Gap filling exercise.
1. If I find the key I …………………….. it to you.
Wrong!
In the first conditional, use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
2. If you ……………………… hard, you would get the first rank.
Wrong!
In the second conditional, use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would / could / might + first form of the verb in the main clause.
3. If she finds out we ………………………. in trouble.
Wrong!
4. If it is late, we ……………………….. out now.
Wrong!
5. If you ………………………. non-stop, your health will suffer.
Wrong!
6. If I had gone to university, I …………………………… a better job.
Wrong!
In the third conditional use a past perfect tense in the if clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
7. If you ……………………….. that dog alone, it wouldn’t have bitten you.
Wrong!
8. If you had listened to me, you …………………………….. in trouble.
Wrong!
9. If I ………………………. guests tomorrow, I will not be able to come with you.
Wrong!
10. If you ………………………. a billionaire, how would you spend your money?
Wrong!
11. If I were you, I …………………………. this.
Wrong!
12. If you had asked me, I …………………………. you.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- If I find the key I will give it to you.
- If you studied hard, you would get the first rank.
- If she finds out we will be in trouble.
- If it is late, we cannot go out now.
- If you work non-stop, your health will suffer.
- If I had gone to university, I could have found a better job.
- If you had left that dog alone, it wouldn’t have bitten you.
- If you had listened to me, you would not have been in trouble.
- If I have guests tomorrow, I will not be able to come with you.
- If you were a billionaire, how would you spend your money?
- If I were you, I would not tolerate this.
- If you had asked me, I would have helped you.
