Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of conditional verb forms.
1If I were you, I ............... this.
Wrong!
Use "wouldn't do" for advice in the unreal present phrase "If I were you."
2If you ............... red and green light, you will get yellow.
Wrong!
Use the present simple "mix" in the if-clause of a real condition.
3Unless you ............... smoking, you will damage your health.
Wrong!
Use "quit" because "unless" already means "if not."
4If you ............... your ways, you will land in serious trouble.
Wrong!
Use "don't mend" because the condition after "if" needs a negative present-simple verb here.
5If you had called me, I ............... immediately.
Wrong!
Use "would have come" for the result clause of a third conditional sentence.
6If you start now, you ............... there on time.
Wrong!
Use "will reach" for the likely result of a real future condition.
7If I learned electronics at college, I ............... an engineer.
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Use "could become" for a possible result in an unreal present or future situation.
8Unless you stop drinking, you ............... liver trouble.
Wrong!
Use "will develop" for the likely result of this real condition.
9If you see him, ............... him to visit me?
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Use "will you ask" in the main question after a real future condition.
10If you ............... into James, tell him that I am getting married.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "run" and "should run" are correct for a possible future meeting in an if-clause.
11If he ............... late, we will have to leave without him.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "is" and "should be" are correct in the if-clause of this real future condition.
12What would you do if you ............... to lose your job?
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Use "were" in the unreal phrase "if you were to lose your job."
Exercise complete
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- If I were you, I wouldn’t do this.
- If you mix red and green light, you will get yellow.
- Unless you quit smoking, you will damage your health.
- If you don’t mend your ways, you will land in serious trouble.
- If you had called me, I would have come immediately.
- If you start now, you will reach there on time.
- If I learned electronics at college, I could become an engineer.
- Unless you stop drinking, you will develop liver trouble.
- If you see him, will you ask him to visit me?
- If you run / should run into James, tell him that I am getting married.
- If he is / should be late, we will have to leave without him.
- What would you do if you were to lose your job?