Conditional sentences

Conditional sentences

I. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences
1. The number of accidents on highways …… every year.
A. increases B. are increasing C. is increased D. increased
2. Our natural ……. will be run out of if people continue wasting them.
A. figures B. numbers C. resources D. population
3. If she ……. so shy, she would enjoy parties.
A. isn’t B. not be C. weren’t D. wouldn’t be
4. If English people spoke more slowly I …… to understand them.
A. may be able B. am able C. might be able D. was able
5. If the exit doors …….. people would have been able to escape.
A. hadn’t blocked B. didn’t block C. hadn’t been blocked D. weren’t blocked
6. They told us if they ……. the problem, they wouldn’t have asked for help.
A. had understood B. understood C. have understood D. understand
7. My brother asked me what he would do with the money if he ……. the first prize?
A. won B. wins C. would win D. will win
8. If the lift ……… we wouldn’t have come up by the stairs.
A. had been working B. have been working C. is working D. would be working
9. They suspected the man ……. a spy.
A. at being B. in being C. on being D. of being
10. If he didn’t spend hours ……. TV, he would pass the exams.
A. watch B. watching C. to watch D. being watched
II. Rewrite the sentences using conditional sentences
1. If you (ask) me, I would explain it to you.
2. He always (complain) if I’m late.
3. If she (not walk) to the meeting yesterday, she (not be) late.
4. A: You looked tired.
B: Well, if I (not go) to bed late last night, I (not be) so tired now.
5. A: Is Jack a practical person?
B: Jack? No, he isn’t. if he (be) practical, he (not refuse) that offer last month.
6. A: How was your holiday? B: Well, it (be) all right if it (not rain) all the time.
7. A: Congratulations! It was great success!
B: Thanks. But without your good advice, I (not be) successful.
III. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. A. population B. commune C. punctuality D. stimulation
2. A. comment B. constancy C. longevity D. society
3. A. decrease B. eradicate C. celebrate D. expand
4. A. survey B. usual C. mutual D. universal
5. A. strategy B. general C. geography D. great
IV. Find one mistake in each sentence below and correct it
1. How much people are expected to be in the world by the year 2015?
2. The man told his girl friend that he’d be upset if she refused go there with him.
3. What problems do population explosion cause to the world?
4. When I kept to get unwanted calls, I had my phone number changed.
5. Mark proved that the accident wasn’t his fault by produced two witnesses who testified in his favour.
6. On Mother’s Day, the mother receives greeting cards and gifts from their husband and children.
7. In past, 31st October was considered to be the last day of summer.
V. Fill in each blank with a noun or verb related to the underlined word
1. My parents gave me permission to go to the movies tonight. Will your parents ….. you to go?
2. The island was discovered in 1510. Its ……….. led to the establishment of a colony.
3. it was getting late, so the teacher concluded her lesson. We were glad when she reached her……………
4. He defined that word for me and his ……………. was correct.
5. A person who instructs people how to play tennis is a tennis ………..
VI. Choose the sentence which is closet in meaning to the given one
1. I’d rather do nothing than watch old films on television.
A. I dislike watching old films on television.
B. Watching old films on