REVISION OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

I- Choose the most suitable tense

1- I can’t understand what he sees in her! If anyone treats / will treat / treated me like that, I am /
will be / would be extremely angry.
2- If you help / helped me with this exercise, I will do / would do the same for you one day.
3- According to the timetable, if the train leaves / left on time, we will / would arrive at 5.30.
4- If it is / will be fine tomorrow, we go / will go to the coast.
5- If we find / found a taxi, we will get / would get there before the play starts.
6- It’s quite simple really. If you take / will take / took these tablets every day, then you lose /
will lose / lost / would lose weight.
7- I don’t like this flat. I think I will be / I am / I’d be happier if I lived / live / will live / would
live in a house in the country.
8- I can’t play football, but I’m sure that if I will do / do / did, I play / will play / would play a lot
better than anyone in this awful team.
9- I phone / will phone / phone you tonight, are you / will you be / would you be in?
10- Why didn’t you tell me? – If you told / had told me, I had / would have helped you.
11- If Bill didn’t stea l/ hadn’t stolen the car, he weren’t / wouldn’t be / hadn’t been in prison
now.
12- If Ann weren’t driving / didn’t drive / hadn’t driven so fast, her car didn’t crash / wouldn’t
crash / wouldn’t have crashed into a tree.
13- Let me give some advice. If you smoked / would smoke / had smoked less, you didn’t feel /
wouldn’t feel / wouldn’t have felt tired.
14- What bad luck! If Alan didn’t fall / hadn’t fallen / wouldn’t fall over, he won / would win /
would have won the race.
15- If you invited/had invited me last week, I was able/had been able/would have been able to
come.
16- I’m sure your letter hasn’t arrived yet. If it came/had come, I’m sure I noticed/had
noticed/would have noticed it.
17- We have a suggestion to make. How do you feel/would you feel if we offered/would
offer/had offered you the job of assistant manager.
18- If you lent/had lent us the money, we paid/would pay/had paid you back next week.
19- I wish Peter doesn’t live/didn’t live/wouldn’t live so far away from the town center. We’ll
have to take a taxi.
20- I feel rather cold. I wish I brought/had brought my pullover with me.
21- I wish you tell/had told/told me about the test. I haven’t done my revision.
22- I’m sorry I missed your birthday party. I really wish I come/came/had come/would come.
23- I like my new boss but I wish she gave/would give/could give me some more responsibility.
24- Having a lovely time in Brighton, I wish you are/were/had been here. Love, Mary.
25- A cheque is all right, but I’d rather you pay/paid me cash.
26- If only I have/had/would have a screwdriver with me.
27- If you want to catch the last train, it’s time you leave/left
28- I’d rather you don’t tell/didn’t tell anyone about our conversation.
29- It’s high time you learn/learned to look after yourself.
30- Jean thinks that everyone likes her. If only she knows/knew what people say behind her
back.
II- Put each verb in bracket into a suitable tense
1- It’s a pity you missed the party. If you (come)…….you (meet)………….. my friend from
Hungary.
2- If we (have)……..some tools, we (be)……….able to repair the car, but we haven’t had any
with us.
3- Thank you for your help. If you (not help)………me, I (not pass)……….the examination.
4- It’s a beautiful house, and I (buy)……….it if I (have)………the money, but I can’t afford it.
5- I can’t imagine what I (do)………..with the money if I (win) ……….the football pools or a
lottery.
6- Mark isn’t a serious athlete. If he (train)…………harder, he (be)…….quite a good runner.
7- If Claire (listen)………to her mother, she (not marry)……….David in the first place.
8- It rained every day in our holiday. If we (not take)………..the TV with us, we (not have)
anything to do.
9- Jim is so untidy! If he (buy)………some new clothes, he (not look) so bad.
10- I wish I(have)…….. the money to buy some new clothes, but I can’t afford it at the moment.
11- I wish the government (do)………something about the air pollution in this city.
12- I’m getting really soaked! I wish I (not forget)………..my umbrella.
13- That was a lovely meal, but I wish I (not eat) ……….so much.
14- Come on children! It’s time you (be)………..in bed.
15- Actually, I’d rather you (not smoke)………..in here.
16- Suppose you (see)………..a ghost, what would you do?
17- I’m so annoyed about my car accident. If only I (be)………… more careful!
18- I’d rather you (not put)………your coffee on the top of the book.

V- Choose the best option

1- It would have been a much more serious accident………..fast at the time.
A- had she been driving B- was she driving C- she had driven D- she drove
2- Can I borrow your car for this evening? – Sure, but Nora’s using it right now. If she ….. it
back, you are welcome to borrow it.
A- brought B- would bring C- will bring D- brings
3- I didn’t get home until well after midnight last night. Otherwise, I……..your call.
A- returned B- had returned C- would return D- would have returned
4- If energy………inexpensive and unlimited, many things in the world would be different.
A- is B- will be C- were D- would be
5- We………..the game if we’d had a few more minutes.
A_ might have won B- won C- had won D- will win
6- I………Alan with me if I had known you and he didn’t get along with each other.
A_ hadn’t brought B- didn’t bring
C- wouldn’t have brought D- won’t bring
7- The lecturer last night didn’t know what he was talking about, but if Dr. Mason………,
I would have listened carefully.
A- had been lecturing B- was lecturing C- would lecture D- lectured
8- If you………to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
A- listen B- will listen C- had listened D- listened
9- ………….. interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it.
A- Were I B- Should I C- I was D- If I am
10- If I………the same problems 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
11- I…………you sooner had someone told me you were in hospital.
A- would have visited B- visited C- had visited D- visit
12- ……….more help, I could call my neighbor.
A- Needed B- Should I need C- I have needed D- I should need
13- ………..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
14- 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
15- When I stopped talking, Sam finished my sentence for me as though he………… my mind.
A- would read D- had read C- reads D- can read
16- If you………., I would have brought my friends over to your house this evening to watch
A- had studied B- studied hoc tieng anh online C- hadn’t been studying D- didn’t
study
17- I wish I………..you some money for your rent, but I’m broke myself.
A- can lend B- could lend C- would lend D- will lend
18- “Are you lost?” – “I think so. I wish we………..the map with us today.”
A- were bringing B- brought C- had brought D- would bring
19- If I weren’t working for an accounting firm, I…………..in a bank.
A- work B- will work C- have worked D- would be working
20- What………..today if you hadn’t come here this weekend?” – “I guess I’d be putting on
extra hours at my office.”
A- did you do B- can you do C- will you be doing D- would you be doing