CONDITIONAL & WISH CLAUSES

1. If I were you, I ------ a new car instead of struggling

with this old one. 11. If only you ------ this Japanese lacquered table with a
A) have bought B) was buying C) had bought harmful liquid, we ------ it for more than 1000 pounds,
D) would buy E) bought but now it won’t be worth anything.
A) wouldn’t clean / are selling
2. I’m sorry that I sent our driver for you. I wish I ----- B) hadn’t cleaned / could sell
you at the airport myself, but I had a meeting withthe C) aren’t cleaning / must have sold
production team. D) wouldn’t be cleaning / had sold
A) can meet B) could have met C) have met E) don’t clean / were selling
D) would meet E) meet
12. Nobody would have been killed in the fight if one of the
3. If I ----- you would be on your own all weekend, I ----- teenagers ----- a knife at the time.
you over to our house. A) wouldn’t be carrying B) hasn’t been carrying
A) know / have invited C) isn’t carrying D) must not have carried
B) have known / was going to invite E) hadn’t been carrying
C) had known / would have invited
D) knew / will have invited 13. I’ll allow you to go to the park .......... you come
E) will know / must have invited home before it gets dark.
A) even if B) in case C) as long as
4. I wish a flight to Istanbul ------ less than two hundred D) so that E) unless
pounds, then we would fly there a lot more often.
A) costs B) could have cost C) has cost 14. ----- they improve the quality of their products will
D) cost E) will cost we order any more handbags from them.
A) Even if B) Only if C) Unless
5. I’m sure my daughter ----- university life if she ----- D) Whether E) In case
but she is so shy.
A) hat enjoyed / was socialising 15. You shouldn’t wash your car with washing up
B) enjoys / will have socialised liquid; ----- , you’ll damage the paint work.
C) would enjoy / socialised A) otherwise B) in case C) only if
D) enjoyed / had been socialising D) unless E) as long as
E) could have enjoyed / has socialized
16. Your advertisement might look more attractive -----
6. I wish I ----- to my friends in Germany every day it were printed in colour.
without getting a huge telephone bill. A) if B) even if C) until
A) can talk B) would talk C) will talk D) whether E) in case
D) could talk E) have been talking
17. I wouldn’t be able to afford an Armani suit------- I ate
7. You ----- determined if you ------- to give up smoking bread and water for a month.
permanently. A) as long as B) because C) only if
A) have been / wanted D) in order that E) even if
B) have to be / want
C) could be / will have wanted 18. You shouldn’t wash your car with washing up
D) had been / would have wanted liquid; ----- ----, you’ll damage the paint work.
E) were to be / would want A) otherwise B) in case C) only if
D) unless E) as long as
8. If ways of identifying criminals using DNA samples -
---- the person who killed these two youngteenagers 19. Your advertisement might look more attractive -----
five years ago would still be a free man. it were printed in colour.
A) aren’t developing A) if B) even if C) until
B) wouldn’t develop D) whether E) in case
C) hadn’t been developed
D) couldn’t develop 20. I wouldn’t be able to afford an Armani suit------- I ate
E) won’t have been developed bread and water for a month.
A) as long as B) because C) only if
9. If our caravan ----- with a shower, it ---- more D) in order that E) even if
practical for longer holidays.
A) is to equip / can be 21. I’ll allow you to go to the park .......... you come
B) were equipped / would be home before it gets dark.
C) had been equipped / will be A) even if B) in case C) as long as
D) equipped / could be D) so that E) unless
E) would be equipped / has been
22. She described her holiday job at the factory------- it
10. Had the Millennium Dome not been built, 750 million were torture.
pounds ------ on health and education. A) even if B) only if C) because
A) can be spent D) as though E) unless
B) must have been spent
C) could have been spent 23. I’m afraid we won’t be able to come to Devon -----
D) will have spent the repairs to our car can be completed in time. The
E) had been spending garage is waiting for parts at the moment.
A) unless B) if C) in case
D) because E) so that