TOPIC 1: CONDITIONAL SENTECESBASIC EXERCISES Exercise 1: Use the correct form of verbs: 1.. If I had known he is not at home, I wouldn’t have gone all the way to his house8. Exercise 3:
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BASIC EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Use the correct form of verbs:
1 If they _ (to listen) carefully, they might hear the woodpecker.
2 If I had laid down on the sofa, I _ (to fall) asleep.
3 Susan could have worked as a model if she _ (to be) taller.
4 The soil _ (not/to dry out) if you water the plants regularly.
5 If you _ (to give) the young boy this stick, he'd hurt himself.
6 We _ (not/to take) the wrong tram if Ronaldo had asked the
policewoman
7 If the cat hides in the tree, the dog _ (not/to find) it.
8 The students would have solved the problem if they _ (to use) their
textbooks
9 If he washed his feet more often, his girlfriend _ (to visit) him more
often
10 Max _ (to read) the newspaper if he went by train.
Exercise 2: Find a mistake in the sentence:
1 If we will reduce the speed of population growth, there will be less pressure on the earth
2 Unless we leave a bowl of water under the sun, it will evaporate
3 If we continue to use fuels at the current rate, we would soon have to face a fuel crisis
4 If I am 10 centimeters taller, I would play basketball
5 If the doctors could find in the remedy, a lot of people would be saved
6 If she bought that house now, she ran out of money
7 What you would do if you could speak French well?
8 If I had known he is not at home, I wouldn’t have gone all the way to his house
9 If I had known that the road were flooded, I would never have taken that way
10 If I were you, I will go to the dentist’s and have the tooth checked
Exercise 3: Write the sentence with WISH
1 My friend cannot stay with me longer I wish
2 I don’t have time to take my friend to many beauty spots in my city I wish
3 We don’t have a computer therefore we cannot get access to the Internet I wish
4 I cannot go to the car show at the city show ground I wish
5 She doesn’t send me her recent photos I wish
6 My friend doesn’t have money to repair his bicycle I wish
7 My students don’t speak English fluently I wish
8 It won’t be fine tomorrow I wish
9 He didn’t study hard last school year I wish
10 He speaks English badly I wish
11 My students write lessons slowly I wish
12 The exercises are long I wish
13 The firm is boring I wish
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15 My motorcycle is very old I wish
16 Everybody in our village is poor I wish
17 My son plays video games during the day I wish
18 It will be very cold tomorrow I wish
19 He was late for class last school year I wish
ADVANCED EXERCISES Exercise 4: Rewrite the sentences: 1 Let me give you my advice You should cut down on smoking right now If I
2 Leave me alone or I’ll call the police Unless
3 If you arrive at the office earlier than I do, please turn on the air-conditioner Should
4 The children don’t go to school in the snowy weather If it
5 He died so young; otherwise, he would be a famous musician by now Had
6 You must tell me the whole truth or I won’t help you Unless
7 The car breaks down so often because you don’t take good care of it Were I
8 He is very bad-tempered, that’s why his wife left him soon after marriage If he
9 Don’t tell lies to your boss or you’ll be fired at once If
10 She got married at such an early age: otherwise, she would be at university now Had
Exercise 05: Rewrite the sentence with inversion
1 If I were the judge, I would sentence him to death
2 If I were rich, I would help you
3 If I had taken his advice, I would have succeeded in the final exam
4 If you hadn’t helped me, I wouldn’t have known how to solve it
5 If I hadn’t stayed up late last night, I wouldn’t be tired now
Exercise 06: Use the structure if it hadn’t been for to rewrite the sentence:
1 Without your help, I wouldn’t have finished it on time
2 Without your help, I wouldn’t have known what to do
3 Without her, I would have been dead for certain
4 Without Jack, we would have failed
5 Without you, we would not have seen these paintings now