T CERTIFICATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE
GRAMMAR 7 CONDITIONALS
Practice
1    Underline the most suitable verb forms in each sentence.
a) If the machine stops/will stop, you press/will press this button.
b) 1 can't understand what he sees in her! If anyone treats/will treat/treated me like that, I am/will be/would be extremely angry!
c) If you help/helped me with this exercise, I will/would do the same for you one day.
d) According to the timetable, if the train leaves/left on time, we will/would arrive at 5.30.
e) If it is/will be fine tomorrow, we go/will go to the coast.
f) If wefind/found a taxi, we will get/would get there before the play starts.
g) It's quite simple really. If you take/will take/took these tablets every day, then you lose/will lose/lost/would lose weight.
h) I don't like this flat. I think I am/I will be/I'd be happier if I live/will live/would live/lived in a house in the country.
i) I don't know how to play baseball, but I'm sure that if I will do/did, I play/will play/would play a lot better than anyone in this awful team!
j} If I phone/will phone/phoned you tonight, are you/will you be/would you be in?
2    Underline the most suitable verb forms in each sentence.
a) Why didn't you tell me? If you told/had told me, I had helped/would have helped you.
b) If Bill didn't steal/hadn't stolen the car, he wasn't/wouldn't be/hadn't been in prison now.
c) If Ann wasn't driving/didn't drive/hadn't driven so fast, her car didn't crash/wouldn't crash/wouldn't have crashed into a tree.
d) Let me give you some advice. If you smoked/would smoke/had smoked less, you didn't feel/wouldn't feel/wouldn't have felt so tired.
e) What bad luck! If Alan didn't fall/hadn't fallen/wouldn't fall over, he won/would win/would have won the race.
f) If you invited/had invited me last week, I was able/had been able/would have been able to come.
g) I'm sure your letter hasn't arrived yet. If it came/had come I'm sure 1 noticed/lmd noticed/would have noticed it.
h) We have a suggestion to make. How do you feel/would you feel if we offered/would offer/had offered you the job of assistant manager?
i) If you lent/had lent us the money, we paid/would pay/had paid you back next week.
j) Terry never catches anything when he goes fishing. And if he catches/caughtfliad caught a fish, he throws/would throw it back!
3    Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb form.
a) Why didn't you phone? If I (know) ..................you were
coming, 1 (meet).............................................you at the airport.
b) It's a pity you missed the party. If you (come).............................................,
you (meet).............................................my friends from Hungary.
c) If we (have).............................................some tools, we (be able)
.............................................to repair the car, but we haven't got any with us.
d) If you (not help).............................................me, I (not pass)
.............................................the exam.
e) It's a beautiful house, and I (buy).............................................it if I (have)
.............................................the money, but I can't afford it.
f) I can't imagine what I (do).............................................with the money if I
(win).............................................the lottery.
g) If Mark (train).............................................harder, he (be)
.............................................a good runner.
h) If Claire (listen).............................................to her mother, she (not marry)
.............................................David in the first place.
4    Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown. Do not change the meaning.
a) I didn't have an umbrella with me and so I got wet. l wouldn't......hsV.P. Jftt.Wet.if, I'.d.kfld. .fltt. &&&K£l\%.. M£k I-hc,........
b) I'll call the police if you don't leave me alone! Unless .................................................................................................................
c) In the snowy weather we don't go to school. If .........................................................................................................................
d) Without Jack's help, I wouldn't have been able to move the table. If .........................................................................................................................
e) Make me some coffee, and I'll give you one of my biscuits. If .........................................................................................................................
f) If you hadn't told me about Sue's hair, I wouldn't have noticed. Unless .................................................................................................................
g) If you see Peter, tell him to be here at 8.00. Should ................................................................................................................
h) I wouldn't accept if you asked me to marry you! If you were ............................................................................................