1. The waiter brings me this dish.

I am brought this dish by the waiter

2. Our friends send these postcards to us.

These postcards were sent to us by our friends

3. Their grandmother told them this story when they visited her last week.

They were told this story by their grandmother when they visited her last week

4. Tim ordered this train ticket for his mother.

This train ticket was ordered for his mother by Tim

5. She showed her ticket to the airline agent.

Her ticket was showed to the airline agent

6. Jim baked this cake yesterday.

This cake was baked by Jim yesterday

7. They are going to buy a new apartment next year

A new apartment is going to be bought next year

8. The shop assistant handed these boxes to the customer.

These boxes were handed to the customer by the shop assistant

9. The board awarded the first prize to the reporter.

The first prize was awarded to the reporter by the board

10. Have you sent the Christmas cards to your family?

Have the christmas cards been sent to your family?

11. The committee appointed Alice secretary for the meeting.

Alice was appointed secretary for the meeting by the committee

12. Tom will give Anna a ride to school tomorrow.

Anna will be given a ride to school by Tim tomorrow

13. They keep this room tidy all the time.

This room is kept tidy all the time

14. We gave Ann some bananas and some flowers.

Ann was given some bananas and some flowers

15. They moved the fridge into the living room.

The fridge was moved into the living room

Exercise 2: Chuyển các câu hỏi sau sang thể bị động.

1. When will you do the work?

 When will the work be done ?

2. How are you going to deal with this problem?

How is this problem going to be dealt with ?

3. How do you spend this amount of money?

How is this amount of money spent ?

4. I wonder whether the board of directors will choose Susan or Jane for the

position.

I wonder whether Susan or Jane will be chosen by the board of directors for the

position

5. How did the police find the lost man ?

How was the lost man found by the police ?

Exercise 3: Chuyển các câu với động từ tường thuật sau sang câu bị động

1. They think that he has died a natural death.

2. Some people believe that 13 is an unlucky number.

3. They say that John is the brightest student in class.

4. They reported that the President had suffered a heart attack.

5. I knew that they had told him of the meeting.

6. They declared that she won the competition.

7. They rumored the man was still living.

8. People think that Jack London’s life and writing’s represent the American love

of adventure.

9. They reported that the troops were coming.

10. People believed that the earth stood still.

Exercise 4: Put the verbs in brackets in correct tenses

1/ If I (have) ___had_____ a typewriter, I could type it myself.

