Fill in the blanks.
1If I have time, I ............... watch a movie.
Wrong!
Use "will" in the main clause of a real future condition with present simple in the if-clause.
2She said that she ............... come, but she never arrived.
Wrong!
Use "would" as the past form of "will" in reported speech after a past reporting verb.
3............... you like something to drink?
Wrong!
Use "Would" in the polite offer "Would you like...?"
4What ............... you do if you lost your job?
Wrong!
Use "would" in the main clause of an unreal present or future condition.
5............... you mind my sitting here?
Wrong!
Use "Would" in the polite request "Would you mind...?"
6I promise I ............... not smoke again.
Wrong!
Use "will" to make a promise about the future.
7I didn't know that he ............... be there.
Wrong!
Use "would" for a future event seen from a past point of view.
8I hope I ............... get that job.
Wrong!
Use "will" after "hope" to talk about a future result you want.
9He ............... come if you didn't invite him.
Wrong!
Use "wouldn't" in the main clause of an unreal condition with past simple in the if-clause.
10Do you think they ............... help us if we asked them?
Wrong!
Use "would" for a possible result in an unreal or tentative condition.
11When he was young, he ............... go swimming every day.
Wrong!
Use "would" to describe a repeated past habit.
12I don't know whether I ............... have time tomorrow.
Wrong!
Use "will" to talk about a future possibility from the present point of view.
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- If I have time, I will watch a movie.
- She said that she would come, but she never arrived.
- 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 tomorrow.