1I ............... go swimming if I get time.
Wrong!
Use "will" for a real future possibility with a present-tense if-clause.
2............... you like to come with me?
Wrong!
Use "Would" in the polite invitation "Would you like...?"
3I promise I ............... not smoke again.
Wrong!
Use "will" to make a promise about the future.
4"I am cold." "I ............... turn the heating on."
Wrong!
Use "will" for a decision made at the moment of speaking.
5I don't think that I ............... get the job.
Wrong!
Use "will" after "I don't think" to make a prediction about the future.
6If I had enough money, I ............... buy a car.
Wrong!
Use "would" in the main clause of an unreal present conditional.
7I hope I ............... get the job.
Wrong!
Use "will" after "hope" to talk about a desired future result.
8I ............... wake up early if there was a good reason to.
Wrong!
Use "would" for the result in an unreal conditional situation.
9Do you think she ............... come if we invited her?
Wrong!
Use "would" for a possible result in an unreal conditional question.
10I don't know whether I ............... pass the test or not.
Wrong!
Use "will" to talk about an uncertain future result.
11I ............... call you when dinner is ready.
Wrong!
Use "will" in the main clause for a future action; the time clause with "when" uses the present tense ("when dinner is ready").
12I think we ............... win.
Wrong!
Use "will" after "I think" to make a prediction about the future.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- I will go swimming if I get time.
- Would you like to come with me?
- I promise I will not smoke again.
- “I am cold.” “I will turn the heating on.”
- I don’t think that I will get the job.
- If I had enough money, I would buy a car.
- I hope I will get the job.
- I would wake up early if there was a good reason to.
- Do you think she would come if we invited her?
- I don’t know whether I will pass the test or not.
- I will call you when dinner is ready.
- I think we will win.