The wind was so strong that the cottage collapsed.. The wind was too strong to collapse the cottage.. I failed my driving test because of my lack of confidence.. I had failed my driving
Trang 1CONDITIONAL SENTENCES AND WISH CLAUSES
Exercise 1: One of the four underlined parts marked A, B, C, D in each sentence is not correct in standard English Identify them.
1 If Lucia had been here now, she would find out the truth about her uncle’s accident
A B C D
A B C D
4 If had I known you were in financial difficulty, I would have helped you
A B C D
A B C D
6 If she had finished the work, she can go home
A B C D
7 If I had spoken more confident at the interview, they would have offered me the job
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
10 If I had realized that the traffic lights were red, I would stop
A B C D
11 If had you sent the application form to that company, you would have been offered a job
A B C D
12 If you don’t care conservation the environment, we will get unavoidable disasters
A B C D /,ʌnə'vɔidəbl/ kh thể tránh được; tất yếu
13 He spends money carelessly as if he was a millionaire
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
16 She has found that nobody can help her if she did not try her best to do it herself
A B C D
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
2 _have enough apples, she’ll bake an apple pie this afternoon
3 If you _to me, you wouldn’t have got so much trouble
4 If you don’t know how to spell a word, you _ look it up in the dictionary
5 If the sun _, we _for a walk
6 The campfire _ if it _ last night
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8 If I _ my wallet at home this morning, I _ money for lunch now
9 It is too bad, Lam isn’t here If he _ here, he _ what to do
10 If we _ the plans carefully, we would not have had so many serious mistakes
11 I will never talk to you again _ you apologize me _ your being rude
12 _ if you work harder, you will be sacked
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
14 If you take the ice out of the fridge, it _
15 We should do something to protect water from being polluted _we will have nothing to drink in the future
16 If / you / want / get ahead / this company / have / be prepared / work / long hours
17 not / forget / keep / touch / me / if / you / come / Singapore
18 If I can’t afford something, I never buy it
19 The police want to contact with people if they saw him
20 How should people be punished if they start a fire?
21 Let’s knock on their door to see _ home
22 Unless we _ more snow, we can’t go skiing
23 You’ll fail the exam _ you start revising
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24 Unless you wash the car, you _ not drive it at the weekend
25 If Peter _ his car before the drive, he _ the problem of out of petrol
26 He stepped on the mine, and it exploded
27 In my experiments, the liquid is cooled to 32ºF It always freezes
28 It may rain this afternoon I hope it doesn’t because I don’t want the match to be cancelled
cancelled
29 Unfortunately, I don’t know Philosophy, so I can’t answer your question
30 If the bag had not been heavy, we would have taken it with us
31 _ there are some more ideas, we can end the meeting now
32 If he _ with us now, he _ the beauty of nature of the National Park
33 If they had searched more carefully, they…the watch sooner
34 If I had got up early, I _ to have breakfast now
35 He talked as if nothing _
36 Can you imagine what _ if everyone _
37 The wind was so strong that the cottage collapsed
A The wind was too strong to collapse the cottage
B If the wind were not so strong, the cottage would not collapse
C Due to the strong wind, the cottage collapsed
D It is the strong wind made the cottage collapsed
38 Slow down _
A In case you will get and accident
B Provided that you would get and accident
C And you will get and accident
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39 I regret behaving so impolitely with her and she was disappointed
A Unless I behave so impolitely with her, she would not be disappointed
B Provided that I did not behave so impolitely with her, she would not be disappointed
C I wish I did not behave so impolitely with her
D If I had not behaved so impolitely with her, she would not have been disappointed
