Complete the following sentences.
1If you work hard, you ...............
Wrong!
In a real future condition, use "will succeed" in the main clause.
2If you do not leave now, you ............... the last train.
Wrong!
In a real future condition, use "will miss" in the main clause.
3If I had known her address, I ............... to her.
Wrong!
In a third conditional result, use "would have written" for an unreal past situation.
4I ............... a car if I got a raise.
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In a second conditional result, use "would buy" for an unreal or unlikely present situation.
5If you had been there, you ............... them.
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In a third conditional result, use "could have seen" for a possible past result that did not happen.
6If he had applied for the post, he ............... the job.
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In a third conditional result, use "would have got" for an unreal past result.
7If we hadn’t hired the taxi, we ............... the train.
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In a third conditional result, use "would have missed" for an unreal past result.
8If he had studied well, he ............... the test.
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In a third conditional result, use "would have passed" for an unreal past result.
9If he had asked me, I ............... him.
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In a third conditional result, use "would have helped" for an unreal past result.
10If the driver had been a little more careful, the accident ...............
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Use the passive third conditional form "could have been avoided" because the accident receives the action.
11If I were the Prime Minister, I ............... education free.
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In a second conditional result, use "would make" for an unreal present situation.
12If I were you, I ............... this.
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After "If I were you", use "wouldn’t permit" to give advice about a present situation.
13If I were a millionaire, I ............... very happy.
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In a second conditional result, use "would be" for an unreal present situation.
14If I ............... her, I would have invited her to my party.
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In a third conditional if-clause, use "had seen" for the unreal past condition.
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- If you work hard, you will succeed
- If you do not leave now, you will miss the last train.
- If I had known her address, I would have written to her.
- I would buy a car if I got a raise.
- If you had been there, you could have seen them.
- If he had applied for the post, he would have got the job.
- If we hadn’t hired the taxi, we would have missed the train.
- If he had studied well, he would have passed the test.
- If he had asked me, I would have helped him.
- If the driver had been a little more careful, the accident could have been avoided
- If I were the Prime Minister, I would make education free.
- If I were you, I wouldn’t permit this.
- If I were a millionaire, I would be very happy.
- If I had seen her, I would have invited her to my party.