CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Exercise 1: Error identification

1. If Lucia had been (A) here now, she would find out (B) the truth about (C) her uncles (D) accident.

2. If (A) a student takes a course (B) on Computer Science, it will take (C) him four years doing (D) the

course.

3. Unless (A) it did not rain (B), Peter would pay (C) us a visit (D).

4. If had I known (A) you were (B) in (C) financial difficulty, I would have helped (D) you.

5. If (A) I had knew (B) the time when (C) the match started, I would have told (D) you.

6. If she had finished (A) the work (B), she can go (C) home (D).

7. If I had spoken (A) more confident (B) at the interview, they would have offered (C) me the (D) job.

8. If (A) we had had (B) a map, we would not (C) be lost (D) yesterday.

9. Had I known (A) Alices (B) address, I would write (C) to her (D).

10. If I had realized (A) that (B) the traffic lights (C) were red, I would stop (D).

11. If had you sent (A) the application form to that company (B), you would (C) have been offered (D) a job.

12. He spends (A) money carelessly (B) as if (C) he was (D) a millionaire.

13. Unless (A) you work (B) harder, you will be sack (C) because of your laziness (D).

14. Unless (A) there had been (B) the heavy (C) storm, the climbers will (D) not have died.

15. She has found (A) that nobody can help (B) her if she did not try (C) her best to do (D) it herself.

16. Roger wouldnt have (A) made such a lot of (B) mistakes if he hasnt been (C) so tired (D).

17. If your son were (A) old enough (B), he can (C) be able to take (D) the competition next week.

18. If she had send (A) a telegram, we would (B) have received (C) it by now (D).

19. They wouldnt (A) have order (B) more books if they had noticed (C) that the sales were falling (D).

20. I would have (A) called you (B) if I could have (C) known (D) your number.

Exercise 2: Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
1. If the oceans _____of fresh water, there_____ plenty of water to irrigate all the deserts on earth.
A. is / will be B. were / would be C. would be / were. D. had been / would have been
2. _____have enough apples, shell bake an apple pie this afternoon.
A. Should she B. If she C. Will she D. Unless she
3. If you _____ to me, you wouldnt have got so much trouble.
A. listened B. would listen C. had listened D. Would have listened
4. If you dont know how to spell a word, you_____ look it up in the dictionary.
A. must B. will C. should D. ought
5. If the sun _____, we _____for a walk.
A. shines / will go B. shone / will go C. shone / would go D. had shone / would go
6. The campfire _____ if it _____ last night.
A. wouldnt be cancelled / hadnt rained B. wouldnt have been cancelled / hadnt rained
C. would have been cancelled / hadnt rained D. will be cancelled / rains
7. But for our parents, we _____ successful in life.
A. will never be B. would never be C. wouldnt have be D. would have never been
8. If I _____ my wallet at home this morning, I _____ money for lunch now.
A. leave / will have B. didnt leave / would have
C. hadnt left / would have D. hadnt left / would have had
9. It is too bad, Lam isnt here. If he _____ here, he _____ what to do.
A. were / would know B. is / will know
C. had been / would have known D. was / would know
10. If we _____ the plans carefully, we would not have had so many serious mistakes.
A. study B. had studied C. studied D. were studying
11. I will never talk to you again _____ you apologize me _____ your being rude.
A. if / for B. unless / for C. or / of D. whether / or
12. _____ if you work harder, you will be sacked.
A. Whether B. If C. However D. Unless
13. I think you should stop smoking.
A. If I am you, I will stop smoking. B. If I were you, I will stop smoking.
C. If I were you, I would stop smoking. D. If I had been you, I would stop smoking.
14. If you take the ice out of the fridge, it _____.
A. vaporizes B. melts C. heats D. disappears
15. We should do something to protect water from being polluted _____we will have nothing to drink in the
future.
A. if B. whether C. or D. unless
16. Unless you wash the car, you _____ not drive it at the weekend.
A. would B. could C. have to D. may
17. _____ there are some more ideas, we can end the meeting now.
A. If B. As if C. Unless D. In case
18. If he _____ with us now, he _____ the beauty of nature of the National Park.
A. is / can enjoy B. was / will enjoy C. has been / would enjoy D. were / could enjoy
19. If they had searched more carefully, theythe watch sooner.
A. will findB. would find C. found D. would have found
20. If I had got up early, I _____ to have breakfast now.
A. have B.I had C. would have D. would have had
21. He talked as if nothing _____.
A. has happened B. had happened C. will happen D. would happen
22. Can you imagine what _____ if everyone _____ .
A. will happen / can fly B. would happen / could fly
C. had happened / could have flown D. happened / will have happened
23. Take an umbrella with you _____ .
A. in case it rains B. unless it rains C. if it will rain D. even if it would rain
24. You _____ English fluently unless you practice it every day.
A. will speak B. will not speak C. can speak D. did not speak
25. Hurry up _____ you will miss the bus and be late for school.
A. if B. and C. or D. as
26. You will get a good seat if you _____ first.
A. come B. came C. have come D. will come
27. What _____if there _____ a serious nuclear accident.
A. will happen / was B. happens / were
C. would happen / were D. would happen / had been
