Fill in the blanks.
1If I have time, I ............... watch a movie.
Wrong!
In the first conditional, we use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
2She said that she ............... come.
Wrong!
Would is the past tense form of will. When the main clause is in the past tense, we would, not will, in the subordinate clause.
3............... you like something to drink?
Wrong!
We use would in polite offers.
4What ............... you do if you lost your job?
Wrong!
In type 2 conditional, we use a simple past tense in the if clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
5............... you mind my sitting here?
Wrong!
6I promise I ............... not smoke again.
Wrong!
7I didn't know that he ............... be there.
Wrong!
8I hope I ............... get that job.
Wrong!
9He ............... come if you didn't invite him.
Wrong!
10Do you think they ............... help us if we asked them?
Wrong!
11When he was young, he ............... go swimming every day.
Wrong!
Would can be used to talk about past habits.
12I don't know whether I ............... have time.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- If I have time, I will watch a movie.
- She said that she would come.
- Would you like something to drink?
- What would you do if you lost your job?
- Would you mind my sitting here?
- I promise I will not smoke again.
- I didn’t know that he would be there.
- I hope I will get that job.
- He wouldn’t come if you didn’t invite him.
- Do you think they would help us if we asked them?
- When he was young, he would go swimming every day.
- I don’t know whether I will have time.
