This grammar exercise tests your understanding of conditional clauses. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1Drive carefully ............... you want to reach your destination safely.
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Use "if" to introduce the condition for reaching your destination safely.
2It is cheaper if you ............... the bus.
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Use the present simple "take" in the if-clause for a real present or general condition.
3What would you do if you ............... a lottery?
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Use the past simple "won" in the if-clause of a second conditional.
4If you ............... that lottery, what would you have done?
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Use the past perfect "had won" in the if-clause of a third conditional.
5If a popular candidate ............... for election, he will win.
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Use the present simple "stands" in the if-clause of a first conditional.
6If there ............... so many applicants, I would get the job.
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Use "weren't" for an unreal present situation in a second conditional.
7If he ............... so fast, he wouldn't have crashed his car.
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Use "hadn't been driving" for the past condition in a third conditional.
8I will call you if I ............... from them.
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Use the present simple "hear" after "if" in a first conditional.
9I am not sleepy. If I ............... now, I would not sleep.
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Use "went to bed" for an unreal present situation in a second conditional.
10I don't expect to win the lottery, but if I ..............., I would travel the world.
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Use "won" for an unlikely future situation in a second conditional.
11If she ............... alive today, she would be 98 now.
Select 2 answers.
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Both "was" and "were" are possible in this second conditional sentence.
12Will it be all right if I ............... my friend along?
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Use the present simple "bring" after "if" when asking about a real future possibility.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Drive carefully if you want to reach your destination safely.
- It is cheaper if you take the bus.
- What would you do if you won a lottery?
- If you had won that lottery, what would you have done?
- If a popular candidate stands for election, he will win.
- If there weren’t so many applicants, I would get the job.
- If he hadn’t been driving so fast, he wouldn’t have crashed his car.
- I will call you if I hear from them.
- I am not sleepy. If I went to bed now, I would not sleep.
- I don’t expect to win the lottery, but if I won, I would travel the world.
- If she was / were alive today, she would be 98 now.
- Will it be all right if I bring my friend along?