28. If Peter _____ his car before the drive, he _____ the problem of out of petrol.
A. checked / will not get B. had checked / would not have got
C. checks / will not have got D. would be checking / will not have got
29. Sam will not graduate_____.
A. if he passed all the tests B. if he does not pass all the tests.
C. unless he passes all the tests D. unless he had passed all the tests.
30. He stepped on the mine, and it exploded.
A. If he doesnt step on the mine, it doesnt explode.
B. If he doesnt step on the mine, it wont explode.
C. If he didnt step on the mine, it wouldnt explode.
D. If he hadnt stepped on the mine, it wouldnt have exploded.
31. In my experiments, the liquid is cooled to 32oF. It always freezes.
A. If you cool the liquid to 32 degrees, it froze.
B. If you cooled the liquid to 32 degrees, it would freeze.
C. If you cool the liquid to 32 degrees, it will freeze.
D. If you had cooled the liquid to 32 degrees, it would have frozen.
32. It may rain this afternoon. I hope it doesnt because I dont want the match to be cancelled.
A. If it rains, the match is cancelled.
B. If it rains, the match will be cancelled.
C. if it rained, the match would be cancelled.
D. If it had rained, the match would have been cancelled.
33. Unfortunately, I dont know Philosophy, so I cant answer your question.
A. If I know Philosophy, I can answer your question.
B. If I know Philosophy, I will be able to answer your question.
C. If I knew Philosophy, I would be able to answer your question.
D. If I had known Philosophy, I would have been able to answer your question.
34. If the bag had not been heavy, we would have taken it with us.
A. The bag is heavy, so we cannot take it with us.
B. The bag was heavy, so we could not take it with us.
C. Because the bag was heavy so we could not take it with us.
D. We took the bag with us although it was heavy.
35. His flight was delayed so he couldnt be here on time.
A. He would be here in time if his flight were not delayed.
B. He would have been here in time if his flight hadnt been delayed.
C. He would be here in time if his flight hadnt been delayed.
D. He would have been here in time if his flight werent delayed.
Exercise 3: Writing

1. If I met the author one day, I would ask him to sign my copy of his new book.
Were ..................................................................................................................................................
2. If the train had been delayed, I would have sent the telegram.
Had .....................................................................................................................................................
3. Without this treatment, the patient would have died.
If .........................................................................................................................................................
4. Stop talking or you wont understand the lesson.
If .........................................................................................................................................................
5. My house is guarded by two big dogs. Thats the only reason it isnt broken into every night.
If ........................................................................................................................................................
6. I am not tall enough to join the basketball team.
If ........................................................................................................................................................
7. Go right now or youll be late for the train.
If ........................................................................................................................................................
8. I was stuck in the traffic jam; thats why I came late.
If ........................................................................................................................................................
9. If I were the Prime Minister, I would reduce taxes.
Were ...................................................................................................................................................
10. If John had played for our football team, we would not have lost the game.
Unless .................................................................................................................................................
11. But for your unsuspected talents as a mechanic, we would have been stranded these hours.
If it ......................................................................................................................................................
12. Without Miguel, we wouldn't know what to do now.
If it ......................................................................................................................................................
13. I don't know anything about plumbing, so I didn't fix the leak in the sink myself.
If .........................................................................................................................................................
14. Rita is exhausted today because she didnt get any sleep last night.
If ........................................................................................................................................................
15. Ill only help you if you promise to try harder.
Unless .................................................................................................................................................