3rd CONDITIONALS, REPORTING & VERB PATTERNS TEST NAME: ______________ TOTAL MARK ______ /

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1. CONDITIONALS: Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

1. I won’t accept the job __________ they offer me more money than I’m earning now.
A) unless B) if C) when

2. The manager won’t give Kevin his job back, __________ he gets on his knees and begs!
A) as long as B) in case C) even if

3. Imagine you __________ have a superpower, which one would you choose?
A) could B) would C) can

4. If I __________ Geraldine, I’d definitely tell her son to leave home.

A) am B) would be C) were

5. The government __________ lost the election if they hadn’t put taxes up.
A) won’t have B) hadn’t C) wouldn’t have

6. I’m not sure, but Jane __________ here for the summer if we’d invited her.
A) will have come B) would have come C) might have come

7. Anne would have made more friends in the village if she __________ so shy.
A) isn’t B) wasn’t C) wouldn’t be

8. We __________ in Greece if the travel company hadn’t gone out of business.

A) would be B) were C) will be

9. I’d really like to talk to Jim again. If only I __________ his mobile number!
A) know B) knew C) had known

10. I’m worried about Robert. I wish he __________ us where he goes in the evenings.
A) tell B) will tell C) would tell

11. I’m sorry we offended you. We wish we __________ such awful things.
A) hadn’t said B) didn’t say C) had said

2. VERB PATTERNS: Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

1. We don’t like those friends you hang around with. We’d rather you __________ with them again.
A) didn’t go out B) don’t go out C) not go out

2. We had to put off __________ on the cruise until next year.

A) to go B) going C) go

3. Do you mind __________ here? It’s a non-smoking office.

A) not smoking B) not smoke C) not to smoke
4. After her early teaching career she went on __________ a doctor.
A) becoming B) become C) to become

5. Ferran confessed to __________ nothing about computers.

A) know B) knowing C) known

6. Can you imagine __________ your university degree before the age of 15?
A) having finished B) have finished C) to have finished

7. Wouldn’t you just hate __________ in a factory?

A) work B) to work C) working

8. Angelina begged her friends __________ to the party without her.

A) not going B) not go C) not to go

9. We do not recommend __________ only the minimum amount off your credit card each month.
A) to pay B) pay C) paying

10. Slaves were made __________ for hours without rest, food or drink.
A) to work B) work C) working

11. If you can’t help __________ unhelpful comments, then please keep quiet.
A) making B) make C) to make

12. When the English serve tea they like __________ the milk in first.
A) put B) to put C) putting

3. REPORTED SPEECH: Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

1. Maria said last Saturday that she __________ her mum in hospital the day before.
A) had visited B) visited C) was visiting

2. Jenna said the other day that she __________ to your party this evening.
A) comes B) had come C) is coming

3. I asked that man where __________ , but he doesn’t know the city.
A) is the nearest tube station B) was the nearest tube station C) the nearest tube station was

4. “Will you stay for supper?” → She asked __________ for supper.
A) if I stayed B) me stay C) me to stay

5. The woman at the front __________ we could use the back entrance.
A) said us B) told C) said

6. The gym instructor suggested that __________ do forty minutes a day at first.
A) me to B) I should C) me doing

7. When I called the cinema the other day, they said all the tickets had sold out __________ .
A) the day before B) the next day C) yesterday