Conditionals
Ex.3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense
1. If
I _____________________ (not/have) a car accident yesterday, I
__________________________ (not/take) to hospital.
2. I
_______________________ (ask) Monica out for a meal, if she ____________________
(not/be) busy ____________________ (prepare) for a test now.
3. If
people _________________ (not/like) ____________________ (scare), thousands of
horror films ____________________________ (not/produce).
4. We
________________________ (fail) the test unless/if
we __________________ (study) hard for the whole weekend.
5. I
__________________ (leave) you my phone number in case /if you _________________ (need) any help.
6. I
wish I _______________ (go) to that conference. My boss
____________________________ (not/go on) at me now.
7. The
burglar got in because you forgot ___________________ (shut) the window. If you
____________________ (not/leave) the ground floor window open for the night,
your house __________________________________(not/break into).
8. I
wish I ______________________________ (have/ my teeth/ check) regularly in my
childhood.
9.
As long as you
_______________________ (work) six hours a day, you ____________________ (get)
this job __________________ (finish) on time.
10. (inversion)_____________
I _______________ (know) about their anniversary, I
______________________________ (buy)
some flowers.
11. Supposing
you _____________ (win) a trip to any place in the world where______________
you ____________ (go)?
12. If
a passer-by __________________ (not/take) me out of that burning car, I
_______________________ (not/be) alive.
13. I
_______________ (buy) an extra bottle of wine in case the Stuarts
_______________ (join) us for dinner.
14. I
wish this thought _____________________ (stop)
_______________ (haunt) me!
15. I’d
rather you __________________ (not/come) with me to the fashion show tomorrow.
16. I
know it’s probably not going to happen but imagine I _______________________
(become) a famous super model.
17. It’s
high time hats _________________________ (come) into fashion again.
18. If
only Henry _______________ (get) a haircut! I can’t stand his scruffy looks any
more.
19. Don’t
you sometimes wish you _____________________ (be) invisible?
20. I
wish I _______________ (not/leave) this to the last minute. I am going to try
and wing it.
21. I’d
rather you ______________ (not/lend) Brenda any more money – she’s got to learn
not to spend what she doesn’t have.
22. They
_____________________ (know) everything by the time you _________________ (be)
back, so don’t hurry.
23. He
asks you if you ____________________ (meet) him in the library at 5 o’clock. He
can be useful if you ______________________ (treat) him right.
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1. If I didn’t have a car accident yesterday, I hadn't been taken to hospital.2. I asked Monica out for a meal, if she wouldn't be busy preparing for a test now.
3. If people didn't like being scared, thousands of horror films wouldn't be produced. 4. We hadn't failed the test unless/if we would have studied hard for the whole weekend.
5. I will leave you my phone number in case /if you need any help.
6. I wish I had gone to that conference. My boss wouldn't be going on at me now.
7. The burglar got in because you forgot to shut the window. If you hadn't left the ground floor window open for the night, your house wouldn't be broken into.
8. I wish I had had my teeth checked regularly in my childhood.
9. As long as you work six hours a day, you will get this job finished on time.
10. Had I known about their anniversary, I would have bought some flowers.
11. Supposing you won a trip to any place in the world where would you go?
12. If a passer-by hadn't taken me out of that burning car, I wouldn't have been alive.
13. I bought an extra bottle of wine in case the Stuarts would join us for dinner.
14. I wish this thought to stop haunting me! 15. I’d rather you didn't come with me to the fashion show tomorrow.
16. I know it’s probably not going to happen but imagine I become a famous super model.
17. It’s high time hats came into fashion again.
18. If only Henry got a haircut! I can’t stand his scruffy looks any more.
19. Don’t you sometimes wish you to be invisible?
20. I wish I hadn't left this to the last minute. I am going to try and wing it.
21. I’d rather you didn't lend Brenda any more money – she’s got to learn not to spend what she doesn’t have.
22. They will have known everything by the time you are back, so don’t hurry.
23. He asks you if you meet him in the library at 5 o’clock. He can be useful if you treat him right.