CONDITIONALS 

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I. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.

1. If you press that button what _____?

    A. would happen                B. would have happened        C. will happen             D.  happen

2. I ____ one of my special desserts for dinner if you like.

    A. make                               B. will make                            C. am going to make   D. am making

3. The car ________ if somebody takes it there.

    A. will be repaired              B. would be repaired               C.  will been repaired  D.  is repair

4. The room ______ if it is not empty.

    A. couldn’t be repainted     B. cannot be repainted            C.  could be repainted D. can be repainted

5. If you ______ Mary by chance, please give her my phone number

    A. met                                 B. meet                                    C. could meet              D. will meet

6. If you put salt in water, it ______.

    A. dissolves                         B. would dissolve                   C. could dissolve         D. dissolved

7. Unless it rains soon, a lot of plants ______ .

    A. die                                  B. will die                               C. won’t die                D. would die

8. If I ________ an Angel, I would try to make happy all the children.

    A. am                                  B. have been                           C.  were                       D.  had been

9. If she _____ the truth, she’d never want to see you again

    A. would know                   B. knows                                 C. will know               D. knew

10. If the wall weren't so high, he _____ it up to take his ball down.

    A. climbed                          B. could climb                         C. is climbing              D.  climb

11. I think he is not at home. If he _____ in, he ______ the phone.

    A. was / answered                                                               B.  were/ would answer

    C. were / would have answered                                          D. had been / would have answered

12. You would study Italian if it ­­­­­­­­_____ here.

    A. was teaching                  B. were taught                         C.  would be taught     D.  is taught

13. I would have visited you before if there _____ a lot of people in your house.

    A. hadn't                             B. hadn't been                         C. wouldn't be    D. wasn't

14. You made a mistake by telling her a lie. It _____  better if you _____ to her.

    A. would have been / hadn't lied                                        B. would be / didn't lie

    C. will be / don't lie                                                             D. would be / hadn't lied

15. John would take a great risk now if he _____ his money in that business last year.

    A. would invest                  B. invested                              C. had invested           D.  invests

16. Carol was late for work this morning. But for the traffic jam, she  ____ half an hour earlier.

    A. could come                     B. could have come                C. had come                D. can have come

17. If I were a better conversationalist, _____ to parties more often?

    A. I would be invited                                                          B. I would have been invited

    C. would I be invited                                                          D. would I have been invited

18. Should she have some more money, she  ______ a better car.

    A. would buy                      B. will buy                              C. buys                        D. bought

19. Had you been more careful, such typing mistakes _____ avoided.   

    A. can have been                 B.would be                              C. might have been     D. should be

20. Don’t worry ____ home late tonight

    A. when I’ll be                    B. if I’ll be                              C. unless I’ll be           D. if I’m

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences

16. If I ________________a bird, I would be a dove.

        A. would be             B. were                        C. am                 D. will be

17. The children sang       during the trip.

        A. happily                B. happiness                C. unhappy        D. happy

18. This newspaper          everyday.

        A. is publishing        B. publish                    C. published       D. is published

19. You have lived in this city since 1998,            ?

        A. haven’t you         B. didn’t you                C. did you          D. have you

20. My students enjoy      English very much.

        A. learn                    B. learnt                       C. learning         D. to learn

Choose A, B, C, D for each gap in the following sentences.

1. Emergency teams are still clearing up the __________ from the plane crash.

A. debris B. dust C. piece D. waste

2. Thousands of buildings and houses were completely destroyed when the earthquake __________ the city.

A. fought B. struck C. happened D. arrived

3. The Maori in New Zealand greet each other by __________ their noses.

A. punching B. touching C. blowing D. shaking

4. If you __________ the president, what would you do to help the environment ?

A. are B. had been C. were D. was

5. Singapore is famous for its __________ and green trees.

A. cleanliness B. cleanly C. cleaning D. clean

6. Air __________, together with littering, is causing many problems in our cities today.

A. pollute B. pollution C. polluting D. polluted

7. If we __________ water carefully, more people will have fresh water.

A. will use B. would use C. using D. use

8. A severe tropical __________ is called a typhoon.

A. drought B. rain C. flood D. storm