Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1............... it rains during the ceremony, the couple still want to hold the wedding outdoors.
Wrong!
Use "Even if" to show that the plan will not change despite a possible problem.
2The project manager ............... last-minute changes, even if the client requests them today.
Wrong!
Use "won't approve" because the even if clause says the client’s request will not change the manager’s decision.
3We will continue the safety training ............... the first trial fails.
Wrong!
Use "even if" to mean the training will continue despite a possible poor result.
4I am not going back to that supplier, even if they ............... tomorrow.
Wrong!
Use "apologise" because an even if clause about the future normally uses the present simple, not will.
5You must finish the antibiotics ............... you feel better after two days.
Wrong!
Use "even if" because the medication rule applies despite feeling better.
6Even if they ............... twice the price, she would not have sold the family house.
Wrong!
Use "had offered" because the sentence imagines an unreal past situation after even if.
7I ............... the job even if the salary had been lower.
Wrong!
Use "would have taken" because the sentence refers to an unreal past result.
8You should listen carefully to her argument, ............... you disagree with her conclusion.
Wrong!
Use "even if" to show you should listen despite disagreement.
9Even if ............... the promotion next month, Martin plans to leave the company.
Wrong!
Use "he gets" because future meaning in an even if clause is usually expressed with the present simple.
10............... the results have already been published, the committee will wait before commenting.
Wrong!
Use "Even though" because the sentence refers to a known fact: the results have already been published.
11The hikers will take the safer route ............... it adds an hour to the journey.
Wrong!
Use "even if" because the team will choose the route despite the extra time.
12I ............... hear the lecturer at the back, even if she used a microphone.
Wrong!
Use "couldn't" because the speaker says the lecture would remain impossible to hear despite a microphone.
Answers
- Even if it rains during the ceremony, the couple still want to hold the wedding outdoors.
- The project manager won’t approve last-minute changes, even if the client requests them today.
- We will continue the safety training even if the first trial fails.
- I am not going back to that supplier, even if they apologise tomorrow.
- You must finish the antibiotics even if you feel better after two days.
- Even if they had offered twice the price, she would not have sold the family house.
- I would have taken the job even if the salary had been lower.
- You should listen carefully to her argument, even if you disagree with her conclusion.
- Even if he gets the promotion next month, Martin plans to leave the company.
- Even though the results have already been published, the committee will wait before commenting.
- The hikers will take the safer route even if it adds an hour to the journey.
- I couldn’t hear the lecturer at the back, even if she used a microphone.
