I don’t know how to play baseball, but I’m sure that if I do/ did, I will play/ would play a lot better than anyone in this awful team.. Without Jack’s help, I wouldn’t have been able t
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I Underline the correct word:
1 If the machine (stops/ will stop), please (press/ will press) this button.
2 I can’t understand what he sees in her! If anyone (treats/ treated) me like that, I (will be/ would be) extremely angry!
3 If you (help/ helped) me with this exercise, I (will / would) do the same for you one day.
4 According to the timetable, if the train (leaves/ left) on time, we (will/ would) arrive at 5.30.
5 If it (is /will be) fine tomorrow, we (go/ will go) to the coast.
6 If we (find/ found) a taxi, we (will get/ would get) there before the play starts.
7 It’s quite simple really I think I (will be/ would be) happier if I (live/ lived) in a house in the
country
8 I don’t know how to play baseball, but I’m sure that if I (do/ did), I (will play/ would play) a lot
better than anyone in this awful team!
9 If I (phone/ phoned) you tonight, (will you be/ would you be) in?
II Put the verbs in blankets into the correct forms:
1 If our father (be) in a good mood after lunch, we (ask) him to lend us his car
2 If our baby (be) a girl, we (call) her Marilyn
3 If you (not/ have) that last drink, you (not/ have) the accident
4 If I (give) up smoking, I (lose) this awful cough at last
5 If only we (have) one more room, we (invite) all of them
6 If this weather (last) for another week, we (be) extremely lucky people
7 Pamela (borrow) one of my dresses for the party tomorrow if she (lose) about five kilos between now and then
8 We (buy) a little car if I (get) a rise next month
9 If Mary (hear) the news, she (be) terribly happy
10 If the medicine (be) good, she (be) well again in to time
11 If you are kind to me, I (be) good to you
12 If I (succeed) this time, I will enter into a University
13 If your statement is correct, what he (tell) me is untrue
14 If she (be) confident enough, she (take) part in this beauty contest
15 If John were here, he (know) the answer
16 If I did hurt his feelings, I (try) to explain to him
17 If he (have) the money next month, he (send) his children abroad for the summer
18 I would always have done that if they (explain) it at the start
III Rewrite the following sentences so that their meanings stay the same:
1 I’ll call the police if you don’t leave me alone!
Unless
2 In the snowy weather we don’t go to school
If
3 Without Jack’s help, I wouldn’t have been able to move the table
If
4 Make me some coffee, and I’ll give you one of my biscuits
If
5 If you hadn’t told me about Sue’s hair, I wouldn’t have noticed
Unless
6 If they had got much money, they would have bought a new car.
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7 Richard only took over family business because his father decided to retire early
If
8 Without his rescue, we would have all died
If he
9 If his lawyer hadn’t advised him, he would have made a serious mistake
Had .
10 If it hadn’t been for the storm, we would have finished our work
But for
11 If she hadn’t insisted on kissing everyone good bye, she would have caught the train
Had .
12 We were late because it rained so heavily
But for
13 The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended
Unless
14 He lost his job because he used to go to work late
If he l
15 You will not pass the exam if you don’t work hard
Without
16 The fire will go out if someone doesn’t put some more coal on
Unless someone
17 Without this treatment the patient would have died
If the patient
18 The pandas need a special diet, without it they become extinct
Provided that .
19 I regret having told him our plan for that evening
I wish
20 It’s a pity I didn’t take my doctor’s advice
I wish
21 You can’t get a driver’s license if you’re not at least eighteen years old
Unless
22 I’m going to the party if you go with me
Unless
23 The dog will attack you if you move suddenly
Unless
IV Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
1 We’ll give him the message as soon as he…………
a phones b will phone c will have phoned d is phoning
2 Sam’s on his way, so make him a coffee……… he arrives
3 If I……… you, I’d apply for that job
4 You’d better go to bed early,……… ?
a hadn’t you b didn’t you c wouldn’t you d don’t you
5 If I………ill, I wouldn’t have been absent from school
6 Unless you………… harder, you won’t succeed
7 I’ll just have to wait at the bus stop………… the bus turns up
8 This broken cup cannot…………
9 I’m sure she if you explained the situation to her
a would understand b will understand c had understood d understood
10 What would you do if you a million dollars?
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11 They’d be hurt if I
12 If the ball the line, that would have been the end of the game
a would cross b will cross c had crossed d crossed
13 If someone knocked a candle over, it a fire
a will start b would have started c would start d started
14 If you told us about the bad service, we would have eaten there
15 What would Tom do if he the truth?
16 If I you were sick, I would have called sooner
a would have known b had known c know d knew
17 If there a row, I’m going to keep out of it
18 If I you, I’d call and apologize
19 Jack will win the election if he harder
a will campaign b would campaign c campaigned d campaigns
20 Had you not told me that this was going to happen, I it
a would never have believed b don’t believe
21 If you to go on the trip, what would you have done?
a doesn’t agree b didn’t agree c hadn’t agreed d wouldn’t agree
22 If you , I would have brought my friends over to your house this evening to watch TV, but I didn’t want to bother you
a had studied b studied c hadn’t been studying d didn’t study
23 If I weren’t working for an accounting firm, I in a bank
V Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
1 If you were here yesterday, you would have seen Jean.
A B C D
2 We will visit that part of the country if it will be spring
A B C D
3 If I will make a difficult decision, I always discuss it with my friends
A B C D
4 We could had done more if we had had more time
A B C D
5 He said that if he has more time, he would come to see us
A B C D
VI Make sentences with the same meaning by omitting if.
1 If you should need more money, go to the bank before six o’clock
2 If I were you, I wouldn’t do that
3 If they had realized the danger, they would have done it differently
4 If I were your teacher, I would insist you do better work
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5 If you should change your mind, please let me know immediately.
6 She would have gotten the job if she had been better prepared
7 Your boss sounds like a real tyrant If I were you, I would look for another job
8 If you should need to reach me, I’ll be at the Hilton Hotel in Seoul
9 I wouldn’t have known about your new job if I hadn’t talked to your mother
10 If she were ever in trouble, I’d do anything I could to help her
VII Complete the conversation Choose the correct form of the verbs.
Adam is a music student He rents a room from Mr Day
Mr Day: Can’t you stop playing that trumpet? You’re making an awful noise.
Adam: Well, if I (1) don’t practise/ didn’t practise, I won’t pass my exam.
Mr Day: But why at night? It’s half past twelve If you (2) played/ had played it in the daytime I (3) couldn’t hear/ couldn’t have heard you because I’d be at work If you (4) told/ had told me about this trumpet when you first came here, I (5) wouldn’t let/ wouldn’t have let you have the room I’m afraid it’s becoming a nuisance If you (6) don’t play/ didn’t play so loud, it (7) may not be/ might not be so bad.
Adam: I’m sorry, but you can’t play a trumpet quietly.
Mr Day: If I (8) realized/ had realized a year ago what you were going to do, then I (9) would throw/ would have thrown you out long ago If you (10) go/ went on making this noise at night, I (11) will have/ would have to complain to your college.