CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Exercise 1: Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

1. If Tom had shown up earlier, he ______ offered the position.
A. will be B. would have been C. was D. had been
2. I would have called her if I ______ she was at home.
A. knew B. had known C. have known D. know
3. If Leo ______ up late last night, he wouldn’t sleep now.
A. hadn’t stayed B. don’t stay C. stayed D. hasn’t stayed
4. If I meet him tomorrow, I ______ him this letter.
A. give B. gave C. will give D. would give
5. If I had free time, I _______ some shopping with you.
A. did B. will do C. would do D. have done
6. If you ______ English well, you will communicate with foreigners.
A. speaks B. had spoken C. speak D. spoke
7. If he had known her telephone number, he _______ her.
A. had rung B. would have rung C. rang D. will ring
8. I would have visited you if I ________ busy with my homework.
A. hadn’t B. hadn’t been C. wouldn’t be D. weren’t
9. If he ________ the truth, the police wouldn’t arrest him.
A. tells B. told C. telled D. would tell
10. I’d have sent you a postcard while I was on my vacation if I ______ your address.
A. remember B. had remembered C. remembered D. would remember
11. We would gladly buy the house if it ______ so small.
A. is not B. would not be C. were not D. had not been
12. ________, the accident would not have happened yesterday.
A. If Nam drives more carefully B. If had Nam driven more carefully
C. Had Nam driven more carefully D. Unless Nam had driven more carefully
Exercise 2: Read the situation and finish the sentence below it using conditionals.
1. You didn’t buy more food, so we didn’t have enough for dinner.
 If
2. I can’t go to the party because they don’t invite me.
 If
3. They didn’t take a compass; that’s why they got lost in the jungle.
 If
4. I went to university thanks to my father’s encouragement.
 If
5. Helen didn’t make a shopping list, and she forgot to buy some sugar.
 If
6. He doesn’t have enough money, so he can’t pay for his tuition fee.
 If
7. I didn’t know it was your birthday; that’s why I didn’t send you a card.
I
8. I don’t have any money, so I can’t lend you any.
 If
9. I didn’t give you the news because you didn’t phone me yesterday.
 If
10. Because we live in a small flat, we cannot plant trees in it.
 If
11. We missed the train because we didn’t arrive on time.
 If
12. They want to buy the house, but they haven’t got enough money.
 If