Exercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. I wouldn't go there at night If I ______ you.

  A. am                   B. was                         C. were                  D. B and C are correct

2. If I ________ get a pole, I'll go fishing.

  A. can                   B. could                      C. were                 D. might

3. If they had enough time, they ________ head south.

  A. will                   B. can                         C. must                   D. might

4. If you had the chance, _______ you go fishing may                      C. would                 ?

  A. did                     B. D. do

5. If you ________ a choice, which country would you visit?

  A. have                   B. had                    C. have had                  D. will have

6. Trees won't grow ________ there is enough water.

  A. If                        B. when                    C. unless                   D. as           

7. _______ she agreed, you would have done it.

  A. If                        B. had                      C. Should                    D. Would

8. If you _________ to be chosen for the job, you'll have to be experiened in the field.

  A. want                   B. wanted                  C. had wanted             D. wants

9. If the doctor had arrived sooner, the boy ___________.

  A. might be saved     B. have been saved     C. was saved    D. might have been saved

10. If you just approach the job with the right attitude, things ________well.

  A. would have turned out                           B. will turn out

  C. would turn out                                        D. turns out

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people _________ same language.

  A. spoke                  B. speak                       C. had spoken                  D. will speak

2. 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

3. Unless you ________ all of my questions, I can't do anything to help you.

  A. answered             B. answer                    C. would answer             D. are answering

4. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I _________ it.

  A. would have never believed                       B. don't believe

  C. hadn't believed                                          D. can't believe

5. If John _________ to go on the trip, would you have gone?

  A. doesn't agree        B. didn't agree               C. hadn't agreed        D. wouldn't agreed

6. I didn't know you were asleep. Otherwise, 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

7. 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

8. I _______ you sooner had someone told me you were in hospital.

  A. would have visited         B. visited              C. had visited                 D. visit

9. ________ then what I know today, I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble over the years.

  A. Had I known         B. Did I know               C. If I know             D. If I would know

10. The lecturer last night didn't know what he was talking about, but if professor Madison _______, I would have listened carefully.

  A. had been lecturing        B. was lecturing            C. would lecture         D. lectured

1.      You will get a good seat if you _____ first.

      A. come                 B. came                       C. have come              D. will come