there are few accidents.
D. Motorists are care ful and there are few accidents.
9. Mary didn’t wear the raincoat, so she got a cold.
A. If Mary wore the raincoat, she wouldn’t get a cold.
B. If Mary had wore the raincoat, she didn’t get a cold.
C. If Mary had worn the raincoat, she wouldn’t have got a cold.
D. If Mary has worn the raincoat, she won’t have got a cold.
10. I didn’t listen to him, and I didn’t succeed.
A. If I listened to him, I would succeed.
B. If I had listened to him, I would succeed.
C. If I listened to him, I would have succeeded.
D. If I had listened to him, I would have succeeded.
11. I lost my key, so I had to wait in the snow.
A. If I hadn’t lost my key, I wouldn’t have had to wait in the snow.
B. If I didn’t lose my key, I wouldn’t have to wait in the snow.
C. If I hadn’t lost my key, I wouldn’t have to wait in the snow.
D. If I didn’t lose my key, I wouldn’t have had to wait in the snow.