EXERCISES ON CONDITIONALS

Choose the best answer
1. If I ……….the same problem you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as well as you have.
A. have B. would have C. had had D. should have
2. I………you sooner had someone told me you were in the hospital.
A. would have visited B. visited C. had visited D. visit
3. ………more help, I could call my neighbor.
A. needed B. should I need C. I have needed D. I should need
4. ………then what I know today, I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble over the years.
A. had I known B. did I know C. If I know D. If I would know
5. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people……….the same language?
A. spoke B. speak C. had spoken D. will speak
6. If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this,………this incident again.
A. I will never mention B. I never mention C. will I never mention D. I don’t mention
7. I didn’t know you were asleep. Otherwise, I……….so much noise when I came in.
A. didn’t make B. wouldn’t have made C. won’t make D. don’t make
8. Unless you………all of my questions, I can’t do anything to help you.
A. answered B. answer C. would answer D. are answering
9. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I…….….it.
A. would have never believed B. don’t believe C. hadn’t believed D. can’t believe
10. If Jake………..to go on the trip, would you have gone?
A. doesn’t agree B. didn’t agree C. hadn’t agree D. wouldn’t agree
11. When I stopped talking, Sam finished my sentence for me as though he………..my mind.
A. would read B. had read C. reads D. can read
12. If you……….., I’d have brought my friends over to your house to watch T.V, but I didn’t want to bother you.
A. had studied B. studied C. hadn’t been studying D. didn’t study
13. I wish I…….….you some money for your rent, but I’m broke myself.
A. can lend B. would lend C. could lend D. will lend
14. If someone ……..…in to the store, smile and say, “May I help you?”
A. comes B. came C. would come D. could come
15. “Here’s my phone number”. “Thanks. I’ll give you a call if I ………….some help tomorrow”
A. will need B. need C. would need D. needed
16. If I weren’t working for an accounting firm, I………...in a bank.
A. would be working B. will work C. have worked D. work
17. The death rate would decrease if hygienic conditions…………improved.
A. was B. is C. were D. had been
18. The education in Japan…….…..if the basic principles of education had not been taken into consideration.
A. would go down B. would have gone down C. went down D. had gone down
19. If there………., the rice fields could have been more productive.
A. had been enough water B. were enough water C. would be enough water D. are enough water
20. The patient could not recover unless he……..…an operation.
A. had undergone B. would undergo C. underwent D. was undergoing
21. If she……..…..him, she would be very happy.
A. would meet B. will meet C. is meeting D. could meet
22. If he…………..a thorough knowledge of English, he could have applied for this post.
A. had had B. had C. has D.