Grammar Practice Mr.

Mohamed El-Sheikh
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Choose the correct answer:
1. They love her as if she …………… their daughter.
a) is
b) has been
c) had been
d) were

2. Take an umbrella. It looks as if it ………………… rain.

a) is going to
b) was going to
c) were going to
d) might be

3. She described that place as if she ……………. it before.

a) visited
b) has visited
c) had visited
d) were visiting

4. Would you like to go to the cinema tonight? – Well, I'd rather …………… a new TV
show.
a) watch
b) watched
c) had watched
d) would watch

5. It is time you …………… a better job.

a) find
b) found
c) had found
d) would find

6. It's high time he ……………. smoking.

a) stop
b) stops
c) stopped
d) had stopped

7. I'm going shopping. If I ……………. enough money left, I'll buy a couple of toys for
you.
a) had
b) have
c) have had
d) had had

8. If I ……………….. a chance to see her again, maybe I could explain everything.

a) had

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b) have had
c) had had
d) will have

9. If only I ……………. how to find her now!

a) know
b) knew
c) had known
d) would know

10. Suppose he …………… elected last year. Do you think he would have approved
your project?
a) was
b) were
c) has been
d) had been

11. He likes to swim. He wishes he …………… near the sea.

a) lives
b) lived
c) had lived
d) would live

12. It's cold today. I wish it ……………….. warmer.

a) is
b) has been
c) were
d) had been

13. I wish I …………… the answer, but I don't.

a) know
b) knew
c) had known
d) would know

14. She wishes she …………… blue eyes.

a) has
b) had
c) had had
d) would have

15. She wishes she …………… a movie star.

a) is
b) were
c) will be
d) would be

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16. I have to work on Sunday. I wish I …………… have to work on Sunday.
a) don’t
b) didn’t
c) won’t
d) wouldn’t

17. I wish you …………… borrow my things without permission.

a) don’t
b) won’t
c) shouldn’t
d) wouldn’t

18. He wishes he …………….. buy a new car.

a) could
b) might
c) should
d) would

19. She misses him. She wishes he …………… her a letter.

a) has sent
b) will send
c) would send
d) would have sent

20. I wish I ……………. help you.

a) can
b) could
c) will
d) would

21. She didn't come to his birthday party yesterday. He wishes she …………. .
a) has come
b) came
c) had come
d) would come

22. I said that her cooking was terrible. I wish I ……………… that.
a) didn’t say
b) hadn’t said
c) wouldn’t say
d) wouldn’t have said

23. Her new car consumes a lot of gas. She wishes she ………… a different car.
a) has bought
b) bought
c) had bought
d) would buy

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24. Their trip to China was very interesting. I wish I ……….. there with them.
a) could go
b) might go
c) could have gone
d) might have gone

25. Our picnic was a lot of fun. I wish the weather …………… warmer, though.
a) was
b) were
c) had been
d) would have been

26. He enjoyed talking to them. He wished they …………. so quickly.

a) left
b) had left
c) did not leave
d) had not left

27. Several companies had vacancies for college graduates. He wished he ……….. to
college.
a) went
b) was going
c) had gone
d) had been going

28. They disagree on everything and fight all the time. They wish they …………
married.
a) didn’t get
b) hadn’t got
c) wouldn’t get
d) wouldn’t have got

29. He didn't visit her yesterday, but he wishes he …………….. .

a) has
b) did
c) had
d) would

30. He did it again, but I wish he …………… .

a) hasn’t
b) didn’t
c) hadn’t
d) wouldn’t

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