1If you ............... the dog, it will bite you.
Wrong!
The first conditional uses the present simple in the if-clause, so the correct answer is "tease".
2If I get that job, I ............... go to university.
Wrong!
The first conditional uses "will" in the main clause, so the correct answer is "will not".
3If you give me more money, I ............... more work.
Wrong!
The first conditional uses "will" plus the base verb in the main clause, so the correct answer is "will do".
4If you ............... another attempt, you will probably succeed.
Wrong!
The first conditional uses the present simple in the if-clause, so the correct answer is "make".
5If you ............... pay off the loan, they will confiscate your property.
Wrong!
The first conditional uses the present simple in the if-clause, so the correct answer is "don't".
6If I ............... more money, I would move into a better home.
Wrong!
The second conditional uses the past simple in the if-clause, so the correct answer is "had".
7If she arrived now, we ............... discuss this with her.
Wrong!
The second conditional uses a modal such as "could" plus the base verb in the main clause, so the correct answer is "could".
8If I ............... the President, I would ban smoking and drinking.
Wrong!
In formal second conditional sentences, "were" is used for an unreal situation, so the correct answer is "were".
9If I ............... the warning, I would have stopped.
Wrong!
The third conditional uses the past perfect in the if-clause, so the correct answer is "had heard".
10If you had told me you weren't coming, I ............... so much time waiting for you.
Wrong!
The third conditional uses "would have" plus a past participle in the main clause, so the correct answer is "wouldn't have wasted".
11If she had known his true nature, she ............... him.
Wrong!
The third conditional uses "would have" plus a past participle in the main clause, so the correct answer is "wouldn't have married".
12If he had crashed into that tree, he ............... himself.
Wrong!
The third conditional can use "could have" plus a past participle to show a possible past result, so the correct answer is "could have killed".
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- If you tease the dog, it will bite you.
- If I get that job, I will not go to university.
- If you give me more money, I will do more work.
- If you make another attempt, you will probably succeed.
- If you don’t pay off the loan, they will confiscate your property.
- If I had more money, I would move into a better home.
- If she arrived now, we could discuss this with her.
- If I were the President, I would ban smoking and drinking.
- If I had heard the warning, I would have stopped.
- If you had told me you weren’t coming, I wouldn’t have wasted so much time waiting for you.
- If she had known his true nature, she wouldn’t have married him.
- If he had crashed into that tree, he could have killed himself.