2/ If I had known that you were in hospital, I (visit) _would have visited_______
you.
3/ You could make much progress if you (attend) _attened_______ class regularly.
4/ If I (know) __knew______ his telephone number, I would give it to you.
5/ If you (arrive) __had arrived______ ten minutes earlier, you would have got a
seat.
6/ If he (study) ___studies_____ harder, he can pass an exam.
7/ She may be late if she (not hurry) _doesn’t hurry_______.
8/ Tell him to ring me if you (see) _see_______ him.
9/ If you (speak) _had spoken_______ more slowly,he might have understood you.
10/ What would you (you do) __do ______ if you got fat?
Exercise 5 : Supply the correct verb tense.
1/ If you are kind to me, I (be) _will be ______ good to you.
2/ He (come) __would come_____ if you waited.
3/ If you (ring) __rang _____ the bell, the servant would come.
4/ If I had known that the baby was hungry, I (feed) __would have
fed_____ him.
5/ If it (not, rain) _didn’t rain ______ a lot, the rice crop wouln’t grow.
6/ If today (be) _were ______ Sunday, we wouldn’t have to work.
7/ If she had had your address, she (write) _would have written______ to you.
8/ We lost the match. If you (play) had played_______ for us, we (win) __would
have won_____.
10/ They would not be paid unless they (do) _did______ their work well.
Exercise 6:
1. If we meet at 9:30, we (have) _____will have ____________plenty of time.
2. If you (find) _______find__________ a skeleton in the cellar, don't mention it to
anyone.
3. The zookeeper would have punished her with a fine if she ( feed) ____had
fed_____________ the animals..
4. If you pass your examination, we (have) ____will have _____________a
celebration.
5. Lisa would find the milk if she (look) _ looked________________ for it in the
fridge.
6. What (happen) __will happen_______________if I press this button?
7. The door will be unlocked if you (press)___press______________ the green
button.
8. I should have voted for her if I (have) ____had had_____________ a vote then.
9. If you go to Paris, where will-----you (stay) _____stay____________?
10. If you (swim) _____swim____________ in this lake, you'll shiver from cold.
11. If someone offered to buy you one of those rings, which -would ----you
(choose) ____chose_____________?
12. The flight may be cancelled if the fog (get) ____gets_____________thick.
13. If the milkman (come) _comes________________, tell him to leave two pints.
14. I (call) ___would call_________ the office if I were you.
15. Someone (sit) ____will sit _____________on your glasses if you leave them
there.
16. You would hear my explanation if you (not talk) __didn’t talk
_______________so much.
17. What-will---- I (do) _____do____________if I hear the burglar alarm?
18. If you (read) ____had read _____________the instructions carefully, you
wouldn't have answered the wrong question.
19. If Mel (ask) ______had asked ___________ her teacher, he'd have answered
her questions.
20. I would repair the roof myself if I (have) ____had ________a long ladder.
21. Unless they turn that radio off, I (go) ___will go______________mad.
22. If you were made redundant, what-would--- you (do) --do--
23. We'll have a long way to walk if we (run) __run_______________out of petrol
here.
24. If you shake that bottle of port, it (not be) __won’t be__________ fit to drink.
25. If you spoke louder, your classmates (understand) ___would
understood______________ you.
26. I'll probably get lost unless he (come) __comes_______________with me.
27. You (not have) ___wouldn’t have______________ so many accidents if you
drove more slowly.
28. If you (wear) ____had worn_____________ a false beard, nobody would have
recognized you.
29. If she (leave) ____leaves _____________ the fish here, the cat will eat it.
30. You (have) __would have had_______________ no trouble at school if you
had done your homework.
31. Unless you (tell) __tell________________ the truth, I won't help you.
32. You'll get pneumonia if you (not change) _____don’t change ____________
your wet clothes.
33. If I had known that you couldn't eat octopus, I (not buy) __would have bought
_______________ it.
34. If they (hang) ____hung_____________ that picture lower, people would be
able to see it.
35. She (be) __would be___able to walk faster if she didn't have such high-heel
shoes.
36. I (bring) __would have brought ___________ you some beer if I had known
that you were thirsty.
37. If you had touched that electric cable, you (be) _would have been_______
electrocuted.
38. If the story hadn't been true, the newspaper (not print) __would have printed
_______________ it.
39. I (not buy) _wouldn’t buy________________ things on the installment system
if I were you.
40. Dan (arrive) _____would arrived____________ safe if he drove slowly.
Exercise 7:
1. If I __________the same problem you had as a child, I might not have
succeeded in life as well as you have.
A. have B. would have C. had had D. should have
2. I __________you sooner had someone told me you were in the hospital.
A. would have visited B. visited C. had visited D. visit
3. __________more help, I would call my neighbor.
A. needed B. should I need C. I have needed D. I should
need
4. __________then what I know yesterday, I would have saved myself a lot of time
and trouble over the years.
A. had I known B. did I know C. If I know D. If I would know
5. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people
__________the same language?
A. spoke B. speak C. had spoken D. will speak
6. If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this, __________this
incident again.
A. I will never mention B. I never mention
C. will I never mention D. I don't mention
7. If I had known you were asleep, I __________so much noise when I came in.
A. didn't make B. wouldn't have made
C. won't make D. don't make
8. Unless you __________all of my questions, I can't do anything to help you.
A. answered B. answer C. would answer D. are
answering
9. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I __________it.
A. would have never believed B. don't believe
C. hadn't believed D. can't believe
10. If Jake __________to go on the trip, would you have gone?
A. doesn't agree B. didn't agree C. hadn't agreed D. wouldn't
agree
11. J: "John went to the hospital alone"
K: "If __________, I would have gone with him".
A. had he told me B. he had told me C. he has told me D. he
would tell me
12. If you __________, I would have brought my friends over to your house
yesterday to watch T.V, but I didn't want to bother you.
A. had studied B. studied C. hadn't studied D. didn't
study
13. Peter: "Did you need help with your Math last night?".
Mary: "If I had needed, I __________you".
A. would call B. called C. would have called D. will call
14. If someone __________ in to the store, smile and say, "May I help you?"
A. comes B. came C. come D. should come
15. "Here's my phone number".
"Thanks. I'll give you a call if I __________some help tomorrow"
A. will need B. need C. would need D. needed
16. If I didn't work for an accounting firm, I __________in a bank now.
A. work B. will work C. have worked D. would
work
17. The death rate would decrease if hygienic conditions __________improved.
A. was B. is C. were D. had been
18. The education in Japan __________if the basic principles of education had not
been taken into consideration.
A. would go down B. would have gone down
C. went down D. had gone down
19. If there __________, the rice fields could have been more productive.
A. had been enough water B. were enough water
C. would be enough water D. are enough water
20. The patient will not recover unless he __________ an operation.
A. had undergone B. would undergo C. undergoes D. was
undergoing
21. If she __________ him, she would be very happy.
A. would meet B. will meet C. met D. should meet
22. If he __________ a thorough knowledge of English, he could have applied for
this post.
A. had had B. had C. has D. has had
23. If I had enough money, I__________ abroad to improve my English.
A. will go B. would go C. went D. should have go
to
24. The bench would collapse if they __________on it.
A. stood B. stand C. standing D. stands
25. If it __________convenient, let's go out for a drink tonight,
A. be B. is C. was D. were
I-Choose the best anwer :
1-If I ……….the same problem you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as well as
you have.

