Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1If I had the money, I ............... buy a car.
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In type 2 conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if clause and would + bare infinitive in the main clause.
2If I had gone to university, I ............... business.
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In type 3 conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
3When I opened the window, the cat ............... in.
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4I wondered if you ............... free this evening.
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5I thought you ............... like some juice.
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6I ............... my phone on this table. I can’t find it now.
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The past perfect is not used to simply say that something happened sometime ago. The simple past is used with that meaning.
7When I called her she ............... at once.
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8Who ............... she ………………….. to?
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9‘You look tired.’ ‘Yes, I ...............’
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The present perfect continuous is used to talk about an action or situation that started in the past and has continued up to the present.
10I ............... two letters since lunchtime.
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11That is the sixth cookie you ............... since morning.
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12How long ............... you …………………….. English?
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Done.
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Answers
- If I had the money, I would buy a car.
- If I had gone to university, I would have studied business.
- When I opened the window, the cat jumped in.
- I wondered if you were free this evening.
- I thought you might like some juice.
- I left my phone on this table. I can’t find it now.
- When I called her she came at once.
- Who is talking she ………………….. to?
- ‘You look tired.’ ‘Yes, I have been running’
- I have written two letters since lunchtime.
- That is the sixth cookie you have eaten since morning.
- How long have you been learning you …………………….. English?
