Oxford English Grammar Course Basic •

Level 1
TEST 18 • if

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1 Put in if or unless.
If I’m not going to work, I can sleep until 9 o’clock.
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1 You mustn’t drive a car you don’t have a driving licence.

2 you can tell me what you want, I can’t help you.
3 Please don’t use my computer you ask me first.
4 You can’t see the doctor this morning you haven’t got an appointment
5 Please don’t phone me at work except it’s something very important.

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2 Probable or not? Circle the best sentence-beginning.
If everybody is / was rich …
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1 If I win / won a million dollars on the national lottery …

2 If animals can / could speak …
3 If we go / went on holiday in June this year …
4 If everybody in China speaks / spoke English …
5 If you want / wanted to go to university when you leave school …
6 If you know / knew what I’m thinking right now …
7 If I have / had 20 weeks’ holiday every year …

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3 Probable or not? Circle the best way to continue the sentences.
Maybe I’ll go to Ian and Laura’s party. But if I go / went, I won’t / wouldn’t stay late.
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1 I’ll probably never learn Chinese. But if I speak / spoke it, it will be / would be useful for my work.
2 ‘We may move to Canada.’ ‘If you move / moved there, what work will / would you do?’
3 I don’t think we’re going to buy a new car. But if we buy / bought one, it’ll be / it’d be bigger than the one we have now.
4 ‘Shall I turn down the heater?’ ‘If you do / did, the house will get / would get very cold.’
5 If I went shopping tomorrow, I’ll spend / I’d spend a lot of money. So I probably will go / won’t go.

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4 Unreal past. Choose the correct verbs and put in the correct forms to make past sentences.
Use uncontracted forms (e.g. I had NOT I’d).
If I had known you were coming, I would have stayed at home. (stay, know)
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1 If I to your advice, I so many mistakes. (listen, not make)

2 You late for work if you home on time. (not be, leave)
3 If we more time in Russia, we St Petersburg. (visit, have)
4 Everything OK if they what I told them to do. (be, do)
5 If I your father at university, you . (not be born, not meet)

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5 Mixed structures. Put in the correct verb forms. Where possible, use contracted forms (e.g. I’ll NOT I will)

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I know you ’ll like this cake if you try some. (like)
1 If you typed more slowly, perhaps you so many mistakes. (not make)
2 I through the park after dark unless you come with me. (not walk)
3 If we you were free yesterday, we’d have asked you to come swimming with us. (know)
4 If the sunlight very strong, I always wear a hat and use sun cream. (get)
5 If people more slowly, the roads would be much safer. (drive)
6 If we left now, we an hour early. (arrive)
7 If they’d liked the lunch I cooked, they so much food on their plates. (not leave)
8 I your clothes for you if you leave them on your bed. (wash)
9 If I were you, I unless you have a raincoat. (not go out)
10 They’ll be late for school unless they . (hurry up)

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6 Mixed structures. Correct the mistakes or write ‘Correct’.
We’ll be late if we won’t hurry. don’t
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If you leave now, you’ll get to the station on time. Correct

1 If you’re angry with me, I’m very sorry.
2 I’ll send you an email tonight if I’ll have time.
3 She won’t phone us tomorrow if she sent us a letter yesterday.
4 If it was Grandma who called, why didn’t she leave a message?
5 If I have a big house, I’d invite all my friends to stay.
6 If I knew the answer to that question, I were a rich man.
7 Unless you tell me what you’ve done, I can’t help you.
8 I can’t understand you unless you don’t speak more slowly.
9 If he didn’t work so hard, he’ll have more time with his friends.
10 If you’d have told me you were coming, I’d have invited the family.
11 If I spoke Spanish, I would understand what she’s saying.
12 You can’t taste the soup if it’s too hot.
13 If I’d seen you at the bus stop, I’d have driven you home.
14 If I were you, I didn’t ask too many questions.
15 You wouldn’t eat that cheese, if I were you.
16 If you left work early tomorrow, you’d have time to do the shopping.
17 If you were my boss, what did you tell me to do?
18 If I had had more time, I would have shown you where my grandparents live.

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7 Mixed structures. Put in the correct sentence-endings from the box.
I’ll fall asleep in my armchair while it’s on. ✓
I usually go to bed at 11 o’clock.
I usually fall asleep in my armchair while it’s on.
I always fell asleep in my armchair while it was on. So I’ve stopped watching it.
I would have fallen asleep while it was on, but I didn’t watch it.
I’d always be tired in the morning. So I never watch it.

If I watch the midnight news on TV tonight, I’ll fall asleep in my armchair while it’s on.
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1 If I watch the midnight news on TV,

2 If I had watched the midnight news on TV last night,

3 If I watched the midnight news on TV every night,

4 Unless I watch the midnight news on TV,

5 Last year, if I watched the midnight news on TV,

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