40 I cannot buy a new computer _ I save enough money
41 Most people you meet will be polite to you _
42 Take an umbrella with you _
43 If you do so, it _ the matter worse
44 You _ English fluently unless you practice it every day
45 Hurry up _ you will miss the bus and be late for school
46 You will get a good seat if you _ first
47 The baby will die if nobody sends for a doctor
48 He needs a lot of money to cure his daughter’s illness _ he works day and night
49 Sam will not graduate _
50 _ , we cannot continue our journey
51 If I had been more confident, I would have passed the driving test
I failed my driving test because of my lack of confidence
I had failed my driving test because of my lack of confidence
I passed the driving test in spite of my lack of confidence
I passed the driving test with confidence
52 You / in need / I / help
53 Ok / I / pick you up / 4 o’clock / afternoon?
54 I / get / refund / change / another sweater
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56 America/if/college tuition/high/they/may/need/work/part-time/help pay/their education
education
education
C In America, if college tuition is high, they may need to work part-time to help pay for their
education
education
57 If Margaret hadn’t been wearing a seat belt, she… Injured
58 If I _ the rain yesterday, I _ ill
A had not caught / would have been B had not caught / would have not been
59 He looked frightened as if he _ a ghost
60 What _if there _ a serious nuclear accident
ĐÁP ÁN BÀI TẬP 5
Exercise 1: One of the four underlined parts marked A, B, C, D in each sentence is not correct in standard English Identify them.
17 If Lucia had been here now, she would find out the truth about her uncle’s accident
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
20 If had I known you were in financial difficulty, I would have helped you
A B C D
A B C D
22 If she had finished the work, she can go home
A B C D
23 If I had spoken more confident at the interview, they would have offered me the job
A B C D
A B C D
A B C D
26 If I had realized that the traffic lights were red, I would stop
A B C D
27 If had you sent the application form to that company, you would have been offered a job
A B C D
28 If you don’t care conservation the environment, we will get unavoidable disasters
A B C D
29 He spends money carelessly as if he was a millionaire
A B C D
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A B C D
32 She has found that nobody can help her if she did not try her best to do it herself
A B C D
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
61 If the oceans _of fresh water, there _ plenty of water to irrigate all the deserts on earth
62 _have enough apples, she’ll bake an apple pie this afternoon
63 If you _to me, you wouldn’t have got so much trouble
listened
64 If you don’t know how to spell a word, you _ look it up in the dictionary
65 If the sun _, we _for a walk
A shines / will go B shone / will go C shone / would go D had shone / would go
66 The campfire _ if it _ last night
67 But for our parents, we _ successful in life
68 If I _ my wallet at home this morning, I _ money for lunch now
C hadn’t left / would have D hadn’t left / would have had
69 It is too bad, Lam isn’t here If he _ here, he _ what to do
70 If we _ the plans carefully, we would not have had so many serious mistakes
71 I will never talk to you again _ you apologize me _ your being rude
72 _ if you work harder, you will be sacked
73 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
74 If you take the ice out of the fridge, it _
75 We should do something to protect water from being polluted _we will have nothing to drink in the future
76 If / you / want / get ahead / this company / have / be prepared / work / long hours
H If you want to get ahead in this company, you have to be prepared to work long hours.
77 not / forget / keep / touch / me / if / you / come / Singapore
G Don’t forget to keep in touch with me if you come to Singapore.
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E I never buy anything that I can’t afford.
79 The police want to contact with people if they saw him
F The police want to talk to anyone who saw the man.
80 How should people be punished if they start a fire?
H What should we do with someone who starts the fire?
81 Let’s knock on their door to see _ home
A if they’re B unless they’re C whether they were D if they were
82 Unless we _ more snow, we can’t go skiing
83 You’ll fail the exam _ you start revising
84 Unless you wash the car, you _ not drive it at the weekend
85 If Peter _ his car before the drive, he _ the problem of out of petrol
86 He stepped on the mine, and it exploded
H If he hadn’t stepped on the mine, it wouldn’t have exploded.
87 In my experiments, the liquid is cooled to 32ºF It always freezes
G If you cool the liquid to 32 degrees, it will freeze.
