Fill in the blanks.
1If you ............... a purse in the street, what would you do with it?
Wrong!
Use "found" in the if-clause of an unreal second conditional.
2My friend ............... if I am not on time.
Wrong!
Use "will be annoyed" in the main clause of a real first conditional.
3If I had known that you were in hospital, I ............... to see you.
Wrong!
Use "would have come" in the main clause of a third conditional.
4If the phone ..............., can you answer it?
Wrong!
Use "rings" in the if-clause of a real present or future condition.
5I don't know what I should do. If you were in my position, what ............... you do?
Wrong!
Use "would" in the question form of a second conditional.
6Shall we go to the beach? No. It is very warm. If it ............... so warm, I wouldn't mind going.
Wrong!
Use "wasn't" in the if-clause of an unreal second conditional.
7Where would you go if you ............... enough money to go anywhere in the world?
Wrong!
Use "had" in the if-clause of an unreal second conditional.
8I am sure that we would have lost our way if we ............... a map.
Wrong!
Use "hadn't had" in the if-clause of a third conditional.
9The accident was your fault. If you ............... carefully, it would not have happened.
Wrong!
Use "had driven" in the if-clause of a third conditional about the past.
10If I don't read the newspaper, I ............... what is happening around the world.
Wrong!
Use "will not know" in the main clause of a real first conditional.
11I ............... out tonight if it is not raining.
Wrong!
Use "will go" in the main clause of a real first conditional.
12If it hadn't been raining, I ............... out last night.
Wrong!
Use "would have gone" in the main clause of a third conditional about the past.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- If you found a purse in the street, what would you do with it?
- My friend will be annoyed if I am not on time.
- If I had known that you were in hospital, I would have come to see you.
- If the phone rings, can you answer it?
- I don’t know what I should do. If you were in my position, what would you do?
- Shall we go to the beach? No. It is very warm. If it wasn’t so warm, I wouldn’t mind going.
- Where would you go if you had enough money to go anywhere in the world?
- I am sure that we would have lost our way if we hadn’t had a map.
- The accident was your fault. If you had driven carefully, it would not have happened.
- If I don’t read the newspaper, I will not know what is happening around the world.
- I will go out tonight if it is not raining.
- If it hadn’t been raining, I would have gone out last night.