Question

IF CLAUSES - EXERCISES
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
1. If he _______________ (be) late we’ll go without him.
2. If I see him I _______________ (give) him a lift.
3. If you eat all that you _______________ (be) ill.
4. If the police catch him they _______________ (arrest) him.
5. If you read in bad light you _______________ (ruin) your eyes.
6. I _______________ (lend) you my car if you promise to take care of it.
7. If he _______________ (not start) at once he’ll be late for the train.
8. Unless you work very hard you _______________ (not be) successful.
9. If you heat ice it _______________ (turn) to water.
10. Unless I have a quiet room I _______________ (not be able) to do any work.
11. If I knew his address I _______________ (give) it to you.
12. If he knew that it was dangerous he _______________ (not come).
13. If I _______________ (have) a degree I could get a job easily.
14. If I _______________ (win) a big prize in a lottery I’d give up my job.
15. If I _______________ (know) French I could tell you what this means.
16. If I thought that I’d be any use I _______________ (offer) to help.
17. I _______________ (not go) there if I were you.
18. I’d ask him to dinner more often if he _______________ (be) more amusing.
19. If you saw somebody drowning, what you _______________ (do)?
20. If he worked more slowly he _______________ (not make) so many mistakes.
21. If you had arrived ten minutes earlier you _______________ (get) a seat.
22. I shouldn’t have believed it if I _______________ (not see) it with my own eyes.
23. If he had asked, you _______________ (accept)?
24. If I _______________ (know) that you were coming I’d have met you at the station.
25. If I had known what a bad driver you were I _______________ (not come) with you.
26. If he had known that the river was dangerous he _______________ (not try) to swim across it.
27. If I _______________ (be) ready when he called he would have taken me with him.
28. If she had listened to my directions she _______________ (not turn) the wrong street.
29. If you _______________ (read) the instructions carefully you wouldn’t have answered thewrong questions.
30. If the pilot _______________ (make) one mistake the ship would have run around.

Answer 1

1. If he _______is________ (be) late we’ll go without him.
2. If I see him I ________will_______ (give) him a lift.
3. If you eat all that you ______will_________ (be) ill.
4. If the police catch him they _____will__________ (arrest) him.
5. If you read in bad light you ______will_________ (ruin) your eyes.
6. I _____will__________ (lend) you my car if you promise to take care of it.
7. If he ____doesn't start_______ (not start) at once he’ll be late for the train.
8. Unless you work very hard you _______won't be____ (not be) successful.
9. If you heat ice it ______turns_________ (turn) to water.
10. Unless I have a quiet room I __won't be able___ (not be able) to do any work.
11. If I knew his address I ___would give__ (give) it to you.
12. If he knew that it was dangerous he _____wouldn't come_____ (not come).
13. If I ___had____ (have) a degree I could get a job easily.
14. If I ___won_____ (win) a big prize in a lottery I’d give up my job.
15. If I ___knew________ (know) French I could tell you what this means.
16. If I thought that I’d be any use I __would offer_____ (offer) to help.
17. I ___wouldn't go_____ (not go) there if I were you.
18. I’d ask him to dinner more often if he ___were____ (be) more amusing.
19. If you saw somebody drowning, what ___would you do______ (do)?
20. If he worked more slowly he ___wouldn't make___ (not make) so many mistakes.
21. If you had arrived ten minutes earlier you __would have got___ (get) a seat.
22. I shouldn’t have believed it if I __hadn't seen____ (not see) it with my own eyes.
23. If he had asked, would you _have accepted__ (accept)?
24. If I __had known____ (know) that you were coming I’d have met you at the station.
25. If I had known what a bad driver you were I __wouldn't have come_______ (not come) with you.
26. If he had known that the river was dangerous he _wouldn't have tried__ (not try) to swim across it.
27. If I ___had been__ (be) ready when he called he would have taken me with him.
28. If she had listened to my directions she ___wouldn't have turned__ (not turn) the wrong street.
29. If you ___had read______ (read) the instructions carefully you wouldn’t have answered the wrong questions.
30. If the pilot _had made____ (make) one mistake the ship would have run around.