CHAPTER TEST

16

Past Unreal Conditionals and Past Wishes

PART I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.

1. If only the travelers
last night.
a. had been
b. had had
c. would have
d. will be

listening to the radio

4. If the Titanic
more life boats, more people
would have survived.
a. had been
b. was having
c. would have
d. had had

2. During the electrical power outage, she wished

she had kept candles in the house.
a since
b. if
c. but
d. that

5. The candidate would

the election if she
had gotten a few more votes.
a. win
b. have won
c. won
d. had won

3. If they had taken better precautions,

have avoided the problems that they later
encountered?
a. could
b. will
c. may
d. must

6. Brazil would have won the World Cup twice in the

same decade,
in 1998.
a. if it wins
b. if it would win
c. but it didnt win
d. but it hasnt

they

PART II. Find the error in each sentence and correct it.
7. Dont you wish youve gone to the doctor?
8. If wed arrived earlier, we wouldnt have miss the bus.
9. They didnt attend the concert, but they wish they hadnt.
10. Teresa would of won the race if Lanita hadnt picked up speed at the end.
11. If Id been you, Id call the manufacturers help line right now.
12. If only you are with us on our vacation to Australia last winter.
13. What we would have done if the weather hadnt improved?
14. I wish shed had warned me about the problem.

Grammar Sense 3 Test: Chapter 16

Oxford University Press

PART III. Choose the best answer to complete each conversation.

18. A: If only we hadnt lost the cell phone.

15. A: I wish Id been early.

B:

B:

a. Then we could have called.

b. Then we were called.
c. Then we had called.

a. Its good you came early.

b. Im glad you were too.
c. Dont blame yourself.

19. A: Did she complain to the manager?

16. A: Jane would have helped you.

B: Yes, but
a. I wish she did.
b. I wish she hadnt.
c. I wish she would.

B: I know.
a. But she had to work.
b. But she could.
c. But she helped me.
17. A: What would have happened if it had rained?

20. A: What would you have done?

B:

B:

a. I wish you would have.

b. Its hard to say.
c. I waited.

a. We must have left.

b. Wed left early.
c. Wed have left.
Total

20

Thinking Ahead to the TOEFL Test

Past unreal conditionals and past wishes are often tested in the Structure section of the TOEFL
test. Here is a typical example:
The Russian Czar probably would not had sold Alaska to the United States if he had known about
A

its oil and gold reserves.

D

Grammar Sense 3 Test: Chapter 16

Oxford University Press

CHAPTER TEST

16

Answer Key

PART I
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

a
d
a
d
b
c

PART II
youd/you had

7. Dont you wish youve gone to the doctor?

missed

8. If wed arrived earlier, we wouldnt have miss the bus.

had

9. They didnt attend the concert, but they wish they hadnt.

have

10. Teresa would of won the race if Lanita hadnt picked up speed at the end.

I were

11. If Id been you, Id call the manufacturers help line right now.

had been

12. If only you are with us on our vacation to Australia last winter.
13. What we would have done if the weather hadnt improved?
14. I wish shed had warned me about the problem.

PART III
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

c
a
c
a
b
b

Grammar Sense 3 Answer Key: Chapter 16

Oxford University Press