1. If I had enough money, I__________ abroad to improve my English.
A. will go B. would go C. went D. should have go to
2. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people _...... the
same language?
A. spoke B. speak C. had spoken D. will speak
3. If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this, __________this
incident again.
A. I will never mention B. I never mention
C. will I never mention D. I don't mention
4. If I had known you were asleep, I ……._so much noise when I came in.
A. didn't make B. wouldn't have made C. won't make D. don't make
5. Unless you __________all of my questions, I can't do anything to help you.
A. answered B. answer C. would answer D. are answering
6. If Jake __________to go on the trip, would you have gone?
A. doesn't agree B. didn't agree C. hadn't agreed D. wouldn't agree
7. J: "John went to the hospital alone"
K: "If __________, I would have gone with him".
A. had he told me B. he had told me C. he has told me D. he
would tell me
8. If you __________, I would have brought my friends over to your house
yesterday to watch T.V, but I didn't want to bother you.
A. had studied B. studied C. hadn't studied D. didn't study
9. Peter: "Did you need help with your Math last night?".
Mary: "If I had needed, I __________you".
A. would call B. called C. would have called D. will call
10. If someone __________ in to the store, smile and say, "May I help you?"
A. comes B. came C. come D. should come
11. "Here's my phone number".
"Thanks. I'll give you a call if I __________some help tomorrow"
A. will need B. need C. would need D. needed
12. If I didn't work for an accounting firm, I __________in a bank now.
A. work B. will work C. have worked D. would work
13. The death rate would decrease if hygienic conditions __________improved.
A. was B. is C. were D. had been
14. The education in Japan __________if the basic principles of education had not
been taken into consideration.
A. would go down B. would have gone down
C. went down D. had gone down
15. The patient will not recover unless he __________ an operation.
A. had undergone B. would undergo C. undergoes D. was undergoing

16. If she __________ him, she would be very happy.
A. would meet B. will meet C. met D. should meet
17. If he __________ a thorough knowledge of English, he could have applied for
this post.
A. had had B. had C. has D. has had
18. If I __________the same problem you had as a child, I might not have
succeeded in life as well as you have.
A. have B. would have C. had had D. should have
19. The bench would collapse if they __________on it.
A. stood B. stand C. standing D. stands
20. If it __________convenient, let's go out for a drink tonight,
A. be B. is C. was D. were
II. Put the verbs in brackets in correct tenses.
21/ If I (have) ________ a typewriter, I could type it myself.
22/ If I had known that you were in hospital, I (visit) ________ you.
23/ You could make much progress if you (attend) ________ class regularly.
24/ If I (know) ________ his telephone number, I would give it to you.
25/ If you (arrive) ________ ten minutes earlier, you would have got a seat.
26/ If he (study) ________ harder, he can pass an exam.
27/ She may be late if she (not hurry) ________.
28/ Tell him to ring me if you (see) ________ him.
29/ If you (speak) ________ more slowly,he might have understood you.
30/ What (you do) ________ if you got fat?
31. If we meet at 9:30, we (have) _________________plenty of time.
32. If you (find) _________________ a skeleton in the cellar, don't mention it to
anyone.
33. The zookeeper would have punished her with a fine if she (feed) _________the
animals.
34. If you pass your examination, we (have) ………………….._a celebration.
35. Lisa would find the milk if she (look) _________________ for it in the fridge.
36. What (happen) _________________if I press this button?
37. The door will be unlocked if you (press)_________________ the green button.
38. I should have voted for her if I (have) _________________ a vote then.
39. If you go to Paris, where you (stay) _________________?
40. If you (swim) _________________ in this lake, you'll shiver from cold.
41. If someone offered to buy you one of those rings, which you (choose)
…….........?
42. The flight may be cancelled if the fog (get) _________________thick.
43. If the milkman (come) _________________, tell him to leave two pints.
44. I (call) ……………….._ the office if I were you.
45. Someone (sit) _________________on your glasses if you leave them there.
46. You would hear my explanation if you (not talk) _________________so much.

47. What I (do) _________________if I hear the burglar alarm?
48. If you (read) _________________the instructions carefully, you wouldn't have
answered the wrong question.
49. If Mel (ask) _________________ her teacher, he'd have answered her
questions.
50. I would repair the roof myself if I (have) ………………._a long ladder.