A-have B-would have C-had had D-should have

2-I………you sooner had someone told me you were in the hospital.

A-would have visited B-visited C-had visited D-visit

3-………more help,I could call my neighbor.

A-needed B-should I need C-I have neeeded D-I should need

4-………then what I know today,I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble over the
years.

A-had I known B-did I know C-If I know D- If I would know

5-Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people…….the same language?

A-spoke B-speak C-had spoken D-will speak

6-If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this,……this incident again.

A- I will never mention B-I never mention C-will I never mention D-I don’t mention

7-I didn’t know you were asleep.Otherwise,I…….so much noise when I came in.

A-didn’t make B-wouldn’t have made C-won’t make D-don’t make

8-Unless you ……all of my questions,I can’t do anything to help you.

A-answered B-answer C-would answer D-are answering

9-Had you told me that this was going to happen, I…….it.

A-would have never believed B-don’t believe C-hadn’t believed D-can’t believe

10-If Jake……..to go on the trip, would you have gone?

A-doesn’t agree B-didn’t agree C-hadn’t agree D-wouldn’t agree

11-When I stopped talking,Sam finished my sentence for me as though he …..my mind.

A-would read B-had read C-reads D-can read

12-if you……., I would have brought my friends over to your house this evening to watch
T.V,but I didn’t want to bother you.

A-had studied B-studied C-hadn’t been studying D-didn’t study

13-I wish I…….you some money for your rent,but I’m broke myself.

A-can lend B-would lend C-could lend D-will lend

14-If someone ……in to the store,smile and say, “May I help you?”

A-comes B-came C-would come D-could come

15-“Here ‘s my phone number”.

“Thanks.I ‘ll give you a call if I …….some help tomorrow”

A-will need B-need C-would need D-needed

16-If I weren’t working for an accounting firm, I….in a bank.

A-work B-will work C-have worked D-would be working

17-The deathrate would decrease if hygienic conditions ……improved.

A-was B-is C-were d-had been

18-The education in Japan……..if the basic principles of education had not been taken into
consideration.

A-would go down B-would have gone down C-went down D-had gone down

19-If there…….the ricefields could have been more productive.

A-had been enough water B-were enough water

C-would be enough water D-are enough water

20-the patient could not recover unless he ……an operation.

A-had undergone B-would undergo C-underwent D-was undergoing

21-If she …..him,she would be very happy.

A-would meet B-will meet C-is meeting D-should meet

22-If he …..a thorough knowledge of English, he could have applied for this post.

A-had had B-had C-has D-has had

23-If I had enough money,I……abroad to improve my English.

A-will go B-would go C-should go D-should have go to

24-The bench would collapse if they……on it.

A-stood B-stand C-standing D-stands

25-If it……convenient, let’s go out for a drink tonight,

A-be B-is C-was D-were

26-If you……time, please write to me.

A-have B-had C-have had D-has

27-I shouldn’t go there at night if I ….you.

A-am B-was C-be D-were

28-If I …….get a pole, I will go fishing.

A-can B-could C-may D-might

29-If you had the chance,…….you go fishing?

A-did B-may C-would D-do

30-If you …..a choice, which country would you visit?

A-have B-had C-have had D-will have

31-She will acept the offer if you persuade her.

A-unless B-because C-provided that D-otherwise

32-If he were here,he would accompany you on the piano.

A-Supposing he were here B-because he were here C-were he here D-Both Aand C

33-If she had gone abroad, she would have let you know.

A-had gone she abroad B-had she gone abroad

C-Because she had gone abroad D-while she had gone abroad

34-Trees won’t grow…….there is enough water.

A-if B-when C-unless D-as

35-……….she agreed, you would have done it.

A-if B-had C-should D-would

36-If he hadn’t wasted too much time , he ……in his examination.

A-would fail B-wouldn’t fail C-wouldn’t have failed D-won’t fail

37-If I had taken that English course, I…….much progress.

A-had made B-would have made C-made D-would make

38-If I were in your place, I….a trip to England.

A-will make B-had made C-would make D-made

39-If you inherited a million pounds,what…….with the money?

A-do you do B-will you do C-would you do D-are you going to do

40-If you……..as I told you, you…….in such predicament now.

A-Did/would not be B-had done/had not been

C-do/would not be D-had done /would not be

41-Come and work for my company iif you…….better to do.

