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If _clause and reported speech with conditional sentences:

II. Change the following conditional sentences into reported speech.

1. 'If I had any money I'd buy you a drink,' she said to me.
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2. 'If I catch the plane I'll be home by five,' he said.
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3. 'You should stay in bed if you feel unwell.' my mother said.
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4. 'What would you do if you were having a problem with grammar, Jane?' Anne asked.
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5. 'If I'd had my mobile yesterday, I could have contacted you,' Matthew said.
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6. 'If I were you, I'd stop smoking,' she said to her brother.
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7. 'If you happen to be in our area, drop in and see us,' they said.
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8. 'If the baby is a girl what will they call her? he wondered.
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9. 'If I don't practise my English I won't get any better,' she said.
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10. 'If you press this switch, the computer comes on,' he said to his students
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11. 'I'd have been in bad trouble if Jane hadn't helped me,' he said.
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12. 'If you have time, wash the floor,' he said.
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13. 'If the door is .clocked what shall I do?' she asked.
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14. 'If we had a calculator, we could work this out a lot quicker,' they said.
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15. 'If you don't apologize, I'll never speak to you again.' he said.
Exercise III : Supply the correct verb tense.

16. John said if he ______ any money he me a drink.


a. has - will buy b. had - would have bought
c. has had - would buy d. had had - would have bought
17. If it ______ more humid in the desert of the Southwest, the hot temperature would be unbearable.
a. is b. would be c. were d. had been
18. If she ______ sick, she would have gone out with me to the party.
a. hasn't been b. wasn't c. weren't d. hadn't been
19. If the technology _______ available, we would be able to expand the business.
a. would become b. were become c. had become d. Became
20. If the North Sea _______ in winter, you could walk from London to Oslo.
a. happened to freeze b. froze
c. should freeze d. should happen to freeze
21. If you _______ to my advice in the first place, you wouldn't be in this mess now.
a. listen b. will listen c. had listened d. listened
22. I'll give you a lift if it _______.
a. is raining b. rained c. will rain d. had rained
8/ If you are kind to me, I (be) _______ good to you.

9/ He (come) _______ if you waited.

10/ If you (ring) _______ the bell, the servant would come.

11/ If I had known that the baby was hungry, I (feed) _______ him.

12/ If it (not, rain) _______ a lot, the rice crop wouln’t grow.

13/ If today (be) _______ Sunday, we wouldn’t have to work.

13/ If she had had your address, she (write) _______ to you.

14/ We lost the match. If you (play) _______ for us, we (win) _______.

15/ So long as you return the book by Saturday, I (lend) _______ it to you with pleasure.

15/ They would not be paid unless they (do) _______ their work well.

17/ If I became very rich, I (build ) _______ a hospital for the poor.

18/ He (not, have) _______ an accident if he had not been driving so fast.

19/ If she (write) _______ more carefully, she might not have made too many mistakes.

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