CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

• SPECIAL CASES

Different auxiliary verbs require different verb forms

• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: It’s time you go to bed. You have to get up early
in the morning.
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: You have neither seen nor heard about it.
• PRACTICE QUESTIONS
PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence.

Que: The report (a)/ do not analyse thoroughly (b)/ the principal
cause of the disaster. (c)/ No error (d)
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks.

Que: The students __________ on their project next year.

A. work D. will have been working

B. will have worked
C. will work
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks.

Que: By this time next month, you __________ all the lakes of Udaipur.

A. visit D. will have visited

B. have visited
C. will visit
PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence.

Que: The families (a)/ are living in Gulmohar park (b)/ for several
years. (c)/ No error (d)
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: The beggar thanks him for his help.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: The families were living here ten years ago.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: He remembered that his visa will expire in a month.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: He didn't say that he will bring the book, did he?
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: I studied nothing since yesterday.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks.

Que: I __________ twenty pages of this novel since morning.

A. have been writing

B. have written
C. wrote
D. am writing
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: It is high time you renovate your old house.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: He did not accept any bribe since he joined this post.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: Though I have seen her only once, I am liking her a lot.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error:

Que: In the early years of the renaissance of Bharatanatyam, (a)/
hereditary dancers have their own sets of accompanists who lived
with the dancers (b)/ and travelled with them from place to place
when they gave performances. (c)/ no error (d)
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error:

Que: The assistants have (a)/ and are still doing (b)/ excellent
work for this organisation (c)/ no error (d)
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Sentence Improvement:

Que: We have been knowing each other since childhood.

A. are knowing
B. have known
C. knew
D. no improvement
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: It was appearing as if they were going to kill us.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: My father always went for a walk in the morning.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks:

Que: They __________ Rome in 410 A.D.

A. had invaded
B. were invading
C. had been invading
D. invaded
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Sentence Improvement:

Que: The engineers have repaired the bridge last year.

A. repair
B. repaired
C. had repaired
D. No Improvement
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: We had supper when the phone rang.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: When Anand reached (a)/ his village, he found that (b)/
the news about him preceded him (c)/ no error (d)
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: Rohan was playing (a)/ for his club for five years (b)/
before his elbow got injured (c)/ no error (d)
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks.

Que: The higher you climb, the more difficult it __________ to breathe.

A. became
B. becomes
C. has become
D. is becoming
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks.

Que: I __________ here for twenty years by November 2022.

A. will have been living D. have been living

B. will be living
C. am living
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence.

Que: Farmers will harvest the crops before the rain sets in.
PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence.

Que: The teachers face the same problems (a)/ in their day to day
lives (b)/ as do an ordinary man of our society. (c)/ No error (d)
PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence.

Que: Organic pulses are so popular today (a)/ that many people
wonder (b)/ how they ever lived without them. (c)/ No error (d)
PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence.

Que: A raise is important (a)/ as one had to (b)/ beat the rising
prices. (c)/ No error (d)
PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence.

Que: While an electron carries (a)/ a negative electrical charge,
(b)/ a neutron is neutral. (c)/ No error (d)
PROBABLE CONDITION

(SIMPLE PRESENT)
• PROBABLE/LIKE CONDITION

If + sub + V1/V1 + s/es….., sub + will + V1

• When two actions happen one after the other in the

future, the principal clause is in future indefinite
tense whereas the subordinate clause is in present
indefinite tense.
• Example:
• If you work hard, you will surely succeed.
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If you will drink this dirty water, you will get a
stomach infection.
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If you are in a hurry, you may take a car.
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If you need my help, just give me a ring.
• IMPROBABLE CONDITION

• (PAST TENSE)
•
• IMPROBABLE OR UNLIKE CONDITION

If + sub + V2 +...., sub + would + V1

• Example:
• If she won the lottery, she would be happy.
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If I would have money, I would buy a luxurious car.
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given
in the bracket:
Que: What __________ if you won a huge lottery? (you do).
• When there is a sense of remote wish or desire in an improbable
condition, we use a plural verb even with a singular subject in
the subordinate clause.
• Example:
• If I were a bird, I would fly high.
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If I were to follow the route explained by you, I will
soon get lost.
• IMPOSSIBLE CONDITIONS

• (PAST PERFECT)
• UNREAL PAST CONDITIONALS

If + past perfect tense, would + have + V3

• When two actions happen one after the other in the past
(condition is expressed) in the past, the principal clause is in
the past perfect tense while the subordinate clause is in the
future perfect tense.
• Example:
• If I had invested money in these shares, I would have
made a fortune.
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verb given in
the bracket:
Que: If the police __________ some restraint, the situation would not
have gone out of control. (show).
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If the government would have lowered the tax rates, it would
have collected more money.
• SOLVED QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given
in the bracket.
Que: Had you not seen her before, you __________ her. (not recognize).
• PRACTICE PROBLEMS
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If vegetables are deep fried, they lose their nutritional value.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If you will not feel nervous, you will perform better.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Fill in the blanks:

Que: If my result __________ in time, I would have got admission in the
university.

A. was declared
B. had been declared
C. is declared
D. would have been declared
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Sentence Improvement:

Que: If I had worked hard, I would have scored the highest marks.

A. worked
B. work
C. had work
D. no improvement
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If I were a millionaire, I will buy a sea facing bungalow
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: If the crude prices in the international market rise further,
would they again hike the fuel prices?
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Find the error in the given sentence:

Que: Had he come to the office that day, he would know that he was
about to be transferred to the regional office that day.
• PRACTICE QUESTION

Direction: Sentence improvement:

Que: If I would have money, I would have bought story books.

A. had
B. have
C. had had
D. no improvement