A-have nothing B-will have nothing C-had something D-had nothing

42-If you had done as I told you ,I think you……….

A-would succeed B-would have succeeded C-could succed D-had succeeded

43-If he had got half a mark more, he ……in the exam.

A-wouldn’t fail B-wouldn’t have failed C-won’t fail D-won’t be failing

44-If it……… tomorrow, we may postpone going.

A-rains B-will rain C-shall rain D-raining

45-If you hadn’t watched that late movie last night, you……sleepy now.

A-wouldn’t have been B-wouldn’t be

C-might have not been D-would’t have been being

46 - If you …….as I told you, you ……….sorry now.

A-did/would not be B-had done/had not been

C-do /would not be D-had done/would not be

47-If I………I will let you know .

A-am staying B-will stay C-do stay D-would stay

48-“Are you thinking about going to the Bahamas for the hollidays?”

“No,but if I ……the time , I would definitely go”

A-have B-had C-have had D-would have

49-“It’s really raining”

“Yes.If the weather……, we’ll have to camp somewhere else”.

A-would get worse B-might get worse C-get worse D-should get worse

50-“Why did you only send twenty dollats in the mail?”

“If I had had more money, I ……..given you more.”

A-will have B-would have C-would D-have

51-“My boss made me work overtime again”.

“If I were you,I……….my job”.

A-would quit B-will quit C-must quit D-quit

52-“Thanks for your help”.

“…….want more information,call again tomorrow”.

A-were you B-had you to C-might you D- should you

53-“Remember the day I drove you to the airport?”.

“If you hadn’t ……me ,I would have been late”.

A-take B-taking C-took D-taken

54-“Sally finally got here from Chicago”.

“If she had come earlier,we……taken her to the play”.

A-would be B-would have C-had have D-would had

55-“I don’t know whether to take that mathematics course or not”.

“If ………you, I’d take it”.

A-I am B-I will be C-I had been you D-I were

56-“My car broke down when I was leaving Detroit and I had to take the bus”.

“………,we would have picked you up”.

A-had we known B-if we have known C-we had known D-if we did know

57-“It’s beginning to rain”.

“……..,we won’t be able to finish the ball game”.

A-If it stops B-should it stop C-unlees it stops D-if it didn’t stop

58-“Did you need help with your math last night?”.

“If I had, I………you”.

A-would call B-called C-would have called D-will call

59-“I’d really like some lunch but I have so much work to do”.

“……..what you want and I can get it for you”.

A-tell me B-if you would say me C-you will tell to me D-if you tell me

60-“John went to the hospital alone”,

 “If …….,Iwould have gone with him”.

A-had he told me B-he had told me C-ha has told me D-he would tell me

III. Complete each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the
same as the sentence printed before it.

1. He doesn’t have the money and he cannot afford a new car.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
…………..

2. Susan felt sick because she ate 4 cream cakes.

If………………………………………….…………………………………………
…………..

3. We didn’t know your phone number, so we could not contact you.

If………………………………………….…………………………………………
……………..

4. The price of petrol was raised last month, so car sales have dropped again.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
……………..

5. I cannot go to the beach with you this weekend because I have a date with my
old classmates.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
………….

6. She didn’t hurry, so she missed the train.

If……………………………………………….……………………………………
…………..

7. I never got very lonely because I have lots of good friends.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
……………..

8. We didn’t go on holiday because we didn’t have enough time.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
……………..

9. We got lost because we didn’t a map.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
……………..

10. The match can be cancelled because it rains heavily.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
……………..

11. He lost all his money because he wasn’t careful.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
……………..

12. Because Simon doesn’t live near his mother, he can’t visit her often.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
………………..

13. His parents were very disappointed because he failed his final examination.
If……………………………………………………………………………………
……………..

14. I don’t have free time, so I can’t go to see him.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
………..

15. She didn’t explain him the situation, so he didn’t understand it.

If……………………………………………………………………………………
……………..

Exercise: Using the given information, make conditional sentences with IF

1. She is living in China because she got married to a Chinese.
………………………………………………………………
2. I am tired now because I went home late yesterday.
………………………………………………………………
3. She did the homework last night so she gets a high score today.
………………………………………………………………
4. It rained yesterday so I don’t go to school today.
………………………………………………………………
5. I missed the end of the film so I don’t know who the murderer was.
………………………………………………………………
6. We reach Sally’s house now because we didn’t ask for direction earlier
………………………………………………………………
7. Since he is an only child, his parents have spoiled him
………………………………………………………………
8. Bob didn’t learn Chinese in high school, so he doesn’t have many job
opportunities.
………………………………………………………………
9. I am not rich. I didn’t buy that house last month.
………………………………………………………………