CONDITIONALS TEST

1- PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT TENSES:

a) If you leave your car unlocked, someone ………………….. (steal) it.

b) He will be ill if he ……………….. (eat) too many chocolates.
c) If someone gave you 1.000.000 €, what ……………………. (you/do)?
d) If your brother …………….. (be late) we’ll go without him.
e) If my mother had driven carefully, she ………………………… (not have) the
accident.
f) If she had given the book back to the library, she ……………………. ( not have) so
many problems.
g) If they had known that their boss was in hospital, they ………………… (visit him).
h) The policemen ………………………. (be able to) catch the thief, if you helped them.
i) If anyone attacked me, my dog …………………… (bite) him.
j) If it …………… (rain), I’ll take my umbrella.

2- PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT TENSES:

a) They didn’t win that match. They ………………………… (win) it if they

…………………………..(play) better.
b) We …………………… (finish) our work much sooner if you ………………………
(help) us. Why didn’t you do?
c) Nobody opens the door. If he ………… (be) at home, he ……………….(open) the
door.
d) How awful! If the pedestrian ………………… (wear) coloured clothes, the taxi
driver………………… (see) him and the accident ……………………. (not happen).
e) It’s getting late. Her mother ……………… (be) very angry if she
……………………… (not get) home before midnight.
f) If I ………….. (be) you, I ………………….. (not buy) that party dress. It’s too
expensive.
g) I ……………………… (not make) a cake if I ………………….. (know) you couldn’t
have any sugar.
h) I ………………………. (get lost) in this city unless he ………………. (come) with
me.
i) What a pity. We ………………….. (see) our grandparents if we
………………………… (arrive) on time.
j) Someone ………………… (catch) your handbag if you …………….. (leave) it on the
table.
k) If you ……………………………. (pass) your test, I …………………… (invite) you
a drink. I’m sure you will pass it.
l) If you ………… (be) rich, where ………………. (you/like) to live?
m) I ……………………. (advise) her if I ………………… (know) her problem then.
n) If you ……………. (read) the questions carefully, you …………………… (choose)
the correct answers. Good luck!
 o) Stop playing. You………………….. (understand) the problems better if you
…………………………. (pay attention).
p) He didn’t pass his driving license. If he …………………………….(not be) so
nervous, he…………………………………….(pass) his exam.

3- MATCH THE BEGINNING OF EACH SENTENCE IN I WITH AN ENDING IN

II:

I II
1- If I had to go to that pub, a) they’d come to see me.
2- If I hadn’t been born in Jerez, b) I wouldn’t go alone.
3- If they were my friends, c) I’d give him an aspirin.
4- If I’d be much happier, d) if I ask for you?
5- I’d buy the car e) we’ll go to the beach.
6- If my friend hurt his head, f) I wouldn’t have met my husband.
7- If the weather is good, g) if my pupils studied harder.
8- Will you do me a favour h) if I were Peter.
9- They won’t get this important business i) if I had known your address.
10- I’d have sent flowers to your wife j) unless they work hard.

4- COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH YOUR OWN WORDS:

a) My father will buy me a car if

……………………………………………………………………………………..
b) If I found a wallet in the street
…………………………………………………………………………….
c) Unless she studies
hard………………………………………………………………………………………
……..
d) If I were younger
…………………………………………………………………………………………
……………
e) If I were rich
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………..
f) If they had a computer
…………………………………………………………………………………………
….
g) If Mary hadn’t gone to the football match
………………………………………………………….
h) You wouldn’t have come to see me
if………………………………………………………………………
i) My son won’t go to Italy
unless………………………………………………………………………………..
 j) You would find a better job if
…………………………………………………………………………………

5- CORRECT THE MISTAKES IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

a) They will believe your story unless you prove it.

b) I’d never have known that your daughter is only fourteen if you haven’t told me.
c) If you lived in London, will you visit the British museum every day?
d) If you needed me, I’ll be in the kitchen.
e) We would hear you if you had called to us.
f) If they save enough money, they could buy a new house.
g) If it had snowed more yesterday, the children wouldn’t go to school.
h) If they were polite people, they will apologise for it.
i) If he need more money, his parents will send him a cheque.

6- REWRITE THESE SENTENCES WITH CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.

a) We were late so we missed the train.

………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………
b) Stop smoking or you’ll be sick.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………..
c) My husband wants to buy a new car but he hasn’t got enough money.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………..
d) She doesn’t do her homework so she doesn’t learn the lessons.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………….
e) He was very tired because he had been driving all night.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………….
f) I can’t phone her because I don’t know her telephone number.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………
g) They would have gone to the theatre but they lost the tickets.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
h) He didn’t go to see his father because he didn’t know that he was ill.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
i) He isn’t a good man so I won’t marry him.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
j) He wrote an e-mail because he didn’t have a telephone.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
k) We won’t visit the zoo because we don’t have enough time.
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