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Foreign Languages Department NLL.INT.U12.Conditionals

At the end of this worksheet, students will be able to:

• * identify conditionals by completing the missing parts in a text.
• * differentiate the uses of conditional structures.

EXERCISE 1: Read the sentences carefully, and choose the correct answer.

1- If we ____ a blue earring in the restaurant, found/died

Madam, we ____ you immediately. E) won’t have been found/ dies
A) will find/have called 6- If you ____ anything to eat or drink while
B) could find/called you're baby-sitting, just help yourself.
C) have found/could call A) could have needed
D) are finding/call B) needed
E) find/will call C) need
D) had needed
2- I'm sure he ____ you his Barış Manço album E) would need
collection if you ask him nicely.
A) has shown 7- You ____ for the Christmas concert choir if
B) will show you ____ to choir practice regularly.
C) showed A) won't be selecting/hadn't come
D) is showing B) wouldn't have selected/aren't coming
E) would show C) won't be selected/don't come
D) wouldn't select/didn't come
3- If he ____ his policy about the membership E) aren't selected/weren't coming
fees, I would have voted him for the
chairman of the club. 8- If our guest ____ uncomfortable, I'm sure
A) could change he ____ dear. Don't worry so much.
B) will change A) were/would say
C) had changed B) had been/will say
D) has changed C) will be/would have said
E) is changing D) were /had said
E) would have been/said
4- Bill would have played professional
basketball if he ____ by a car. 9- What ____ you ____ if you were introduced
A) hadn't been hit to the Queen?
B) weren't hitting A) had/said
C) hasn't been hit B) would/say
D) wouldn't hit C) will/say
E) didn't hit D) did/say
E) are/saying
5- If a replacement kidney ____ soon, the
patient ____. 10- If there ____ no bargain holidays abroad,
A) isn't found/will die then we ____ somewhere nice in this
B) wasn’t found / had died country instead.
C) hadn’t been found / was dying A) won't be/have gone
B) wasn't found/had died B) wouldn't have been/go
C) hadn't been found/was dying C) would be/went
D) wouldn't have been found/died D) were/are going
E) won't B) B) D) wouldn’t have been E) are/will go
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11- If it ____ Monday today, we ____ stuck in 16- If I ____ study last night, I could have watched
traffic on the way to work now instead of the film 'Water World' on television, but I
eating our breakfast on the balcony. recorded it anyway.
A) is/will be A) wouldn't have to
B) has been/are B) won't be
C) would be/have been C) hadn't had to
D) were/would be D) couldn't
E) had been/could be E) don’t have to

12- If I had some fresh mint, I ____ some lentil 17- If I ____ at an English medium university, I
soup, but I'm afraid we will have to have ____ a much better job.
chicken soup again. A) had studied/could have found
A) am going to make B) will study/would have found
B) have made C) would study/was finding
C) made D) have been studying/found
D) was making E) can study/am finding
E) would make
18- If you ____ somebody drowning, ____ you dive
13- We ____ to the concert as well if we hadn't in the water immediately?
had a punctured tire. A) have seen/did
A) went B) would see/can
B) did go C) had seen/will
C) will go D) will see/do
D) would go E) saw/would
E) would have gone
19- I would baby-sit for you if I ____ for the
14- If the traffic moves this slowly all the way electrician right now.
to Birmingham, then we ____ there until A) hadn't waited
lunch time. B) am not waiting
A) wouldn't have got C) can't wait
B) won't get D) weren’t waiting
C) wouldn't get E) won't wait
D) didn't get
E) wouldn't be getting 20- I ____ you my computer printer if you ____ to
replace the ink cartridge.
15- I don't understand why you insist on A) lent/have promised
working without a break! If you ____ B) had lent/would have promised
working for just a couple of minutes, you C) will lend/had promised
____ able to concentrate better afterwards. D) can lend/promise
A) stop/will be E) would lend/are promising
B) will stop/are
C) had stopped/will be
D) are stopping/were
E) stop/would have been
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ANSWER KEY

1. E 11.D
2. B 12.E
3. C 13.E
4. A 14.B
5. A 15.A
6. C 16.C
7. C 17.A
8. A 18.E
9. B 19.D
10.E 20. D