CONDITIONAL SENTENCES AND WISH - CLAUSES
1) At this point, Shanon wishes she ..............
mechanical drawing. She hates the
course.
a) didn’t take
b) wouldn’t take
c) hadn’t taken
d) were to take
2) “Do you know anything about this
subject?”. “No, I wish I ................. so
that I can help you.”
a) know
b) had known
c) knew
d) will know
3) The bus won’t stop ................. you ring
the bell .
a) when
b) if
c) if not
d) unless
4) If she talked less, people ................ her
more.
a) will like
b) like
c) liked
d) would like
5) If Margaret hadn’t been wearing a seat
belt, she ..................... injured.
a) has been
b) would have been
c) would be
d) would have been
6) ............................ a car to drive now.
a) If I had
b) If only I have
c) If only I had
d) Better I have
7) If the neighbours ..................... down, I
would have had to call the police.
a) Has not quieted
b) Hadn’t quieted
c) Had not quieted
d) B or C
8) I wish we ................ to get to know one
another better in the time we had.
a) will be able
b) were able
c) would have been able
d) had been able
9) I wish ............... to get better acquainted
with him the day he was there.
a) we had able to
b) we had been able to
c) we are able to
d) we were able to
10) Anne .................... longer if her mother
let her.
a) Could have stayed
b) Could stay
c) stays
d) stayed
11) If I missed the bus, I ................ walk
to school.
a) Would have to
b) Will have to
c) Would have
d) Will have
12) “Do you ever wish you ........... the
game tomorrow?” “Yeah, sometimes, I
wish I ................. the winner.”
a) Would win/ would be
b) Will win/ will be
c) Won/ were
d) Win/ are
13) I really wish we .................. in some
way. The trouble is there is no return
address on the envelope.
a) contacted
b) will contact
c) had contacted
d) contact
14) If you just approach the job with the
right attitude, things ................. well
a) would have turned out
b) will turn out
c) would turn out
d) turns out
15) We are going to be late if .................
a) we not leave right now
b) we didn’t leave
c) we won’t leave
d) we don’t leave
16) If I had lived in the 19
th
century, I ..........
a horse and a carriage.
a) I’d have owned
b) I would own
c) I would have own
d) I will own
17) If we all paid more attention to our
intuitive feelings, we ....................
a) will do better.
b) do better
c) would do better
d) did better
18) If they hung that picture lower,
we .................... able to see it.
a) are
b) will be
c) would be
d) would have been
19) If only my father .............. work on the
weekends.
a) hasn’t to
b) hadn’t to
c) didn’t have to
d) doesn’t have to
20) They helped me as lot. I don’t know
what I ................. without their help.
a) have done
b) had done
c) could have done
d) will do
21) If she were a bit more intelligent,
she ................... fail.
a) won’t
b) shall not
c) would
d) wouldn’t
22) If he had changed the oil, the
engine .......................
a) wouldn’t have seized
b) wouldn’t seize
c) hadn’t seized
d) A or B
23) He could have made it to the job
interview if all this .....................
a) Didn’t happen
b) Not happen
c) Hadn’t happened
d) Wasn’t happening
24) If Mr. Harris .................. single, I could
introduce him to your sister.
a) Had been
b) were
c) would be
d) is
25) The car broke down. But for that
we ..................... in time
a) had been
b) were
c) will be
d) would have been
26) You can camp here provided
you ............. no mess.
a) leave
b) left
c) had left
d) B or C
27) We must be early or else
we ................. a seat.
a) get
b) will get
c) won’t get
d) wouldn’t get
28) If I had taken his advice, I .................
now.
a) would have been rich
b) am rich
c) will be rich
d) would be
29) If he ................... to me, I can’t help
him.
a) won’t listen
b) refuses to listen
c) didn’t listen
d) A or B
30) The plane I intended to take crashed
and everyone was killed. If I ...................
that plane, I would be dead now.
a) caught
b) had caught
c) catch
d) am catching
31) If only I weren’t too fat, I ..................
able to get into these trousers.
a) will be
b) would be
c) can be
d) am
32) ................. Tom, I would refuse.
a) Should I
b) If were I
c) Am I
d) Were I
33) ............. anything suspicious arise,
please phone me immediately.
a) Should
b) Would
c) Can
d) Did
34) Supposing I............. to agree to your
request, how do you think the other
students would feel?
a) would
b) am
c) were
d) could
35) “Our planet ___ better if people were
more careful.
a) would be
b) was
c) were
d) will be
36) “Duncan will never buy a new
computer if he ___ some money.”
a) don’t save
b) won’t save
c) doesn´t save
d) not saves
37) .................. for your help, I wouldn’t
have completed the course.
a) It had been
b) It had not been
c) Hadn’t it been
d) Wouldn’t it be
38) .................... to apologise now, I
would forgive her.
a) If she were
b) Were she
c) She were
d) A or B
ANSWER KEYS
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. D
9. B
10. B
11. B
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. D
16. A
17. C
18. C
19. C
20. C
21. D
22. A
23. C
24. B
25. D
26. A
27. B
28. D
29. B
30. B
31. B
32. D
33. A
34. C
35. A
36. C
37. C
38. D