Review of Conditional Sentences

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Use: HAVE

Connie: I hope I can do this job for you.
Arthur: You can call me if you any problems.


Use: BE

Robert: This looks like a hard piece of music to play.
Marlo : If you ready, we'll begin.


Use: GET

Jerry: Do you suppose the garden chairs got wet in the rain?
Grace: If you didn't bring them in, I'm sure they wet.


Use: BE

Pete: Has Mr. Miller heard our song?
Anne: If he at the concert, I'm sure he heard it.


Use: GO

Pablo: Where can I go to see a good play?
Peter: If you to New York, you can see some.


Use: CALL

Tom: How can I find out when the movie begins?
Bob: If you the theater, they'll tell you.


Use: BE

I think the cheapest way to get there is to fly.
Of course, we could take the train if that cheaper.


Use: BE

Mary: John is a good-looking boy.
Judy: He'd be better-looking if his nose straighter.


Use: NEED

I don't need any advice, thank you.
If I advice, I could ask the teacher.


Use: NOT HAVE

Katherine is going to meet us at the beach.
She couldn't get there if she a car.


Use: GIVE

I'm having some trouble with grammar.
I'd be very grateful if you me a few minutes of your time.


Use: COME

I'm afraid the package isn't ready yet. If
you back this afternoon, it would be ready.


Use: WANT

Charles: I don't know whether I want to see that show.
George: If you to see it, you'd have to reserve a seat.


Use: START

Richard is stronger than I am.
If he a fight, I wouldn't have a chance.


Use: NOT MIND

I don't feel like going to the party.
I if something kept me from going.


Use: NOT HAVE

You've been very kind to me.
I wouldn't be happy here if I good friends like you.


Use: FAIL

Fortunately, everybody passed the test.
But if anyone , nothing terrible would have happened.


Use: NOT BE

The pictures fell down last night, because you put them up the
wrong way. If you'd done the job right, there
any trouble.


Use: KNOW

Sam: Why didn't you answer the first question on the test?
Ted: I would have answered it if I it.


Use: BE

Anne: That was a boring meeting.
Jane: It better if Ron hadn't made that stupid
speech.


Use: NOT BE

Bill: I'm glad the weather was nice.
Dick: Yes, if it nice we couldn't have had
the picnic.

Use: TELEPHONE

I wrote Mrs. Johnson a letter.
I if I'd needed an answer quickly.


Use: TAKE

Maria failed her final exam but Pedro passed.
If Maria it a week later, maybe she would have
passed.


Use: GO

Ed: Why didn't you go to the movie?
Di: Because my brother couldn't go. If he
with me, I would have gone.