I.

Complete each of the following sentences so that it means the same as the
sentence before
1. She doesn’t live in London because she doesn’t know anyone there
 If she
2. I can’t live in the country because I can’t find a job there
 If I
3. I don’t have a spare ticket. I can’t take you to the concert
 If I
4. The schoolchildren sowed some seeds, but they forgot to water them so they
didn’t grow.
 If the children
5. They don’t understand the problem. They won’t find a solution
 If they
6. He sits around too much. He isn’t fit.
 If he
7. Carol didn’t answer the phone because she was studying..
 If Carol
8. Rita is exhausted today because she didn’t get any sleep last night.
 If Rita
9. She’s very thin; perhaps that’s why she feels cold so much.
 If she …………………………………………………….
10. He never polishes his shoes, so he never looks smart
 If he ……………………………………………………..
11. He can’t park near his office; that’s why he doesn’t come by car
 If he ……………………………………………………..
12. My house is guarded by two big dogs. That’s the only reason it isn’t broken
into every night
 If my house …………………………………………………………
13. The flats are not clearly numbered, so it is very difficult to find anyone.
 If the flats …..………………………………………………………..
14. I don’t know her e-mail address, so I can’t tell you
 If I …………………………………………………………………….
15. She works in the evening. She has no time to play with her children
 If she ………………………………………………………………….
16. I don’t want them to be upset, so I’ve decided not to tell them what
happened.
 They ……………………………………………………………..
17. I am not tall enough to join the basketball team
 If I ……………………………………………………………………
18. He doesn’t see the signal so he doesn’t stop his car
 If he ………………………………………………………………….
19. Peter gets bad marks because he doesn’t prepare his lessons well
 If Peter ………………………………………………………………
20. Mary doesn’t have enough money. She can’t buy a new car.
 If Mary ………………………………………………………………
21. Go right now or you’ll be late for the train.
 If you………………………………………………………………….
22. He doesn’t apply for the job because he doesn’t have enough qualifications.
 If he ………………………………………………………………….
23. Hurry up, or we will be late for the exam.
 If we …………………………………………………………………
24. They do not understand you because you do not often talk to them.
 If you …………………………………………………………………
25. Because you speak English unnaturally, they do not understand you.
 If you …………………………………………………………………
II. Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
1. If you ….. 5 minutes late, you won’t be able to get into the examination room.
A. will be B. were C. are D. would be
2. If you ….. the application form after deadline, you will not be able to take the
entrance exam.
A. send B. will send C. would send D. sent
3. ….. he passes the final exam, he will apply for the Ho Chi Minh Technology
University.
A. Unless B. If C. As long as D. Both B and C
4. If she spoke English well, she ….. that job.
A. will offer B. will be offered C. would offer D. would be offered
5. He would get mark 10 if he ….. again the paper. He made one mistake in it.
A. read B. is reading C. reads D. will read
6. If I ….. get a car sick, I would go there with you.
A. won’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. wouldn’t
7. I ….. you a letter if I had known your address.
A. would have sent B. would send C. will send D. sent
8. If you ….. the front door carefully, the thieves wouldn’t have broken into your
house.
A. have locked B. locked C. would lock D. had locked
9. If I ….. by her, I would have come to see her while I was in Dalat.
A. had invited B. had been invited C. were invited D. have invited
10. If you ......................... told us about the bad service, we would have eaten
there.
A. hadn’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. wouldn’t have
11. If the oceans _____of fresh water, there_____ plenty of water to irrigate all the
deserts on earth.
A. is / will be B.were / would be
C. would be / were D. had been / would have been
12. _____have enough apples, she’ll bake an apple pie this afternoon.
A.Should she B. If she C. Will she D. Unless she
13. If you_____to me, you wouldn’t have got so much trouble.
A. listened B. would listen C. had listened D. Would have listened
14. If you don’t know how to spell a word, you_____ look it up in the dictionary.
A. must B. will C. should D. ought
15. If the sun _____, we _____for a walk.
A. shines / will go B. shone / will go
C. shone / would go D. had shone / would go
16. The campfire _____ if it _____ last night.
A. wouldn’t be cancelled / hadn’t rained
B. wouldn’t have been cancelled / hadn’t rained
C. would have been cancelled / hadn’t rained
D. will be cancelled / rains
17. But for our parents, we _____ successful in life.
A. will never be
B. would never be
C. wouldn’t have be
D. would have never been
18. If I _____ my wallet at home this morning, I _____ money for lunch now.
A. leave / will have B. didn’t leave / would have
C. hadn’t left / would have D. hadn’t left / would have had
19. It is too bad, Lam isn’t here. If he _____ here, he _____ what to do.
A. were / would know B. is / will know
C. had been / would have known D. was / would know
20. If we _____ the plans carefully, we would not have had so many serious
mistakes.
