Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.
1. If I ………………… rich I would donate a lot of money to charities.
To talk about imaginary situations we use the simple past tense in the if-clause and would + infinitive in the main clause.
2. If you …………………….. me I would have told you.
To talk about hypothetical situations we use a past perfect tense in the if clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
3. If I have time, I ………………… a movie.
In the first conditional we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + infinitive in the main clause.
4. She said that it …………………… my last chance.
When the verb in the main clause is in the past tense, we use a past tense in the subordinate clause as well.
5. Will you wait till I …………………..?
When both clauses refer to the future, it is common to use a simple present in the subordinate clause.
6. You can stay here as long as you ……………………….
When both clauses refer to the future, it is common to use a simple present in the subordinate clause.
7. I will call you when they ………………….
When both clauses refer to the future, it is common to use a simple present in the subordinate clause.
8. She surprised everyone when she …………………….. the first prize.
9. I will give 100 dollars to anyone who …………………… my puppy.
Present tenses are used after question words and relative pronouns to refer to future.
10. We will reach there sooner than you ……………………
In comparisons with as and than both present and future verbs are possible.
11. I don’t know how I ……………………………….. there.
When the main clause does not refer to the future, a future tense is required in the subordinate clause to refer to future.
Answers
1. If I were rich I would donate a lot of money to charities.
2. If you had asked me I would have told you.
3. If I have time, I will watch a movie.
4. She said that it was my last chance.
5. Will you wait till I return?
6. You can stay here as long as you want.
7. I will call you when they arrive.
8. She surprised everyone when she won the first prize.
9. I will give 100 dollars to anyone who finds my puppy.
10. We will reach there sooner than you do/will.
11. I don’t know how I will reach there.
12. It doesn’t matter what you do with your money.
