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Conditional sentences
1 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.
1 If you put ice in the sun, it melts / wouldn’t melt.
2 People wouldn’t become obese if they know / knew more about health issues.
3 I would go / will go to the supermarket as soon as you tell me what you want.
4 If you had taken / take regular exercise before, you wouldn’t be overweight now.
5 If you eat / ate more fibre, your health improves.
6 Will you give Dave the money if you see / will see him?
7 If she didn’t go / hadn’t gone to the doctor, she wouldn’t have known about her problem.
8 If I were you, I will eat / would eat more fruit.
Mixed conditionals
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 We would be eating pizzas now if you had told (tell) me what you wanted.
2 If she had gone to the doctor, she wouldn’t feel (feel) ill today.
3 If she had wanted (want) me go to the supermarket, she should have told me.
4 If you take regular exercise, you might (might) lose weight.
5 You would have been promoted years ago if you worked (work) harder.
6 If you had worked harder, you would earn (earn) more money now.
7 If we had had (have) more money, we would have gone on holiday this year.
8 Your stomach would feel (feel) better now if you had eaten more sensibly.
9 Those people wouldn’t be unfit if they had looked after (look after) themselves last year.
10 We would have (have) some dessert now if we hadn’t eaten all those cakes.
5 Complete the sentences with providing, even if, as long as, in case, unless, otherwise or supposing. Use each word
once.
1 I’ll have to stop eating so much sugar, otherwise I’ll put on weight.
2 I can eat in that restaurant as long as / providing they have a vegetarian option.
3 I wouldn’t eat there even if it were the last place in this town!
4 I can’t drink any juice drinks unless they have a low sugar content.
5 Supposing I get seasick, what shall I do then?
6 We’ll pick up the prescription providing / as long as the chemist is open.
7 She’s brought dozens of batteries with her in case they don’t sell them there.
Wish, if only
6 Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences.
1 weight / sooner / I / wish / I / had lost
I wish I had lost weight sooner . I feel like a different person now.
2 school / really / he / Jack / wishes / nearer / lived
Jack really wishes he lived nearer school .
3 they / hadn’t come / to the health centre / they wish / today
They wish they hadn’t come to the health centre today because it’s so busy.
4 the piles / from their garden / they / only / if / of rubbish / would remove
If only they would remove the piles of rubbish from their garden . It is so messy.
5 all night / I / stay out / we / wish / could
I wish we could stay out all night .
6 hadn’t moved / Australia / she / if / to / only
If only she hadn’t moved to Australia. . It’s thousands of miles away!