A. study B. had studied C. studied D. were studying
21. I will never talk to you again _____ you apologize me _____ your being rude.
A. if / for B. unless / for C. or / of D. whether / or
22. _____ you work harder, you will be sacked.
A. Whether B. If C. However D. Unless
23. I think you should stop smoking.
A. If I am you, I will stop smoking.
B. If I were you, I will stop smoking.
C. If I were you, I would stop smoking
D. If I had been you, I would stop smoking.
24. If you take the ice out of the fridge, it _____.
A. vaporizes B. melts C. heats D. disappears
24. We should do something to protect water from being polluted _____we will
have nothing to drink in the future.
A. if B. whether C. or D. unless
26. Let’s knock on their door to see _____ home.
A. if they’re B. unless they’re C. whether they were D. if they were
27. Unless we _____ more snow, we can’t go skiing.
A. will have B. have C. have had D. had
28. You’ll fail the exam _____ you start revising.
A. if B. until C. when D. unless
29. Unless you wash the car, you _____ not drive it at the weekend.
A. would B. could C. have to D. may
30. If Peter _____ his car before the drive, he _____ the problem of out of petrol.
A. checked / will not get
B. had checked / would not have got
C. checks / will not have got
D. would be checking / will not have got
31. He stepped on the mine, and it exploded.
A. If he doesn’t step on the mine, it doesn’t explode.
B. If he doesn’t step on the mine, it won’t explode.
C. If he didn’t step on the mine, it wouldn’t explode.
D. If he hadn’t stepped on the mine, it wouldn’t have exploded.
32. In my experiments, the liquid is cooled to 32ºF. It always freezes.
A. If you cool the liquid to 32 degrees, it froze.
B. If you cooled the liquid to 32 degrees, it would freeze.
C. If you cool the liquid to 32 degrees, it will freeze.
D. If you had cooled the liquid to 32 degrees, it would have frozen.
33. It may rain this afternoon. I hope it doesn’t because I don’t want the match to
be cancelled.
A. If it rains, the match is cancelled.
B. If it rains, the match will be cancelled.
C. if it rained, the match would be cancelled.
D. If it had rained, the match would have been cancelled.
34. Unfortunately, I don’t know Philosophy, so I can’t answer your question.
A. If I know Philosophy, I can answer your question.
B. If I know Philosophy, I will be able to answer your question.
C. If I knew Philosophy, I would be able to answer your question.
D. If I had known Philosophy, I would have been able to answer your question.
35. If the bag had not been heavy, we would have taken it with us.
A. The bag is heavy, so we cannot take it with us.
B. The bag was heavy, so we could not take it with us.
C. Because the bag was heavy so we could not take it with us.
 D. We took the bag with us although it was heavy.
36. _____ there are some more ideas, we can end the meeting now.
A. If B. As if C. Unless D. In case
37. If he _____ with us now, he _____ the beauty of nature of the National Park.
A. is / can enjoy
B. was / will enjoy
C. has been / would enjoy
D. were / could enjoy
38. If they had searched more carefully, they…the watch sooner.
A. will find B. would find C. found D. would have found
39. If I had got up early, I _____ to have breakfast now.
A. have B.I had C. would have D. would have had
40. He talked as if nothing _____.
A. has happened B. had happened C. will happen D. would happen
41. Can you imagine what _____ if everyone _____ .
A. will happen / can fly B. would happen / could fly
C. had happened / could have flown D. happened / will have happened
42. The wind was so strong that the cottage collapsed.
A. The wind was too strong to collapse the cottage.
B. If the wind were not so strong, the cottage would not collapse.
C. Due to the strong wind, the cottage collapsed.
D. It is the strong wind made the cottage collapsed.
43. Slow down _____.
A. In case you will get and accident.
B. Provided that you would get and accident.
 C. And you will get and accident.
D. Or you will get an accident.
44. I regret behaving so impolitely with her and she was disappointed.
A. Unless I behave so impolitely with her, she would not be disappointed.
B. Provided that I did not behave so impolitely with her, she would not be
disappointed.
