CONDITIONAL SENTENCES – MULTIPLE CHOICE

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer (cơ bản)

1. If only I how it worked before I bought it!
A. knew B. had known C. had know D. know
2. He her a lift to the station if he had seen her.
A. would give B. would have given C. gave D. had given
3. The plants greener if it had rained.
A. would have looked B. would looked C. looked D. had looked
4. I wish she she was wrong. It would have been better.
A. admitted B. would admit C. did admit D. had admitted
5. I wish you to the meeting! It'll be important.
A. comes B. would come C. had come D. come
6. I would have brought my umbrella if it raining.
A. had been B. would have been C. would be D. were
7. If he had been in prison him?
A. would you visit B. would you have visited C. had you visit D. will you visit
8. If only we it was so difficult!
A. had known B. knew C. would know D. know
9. If we had liked the picture we it.
A. would buy B. would have bought C. had bought D. would bought
10. If she had tried to leave the house he _ her.
A. would stop B. stopped C. would have stopped D. had stopped
11. I would have bought it if I money on me.
A. had had B. would have C. had D. would have had
12. If he the button what would have happened?
A. had pressed B. pressed C. would press D. would have pressed
13. I would have brought my coat if it cold.
A. had been B. had had C. would have been D. would be
14. If I had gone to hospital me?
A. would you visit B. would you have visited C. had you visited D. will you visit
15. If only she my advice, things would have been belter.
A. take B. would take C. took D. had taken
16. I wish it raining!
A. has stopped B. stops C. to stop D. would stop
17. I would have died happily for her if it necessary.
A. had bad B. would have been C. would be D. had been
18. I wish you that to yourself. You needn't have told anyone.
A. keep B. kept C. would keep D. had kept
19. Even if I had known her address I it to him.
A. wouldn't give B. wouldn't nave given C. didn't give D. wouldn't gave
20. I the letter if I had had a stamp.
A. would send B. had sent C. have sent D. would have sent
21. If I a bed I would have slept better.
A. have had B. had had C. would have D. would have had
22. I wish I so much last night!
A. hadn't drink B. hadn't drunk C. didn't drink D. haven't drunk
23. I wish she making that noise!
A. had stopped B. stops C. would stop D. to stop
24. She would have told me if she it.
A. would know B. would have known C. had known D. knew
25. I her if I had had the chance.
A. would have phoned B. would phone C. had phoned D. would had phoned
26. If I you I wouldn't touch a drink ever again.
 A. werew B. would be C. should be D. had been
27. I you if I knew what happened that day.
A. will tell B. told C. would fell D. would told
28. If I nearer I would get to work earlier.
A. will live B. lived C. would live D. had live
29. Would you drink that muddy water if you .
A. would be thirst B. had thirst C. were thirsty D. were thirst
30. If you removed that piece, the apparatus at all.
A. will work B. wouldn't work C. worked D. won't work
31. If I had a map of London I it to you.
A. lent B. would lend C. would lent D. will lend
32. People would understand you better if you more clearly.
A. speak B. would speak C. spoke D. did speak
33. She the letters if she had had a typewriter.
A. would type B. had typed C. would have typed D. have had typed
34. If I you I would plant some rose bushes around the house.
A. was B. were C. would be D. will be
35. If only you harder!
A. only would try B. try C. would only try D. would to try
36. I wish I be with you all afternoon, but I can't.
A. can B. could C. would D. will
37. He would run the 100-yard race if he fit.
A. would be B. were C. will be D. would have been
38. If I drank another whisky I drunk.
A. would get B. did get C. got D. didn't get
39. It's a pity you said that. If only you your mouth shut.
A. had keep B. had kept C. would keep D. hadn't kept
40. It was too late. I wish I earlier.
A. had come B. came C. would come D. would have come
Exercise 2. Underline the most suitable verb form in each sentence. (tổng hợp – nâng cao)
1. The financial situation is critical, and if we don’t act/didn’t act/won’t act now, it is/ would be/will be too late.
2. If the weather will improve/improves by the weekend, the marathon will go ahead/ goes ahead as planned.
3. The government increases/will increase/would increase payments if the money is available/were available/will
be available, but in the current financial crisis this is just not possible.
4. Carol Smiths work is/would be/will be a lot better if she spends/spent/will spend more time on it, but she tends to
rush and makes too many mistakes.
5. If I had/have the time, I’d help/I’ll help you, but I’m in a hurry and I have to leave now.
6. In a cold spell of this severity, old people suffer a great deal, and if they are not given/will not be given help to
heat their homes, a number of them will die/would die.
7. If human beings had/have brains twice their normal size, would they be/are they automatically more intelligent?
8. At the moment the lecture is scheduled to take place as normal, but if it will be postponed/is postponed/were
postponed, it takes/will take/would take place on Wednesday 15th February.
9. Don’t worry. If you don’t finish/ won’t finish/didn’t finish the work on Tuesday, I’ll come/I come/I would come
round and help you do it on Wednesday.
