Conditional Clauses Exercise

Fill in the blanks.

1. If you ………………………. the dog, it will bite

you.

tease

teased

will tease

2. If I get that job, I ………………………… go to

university.

will not

would not

did not

3. If you give me more money, I

………………………….. more work.

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do

will do

would do

4. If you ………………………… another attempt,

you will probably succeed.

make

made

had made

5. If you ………………………….. pay off the loan,

they will confiscate your property.

don't

didn't

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wouldn't

6. If I ………………………… more money, I would

move into a better home.

have

had

7. If she arrived now, we …………………………

discuss this with her.

can

could

8. If I ………………………. the President, I would

ban smoking and drinking.

am

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were

9. If I …………………………. the warning, I would

have stopped.

hear

heard

had heard

10. If you had told me you weren’t coming, I

……………………………… so much time waiting for
you.

wouldn't waste

will not waste

wouldn't have wasted

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11. If she had known his true nature, she

……………………………. him.

will not marry

wouldn't have married

wouldn't marry

12. If he had crashed into that tree, he

……………………………. himself.

can have killed

could have killed

could kill

Answers
1. If you tease the dog, it will bite you.

2. If I get that job, I will not go to university.

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3. If you give me more money, I will do more work.

4. If you make another attempt, you will probably succeed.

5. If you don’t pay off the loan, they will confiscate your property.

6. If I had more money, I would move into a better home.

7. If she arrived now, we could discuss this with her.

8. If I were the President, I would ban smoking and drinking.

9. If I had heard the warning, I would have stopped.

10. If you had told me you weren’t coming, I wouldn’t have wasted so much time waiting for
you.

11. If she had known his true nature, she wouldn’t have married him.

12. If he had crashed into that tree, he could have killed himself.

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