C. I wish I did not behave so impolitely with her.
D. If I had not behaved so impolitely with her, she would not have been
disappointed.
45. I cannot buy a new computer _____ I save enough money.
A. if B. even if C. unless D. as if
46. Most people you meet will be polite to you _____.
A. if you are polite to them B. if you will be polite to them
C. unless you are polite to them D. if you were polite to them
47. Take an umbrella with you _____ .
A. in case it rains B. unless it rains C. if it will rain D. even if it would rain
48. If you do so, it _____ the matter worse.
A. makes only B. would only make C. will only make D. had only made
49. You _____ English fluently unless you practice it every day.
A. will speak B. will not speak C. can speak D. did not speak
50. Hurry up _____ you will miss the bus and be late for school.
A. if B. and C. or D. as
51. You will get a good seat if you _____ first.
A. come B. came C. have come D. will come
52. The baby will die if nobody sends for a doctor.
A. unless a doctor is sent for B. if a doctor is sent for
 C. unless nobody sends for a doctor D. if a doctor will be sent
53. He needs a lot of money to cure his daughter’s illness_____ he works day and
night.
A. if B. unless C. then D. so
54. Sam will not graduate_____.
A. if he passed all the tests B. if he does not pass all the tests.
C. unless he passes all the tests D. unless he had passed all the tests.
55. _____ , we cannot continue our journey.
A. If there is not enough food B. If only there is not enough food
C. Only if there is enough food D. If there was enough food
56. If I had been more confident, I would have passed the driving test.
I failed my driving test because of my lack of confidence.
I had failed my driving test because of my lack of confidence.
I passed the driving test in spite of my lack of confidence.
I passed the driving test with confidence.
57. If I had time, I would go with you.
A.I am free and surely go with you. B.I am too busy to go with you.
C. I will go with you because I have time. D. I am free enough to go with you.
58. If Margaret hadn’t been wearing a seat belt, she…. Injured.
A. has been B. would has been C. would be D. would have been
59. If I _____ the rain yesterday, I_____ ill.
A. had not caught / would have been B. had not caught / would have not been
C. have not caught / were not D. have not caught / would have been
60. He looked frightened as if he _____ a ghost.
A. sees B. is seeing C. has seen D. had seen
61. What _____if there _____ a serious nuclear accident.
 A. will happen / was B. happens / were
C. would happen / were D. would happen / had been
62. Without the life-jackets, most passengers _____ drowned in that accident
A. would have been B. would be
C. had been D. were
63. “I couldn’t have made it without your help” means
A. I couldn’t have made it if you helped me.
B. I couldn’t have made it if you had helped me.
C. I couldn’t have made it if you hadn’t helped me.
D. I couldn’t have made it if you didn’t help me.
64. She didn’t stop her car because she didn’t see the signal.
A. If she saw the signal, she would stop her car.
B. If she had seen the signal, she would stop her car.
C. If she had seen the signal, she would have stopped her car.
D. If she saw the signal, she would have stopped her car.
65. His flight was delayed so he couldn’t be here on time.
A. He would be here in time if his flight were not delayed.
B. He would have been here in time if his flight hadn’t been delayed.
C. He would be here in time if his flight hadn’t been delayed.
D. He would have been here in time if his flight weren’t delayed.
66. Without your help, I couldn’t overcome the problem.
A. If you don’t help me, I can’t overcome the problem.
B. If you didn’t help me, I couldn’t overcome the problem.
C. If you hadn’t helped me, I couldn’t overcome the problem.
D. If you hadn’t helped me, I couldn’t have overcome the problem.
67. Thanks to Laura’s report, I was able to finish the project.
A. If there isn’t Laura’s report, I wouldn’t finish the project.
B. Had it not been for Laura’s report, I wouldn’t have been to finish the project.
C. If Laura didn’t help me, I wouldn’t finish the project.
D. I wouldn’t have finished the project if Laura didn’t help me.

III. Use UNLESS instead of IF

EX: If you do not study hard, you will fail the exam.
Unless you study hard , you will fail the exam
1. If you do not like this one, I’ll bring you another
Unless………………………………………………
2. If she does not hurry, she’ll be late
Unless ……………………………………………….
3. If you are not careful, you’ll cut yourself
Unless ……………………………………………………
4. if you had not sneezed, he wouldn’t have known that we were there.
Unless ……………………………………………………