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4If-clauses
Name ___________________________________________________ No. _______ Class: _________ Date ___________

1. Choose the correct answer

a, b, c or
( d).

1.1 If she doesn’t tell her the truth, I’m sure he ____________ it.
a. would regret b. regrets c. will regret d. would have regretted
1.2 If they ____________ the country, they wouldn’t have survived.
a. didn’t leave b. don’t leave c. haven’t left d. hadn’t left
1.3 ____________ someone helps that boy, he ____________ to find his family.
a. If… won’t be able b. Unless… won’t be able c. If… wouldn’t be able d. Unless… wouldn’t be able
1.4 If I were you, I ____________ to that NGO and try to find more about the scholarships they are
offering.
a. go b. went c. will go d. would go
1.5 Fatimah ____________that job as a refugee counsellor if she hadn’t worked hard.
a. wouldn’t have got b. would have got c. would get d. will get
1.6 They ____________ believe you ____________ you have everything in black and white.
a. don’t… if b. won’t… if c. will… unless d. won’t… unless

2. Look at the following quotes from a news article and explain what would have happened if they
hadn’t left Kabul.
I was able to escape the militia. a. She ___________________________________________
(British aid worker) ________________________________________________.

I have already helped 25 people b. He ___________________________________________ to

arrange their departure. ________________________________________________.
(Charity volunteer)

I saved my family and found c. She ___________________________________________ a new

home here. (Refugee) ________________________________________________.

3. Rewrite the sentences below starting them as suggested and without changing their meaning.
a. Hassina’s son needs surgery, but she doesn’t have enough money for that.
If __________________________________________________________________________ .
b. They weren’t able to help them because they didn’t explain what the problem was.
They might __________________________________________________________________ .
c. If the Charity doesn’t find them a room, they will stay in a hotel.
Unless ______________________________________________________________________ .
d. After the earthquake I took a plane to Haiti and only there could I realise how powerful and
destructive nature can be.
If __________________________________________________________________________ .
e. The employers won’t do anything if we don’t protest against the inappropriate conditions provided
for those immigrants.