88 It may rain this afternoon I hope it doesn’t because I don’t want the match to be cancelled
cancelled
89 Unfortunately, I don’t know Philosophy, so I can’t answer your question
G If I knew Philosophy, I would be able to answer your question.
90 If the bag had not been heavy, we would have taken it with us
F The bag was heavy, so we could not take it with us.
91 _ there are some more ideas, we can end the meeting now
Trang 892 If he _ with us now, he _ the beauty of nature of the National Park.
enjoy
93 If they had searched more carefully, they…the watch sooner
94 If I had got up early, I _ to have breakfast now
have had
95 He talked as if nothing _
96 Can you imagine what _ if everyone _
97 The wind was so strong that the cottage collapsed
E The wind was too strong to collapse the cottage
F If the wind were not so strong, the cottage would not collapse
G Due to the strong wind, the cottage collapsed.
H It is the strong wind made the cottage collapsed
98 Slow down _
E In case you will get and accident
F Provided that you would get and accident
G And you will get and accident
H Or you will get an accident.
99 I regret behaving so impolitely with her and she was disappointed
E Unless I behave so impolitely with her, she would not be disappointed
F Provided that I did not behave so impolitely with her, she would not be disappointed
G I wish I did not behave so impolitely with her
H If I had not behaved so impolitely with her, she would not have been disappointed.
A if you are polite to them B if you will be polite to them
A in case it rains B unless it rains C if it will rain D even if it would rain
A unless a doctor is sent for B if a doctor is sent for
Trang 9A If there is not enough food B If only there is not enough food
A I failed my driving test because of my lack of confidence.
B I had failed my driving test because of my lack of confidence
C I passed the driving test in spite of my lack of confidence
D I passed the driving test with confidence
E If you are in need, I will help you with something.
G Do you mind it is OK if I pick you up at 4 o’clock in the afternoon?
G I would like to get the refund or you can change me another sweater.
education
education
G In America, if college tuition is high, they may need to work part-time to help pay for their education.
education
A had not caught / would have been B had not caught / would have not been
C would happen / were D would happen / had been
Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
1 “Would you mind if we _you by your first name?”
“Not at all Please call me Tom.”
call
Trang 103 If I had known your new address, we _to see you.
have come
4 If we took the 10:30 train, _
C we will arrive too earlyD we may arrive too early
8 If they had enough time, they _ head south
9 If you _ a choice, which country would you visit?
11 _ she agreed, you would have done it
13 If the doctor had arrived sooner, the boy _
been saved
14 If there _, the rice fields could have been more productive
water
15 The patient could not recover unless he _ an operation
undergoing
16 If she _ him, she would be very happy
meet
17 If he _ a thorough knowledge of English, he could have applied for this post
18 If I had enough money, I _ abroad to improve my English
have to go
20 If you _ time, please write to me
21 If it _ tomorrow, we may postpone going on a picnic
being
23 If you _ as I told you, you _ sorry now
A did- would not be B had done- had not been C do – would not be D had done – would not be
24 If only I _ him now
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26 If only I _ you wanted to invest money in business
27 Linda wishes she _her car
28 He looked frightened as if he _a ghost
29 I wish it _ a holiday today
30 “My car broke down when I was leaving Detroit and I had to take the bus “ _, we would have picked you up.”
know
31 If I _ as young as you are, I _ in a boat round the world
would sail
32 If he _tickets yesterday, he _ on the beach now
33 If you _ less last night, you _ so bad today
34 It seemed as if he _ of it before
heard
35 _ today, she would get home by Friday
leaves
have
37 _he _ hard last year, he would have lost the first prize
studied
39 “I wish this city _ so noisy.” “I know I wish we _ in the countryside.”
lived
40 He acted as though he _ for days
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45 I _ you sooner had someone told me you were in the hospital
46 _ then what I know today, I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble over the years
know
47 Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people _ the same language?
answering
49 Had you told me that this was going to happen, I _ it
believe
50 If Jake _ to go on the trip, would you have gone?
agree