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer:

1. If you had caught the bus, you _____ late for work.

A. wouldn't have been B. would have been

C. wouldn’t be D. would be

2. If I _____, I would express my feelings.

A. were asked B. would ask C. had been asked D. asked

3.Will you be angry if I _____ your pocket dictionary?

A. stole B. have stolen C. were to steal D. steal

4. 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

5. John would be taking a great risk if he _____ his money in that business.

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

6. She wouldn't have given them all that money if we _____ her to.

A. wouldn’t advise B. won't advise C. hadn't advised D. didn't advise

7. If the tree hadn't been so high, he _____ it up to take his kite down.

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

8. 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

9. If I _____ her phone number, I _____ her last night.

A. had known/ could have phoned B. knew/ would have phoned

C. know/ can phone D. knew/ could phone

10. If he ______ the truth, the police wouldn’t arrest him.

A. tells B. told C. had told D. would tell

11. If you press that button, what _____?

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

12. If I _____ that yesterday, I _____ them.

A. had discovered/ would inform B. had discovered/ would have informed

C. discovered/ can inform D. had discovered/ could inform

13. If you _______ to the course regularly, they ________ a certificate last year.

A. go/ gave B. go/ give C. had gone/ would have givenD. went/ would give

14. 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

15. If I ______ in London now, I could visit British Museum.

A. were B. had been C. have been D. would be

16. If Columbus _______ money from Queen Isabella, he _______ across the Atlantic.

A. do not receive/ could not sail B. had not received/ might not have sailed

C. did not receive/ might not have sailedD. would not receive/ might not sail

Exercise 2: Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets:

1. If we meet at 9:30, we (have) ________________ plenty of time.

2. Lisa would find the milk if she (look) ________________ in the fridge.

3. The zookeeper would have punished her with a fine if she (feed) _________the animals.

4. If you spoke louder, your classmates (understand) ________________ you.

5. Dan (arrive) ________________ safe if he drove slowly.

6. You (have) ________________ no trouble at school if you had done your homework.

7. If you (swim) ________________ in this lake, you'll shiver from cold.

8. The door will unlock if you (press) ________________ the green button.

9. If Mel (ask) ________________ her teacher, he'd have answered her questions.

10. I (call) ________________ the office if I was/were you.

11. If it (be) ______ warmer, we (go) ________________ swimming.

12. My parents (buy) _________ this house if the man (not/sell) _____________ it to someone else.

13. If he (not/fail) _________ his driving test, his parents (lend) _________ him their car.

14. If my uncle (tell) _________ me the way to his office, I (not/arrive) ______________ so late.

15. She (be) ____________ at the airport if she (read) ________the message carefully.

16. Lucy (not/hurt) ________________ her foot if she (not/drop) ________________ the old box on it.

17. If you (use) _______ a sharp knife, you (not/cut) _______________ yourself.

18. If Victoria (celebrate) __________ her birthday at home, I (bring) _____________ her some flowers.

19. We (take) ________________ the train to Edinburgh if it (run) ___________on time.

20. If Max (not/forget) ____________ his schoolbag, he (give) ________________ you your USB flash drive.

Exercise 3: Match the beginnings of the sentences in A with their endings in B. Write your answers in the space provided.

Your answers:

1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____

Exercise 4: Rewrite:

1. Keep silent or you’ll wake the baby up.

→ If you don't keep silent, you will wake the baby up.

2. Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson.

→ If…………………………………….....….…….

3. I don’t know her number, so I don’t ring her up.

→If…………………………………….....….……..

4. I don’t know the answer, so I can’t tell you.

→ If …………………………………………….………..

5. We got lost because we didn’t have a map.

→ If …………………………………….……..…….……

6. Susan felt sick because she ate four cream cakes.

→……………………………………………..……

7. Without this treatment, the patient would have died.

→……………………………………….….…...

8. He lost his job because he was late every day.

→………………………………………………...……

9. Peter is fat because he eats so many chips.

→……………………………………………………...…..

10. Robert got a bad cough because he started smoking cigarettes.

→………………………………..…..