GRAMMAR REVIEW 10.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 1

Exercise 1: Make conditional sentences:

1. Keep silent or you’ll wake the baby up.
→ If ………………………………………………………………………………..…..………
YOU DON'T KEEP SILENT , YOU WILL WAKE THE BABY UP
2. Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson.
YOU DON'T STOP TALKING , YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND THE LESSON
→ If …………………………………………………………………………….….....….…….
3. I don’t know her number, so I don’t ring her up.
If I KNEW THE NUMBER, I WOULD RING HER UP
→ If ……………………………………………………………………………….....….……..
4. I don’t know the answer, so I can’t tell you.
I KNEW THE ANSWER, I COULD TELL YOU
→ If …………………………………………….………………………………………………
5. We got lost because we didn’t have a map.
WE HAD HAD A MAP, WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOT LOST
→ If …………………………………….……..……………………………………….….……
6. Susan felt sick because she ate four cream cakes.
IF SUSAN HADN'T EATTEN FOUR FCREAM , SHE WOULDN'T HAVE FELT SICK
→ If ……………………………………………..……………………………………………….
7. Without this treatment, the patient would have died.
 IF HE HADN'T RECEIVED THIS TREATMENT, THE PATIENT WOULD HAVE DIED
→ If ……………………………………………………………………….…………….….…...
8. He lost his job because he was late every day.
IF HE HADN'T BEEN LATE EVERYDAY, HE WOULDN'T…HAVE LOST HIS JOB
→ If ……………………………………..………………………………………………...……
9. Peter is fat because he eats so many chips.
IF PETER DIDN'T EAT SO MANY CHIPS,HE WOULDN'T BE FAT
→………………………………………………………………………….………………...…..
10. Robert got a bad cough because he started smoking cigarettes.
IF ROBERT HADN'T STARTED SMOKING CIGARETTES, HE WOULDN'T HAVE GOT....
→……………………………………………………………………………………………..…..
Exercise 2: 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
2. If a student takes a course on Computer Science, it will take him four years doing the course.
A B C D
3. Unless it did not rain, Peter would pay us a visit.
A B C D
4. If had I known you were in financial difficulty, I would have helped you.
A B C D
5. If I had knew the time when the match started, I would have told you.
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
8. If we had had a map, we would not be lost yesterday.
A B C D
9. If I had realized that the traffic lights were red, I would stop.
A B C D
10. If had you sent the application form to that company, you would have been offered a job.
A B C D
11. He spends money carelessly as if he was a millionaire.
A B C D
12. Unless you work harder, you will be sack because of your laziness.
A B C D
13. Unless there had been the heavy storm, the climbers will not have died.
A B C D
14. She has found that nobody can help her if she did not try her best to do it herself.
A B C D
Exercise 3: Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
1. If you _____to me, you wouldn’t have got so much trouble.
A. listened B. would listen C. had listened D. Would have listened
2. If you don’t know how to spell a word, you_____ look it up in the dictionary.
A. must B. will C. should D. ought
3. If the sun _____, we _____for a walk.
A. shines / will go B. shone / will go C. shone / would go D. had shone / would go
4. The campfire _____ if it _____ last night.
A. wouldn’t be cancelled / hadn’t rained B. wouldn’t have been cancelled / hadn’t rained
C. would have been cancelled / hadn’t rained D. will be cancelled / rains
5. If I _____ my wallet at home this morning, I _____ money for lunch now.
 A. leave / will have B. didn’t leave / would have
C. hadn’t left / would have D. hadn’t left / would have had
6. It is too bad, Lam isn’t 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
7. If we _____ the plans carefully, we would not have had so many serious mistakes.
A. study B. had studied C. studied D. were studying
8. 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
9. _____ if you work harder, you will be sacked.
A. Whether B. If C. However D. Unless
10. 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.
11. If you take the ice out of the fridge, it _____.
A. vaporizes B. melts C. heats D. disappears
12. 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
13. 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
14. Unless we _____ more snow, we can’t go skiing.
A. will have B. have C. have had D. had
15. You’ll fail the exam _____ you start revising.
A. if B. until C. when D. unless
16. 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
17. He stepped on the mine, and it exploded.
A. If he doesn’t step on the mine, it doesn’t explode.
B. If he doesn’t step on the mine, it won’t explode.
C. If he didn’t step on the mine, it wouldn’t explode.
D. If he hadn’t stepped on the mine, it wouldn’t have exploded.
18. 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.
19. It may rain this afternoon. I hope it doesn’t because I don’t 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.
20. Unfortunately, I don’t know Philosophy, so I can’t 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.
21. _____ there are some more ideas, we can end the meeting now.
A. If B. As if C. Unless D. In case
22. 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
23. If they had searched more carefully, they…the watch sooner.
A. will find B. would find C. found D. would have found
24. If I had got up early, I _____ to have breakfast now.
A. have B.I had C. would have D. would have had
25. I cannot buy a new computer _____ I save enough money.
A. if B. even if C. unless D. as if
Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
had known would have come
1. If I (know)…………………………. that you were ill, I (go)……………………… to see you.
2. If she'd had enough money, She (buy)would have bought a car.
……………………………

will
3. I (buy) ……………………………………….. a car If you lend me some money.
4. I (see) …………………………… him if I (go) …………………………. to the party last night.
5. We could have gone out if the weather (not be)……………………………………… so bad.
6. If the book (not be)…………………………… expensive, I'll buy it.
7. You would be very surprised if he (return)………………………………
8. I'll go out if it (not rain)……………………………….
9. They wouldn't come to the party if you (not invite) ………………………….. them
10. What ……………… you (do) …………………. if you (be) ……………….. him?
11. If that hat costs much, I (buy) ……………………………. a small one.
12. If you (drive) …………………... more carefully, you (have) ………………… so many accidents.
13. If I (make) …………….. that mistake again, my teacher (get) …………….…… angry with me.
14. If I spoke English, my job (be) …………………………….. a lot easier.
15. If he (go) …………………. to London yesterday, he ( meet) ………………………. his old friend.
16. I will lend them some money if they (ask) ……………………….. me.
17. If we had known who he was, we (invite) ……………………….. him to speak at our meeting.
18. My dog (bark) …………………………… if it (hear) ………………………….. any strange sound.
19. If I (have) ………………………….. enough money, I would buy a house.
20. They (not/let) …………………………… you in if you (come) late.
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