10. If bankers were investing/are investing their own money, I think they would/will take a lot more care of it!
Exercise 3. Choose the best answer (tổng hợp – nâng cao)
1. the boss sees you walking along the coast in working hours?
A. Unless B. If only C. What if D. I wish E. Even if
2. he were here now, he could help us with the problem.
A. Wishing that B. What if C. Thinking D. On the condition that E. If only
3. If only I that film. It was very boring.
A. wouldn't choose B. didn't choose C. haven't chosen D. hadn't chosen E. would choose
4. If you see her, please give her my regards.
A. would B. provide C. only D. suppose E. happen to
5. If the boss us talking instead of working, we could be fired.
A. happen to hear B. must see C. suppose D. imagine E. were to see
6. his unexpected death, Koca Yusuf would have been the world wrestling champion several more times.
A. If it weren't for B. But for C. If D. Unless E. If it wasn't for
7. I could never have found such a good job, , thank you.
A. if I haven't graduated from Oxford University B. unless I study eight hours a day
C. were it not for your help D. if I hadn't been unemployed
E. if it hadn't been for your help
8. , I would have studied that subject harder.
A. If I knew there would be an exam B. Unless I had known the exam day
C. Had I known that the subject of the exam would be geometry
D. If I have known that I would fail E. Should teachers prepare a difficult exam
9. She couldn't have reached the airport on time _ the taxi driver had known the route very well.
A. if only B. so long as C. unless D. while E. suppose
10. her kindness, I wouldn't own such a pretty umbrella.
A. If there should be B. If it hadn't been for C. What if D. Provided that E. Except
11. If the wall wasn't so high I over it to get into our garden.
A. climb B. could have climbed C. am climbing D. climbed E. could climb
12. If the wall hadn't been so high I over it.
A. climb B. could have climbed C. am climbing D. climbed E. could climb
13. If you smoking you on weight. You are very thin.
A. had stopped / would put B. stopped / might put C. stopped / might have got
D. had stopped / could put E. had stopped / must have put
14. If his consideration I would be waiting outside in this cold weather
A. it hadn't been for B. that hadn't been C. it could be D. it wasn't E. it wouldn't be
15. If she knew me better, she badly at the dinner.
A. shouldn't behave B. wouldn't have behaved C. shouldn't have behaved
D. couldn't behave E. might have behaved
16. But for your contributions, this project on time.
A. couldn't be completed B. might not be completed
C. had been completed D. may have been completed E. couldn't have been completed
17. Had he perceived that the roads are so slippery he so fast.
A. couldn't drive B. may have driven C. wouldn't drive
D. couldn't be driving E. wouldn't have been driving
18. If you to gain weight you more carbonhydrates than that your body is burning during the day.
A. had wanted / get B. wanted / should have gotten C. want / should get
D. had wanted / should get E. had wanted / should have gotten
19. You your brown coat, if it didn't have a stain at the back.
A. may have worn B. wear C. can wear D. could wear E. will wear
20. If we hadn't had a flat tire, we at the hotel sooner.
A. may arrive B. had arrived C. arrived
D. would not have arrived E. could have arrived
21. If you to bed earlier yesterday you late now.
A. had gone/ wouldn't get up B. went/ wouldn't have got up
C. had gone/ wouldn't have got up D. went/ wouldn't get up E. went/ get up
22. If the democratic alternative to the totalitarian one - way broadcasts a row of separate soap boxes, then I
that the alternative unworkable.
A. is / submit/ is B. were/ submit/ would have been C. had been/ had submit/ would be
D. is/ would submit/ will be E. were/ would submit/ will have been
23. If I a rich man, I that car.
A. was/ will buy B. had been / would buy C. were/ will be buying
D. had been / will buy E. were/ would buy
24. If I enough money yesterday I that shirt.
A. had/ would buy B. had / could buy C. have/ will buy
D. have had/ will be able to buy E. had had/ would have bought
25. Had you brought your umbrella, you so wet yesterday evening.
A. wouldn't be B. will be C. won't be
D. weren't going to be E. wouldn't have been
26. If you them to your birthday party last month, they .
A. had invited/ may come B. have invited/ might have come
C. invited/ would comeD. invited/ might come E. had invited / might have come
27. If I in your shoes yesterday, I her that she should deal with her problems herself.
A. were/ would tell B. was/ would tell C. had been / would tell
D. am / will tell E. had been / would have told
28. If I to attend the lesson now I you to go to a cinema.
A. want/ will ask B. wanted/ wouldn't ask C. had wanted/ wouldn't ask
D. wanted/ wouldn't have asked E. have wanted / will ask
29. If ice heated it _ to water
A. was/ would turn B. were/ would turn C. will be/ will turn D. is/ turns E. were/ will turn
30. , we will be very late to the lesson.
A. If you drive so fast B. Unless we don't take the car C. In case there is a traffic jam
D. Unless we hurry E. I can't understand the reason