This grammar exercise tests your understanding of conditional sentences. Conditional clauses express a condition – something that must happen first so that something else can happen.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1If I don't drink tea in the morning, I ............... sleepy.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "feel" and "will feel" are possible because the sentence can describe a general result or a likely future result.
2If she arrived, we ............... her with open arms.
Wrong!
Use "would receive" because the if-clause uses the past form for an unreal or unlikely present/future situation.
3I ............... you if you say that word again.
Wrong!
Use "will beat" because a real future result follows the present simple if-clause.
4If I had been there, I ............... you.
Wrong!
Use "would have helped" because the sentence is about an unreal past situation.
5If I were you, I ............... this.
Wrong!
Use "wouldn't buy" because "If I were you" introduces an unreal present situation.
6If I had time, I ............... dinner.
Wrong!
Use "would cook" because the sentence describes an unreal present situation.
7I would handle the situation differently if I ............... angry.
Wrong!
Use "weren't" because the sentence gives an unreal present condition.
8If you heat ice, it ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "melts" and "will melt" are possible: the zero conditional (present simple) states a general truth, and the first conditional (will) states a certain result.
9If you had tried harder, you ...............
Wrong!
Use "would have succeeded" because the sentence is about an unreal past result.
10If you try hard enough, you ...............
Wrong!
Use "will win" because the present simple if-clause gives a real future condition.
11If she ............... now, we can have dinner together.
Wrong!
Use "arrives" because a real possible condition takes the present simple after "if".
12If you ............... there, you could meet him.
Wrong!
Use "went" because the sentence describes an unreal present or future possibility.
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Answers
- If I don’t drink tea in the morning, I feel / will feel sleepy.
- If she arrived, we would receive her with open arms.
- I will beat you if you say that word again.
- If I had been there, I would have helped you.
- If I were you, I wouldn’t buy this.
- If I had time, I would cook dinner.
- I would handle the situation differently if I weren’t angry.
- If you heat ice, it melts / will melt.
- If you had tried harder, you would have succeeded.
- If you try hard enough, you will win.
- If she arrives now, we can have dinner together.
- If you went there, you could meet him.