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<span>1. I honestly think it _would be___ better if we _didn't see___ each other for a while. (to be, to see – negative) 2. If you _are___ already married, Mr. Clay, I _will wait___ for you. (to be – negative, to wait) 3. Now if only Betty _was___ able to come this evening she __would do__ it. But, of course, she had to choose this evening to go and see her mother.(to be, to do) 4. If he __is__ ordinary, I will not love_ him (to be, to love – negative) 5. And if anything _happens___ to him, there _will be___ something in the Press. (to happen, to be) 6. I __have believed__ it a few months ago, Mr. Chapin. (to believe) 7. If I _were___ you, I think I __would feel__ very much as you do. (to be, to feel) 8. You first brought your friend into my sister's company, and but for you we __have__ never _seen___ him. (to see) 9. I certainly won't leave you so long as you are in mourning. It _would be___ most unfriendly. If I _am___ in mourning you __will stay__ with me, I suppose. (to be, to be, to stay) 10. He was a power in the College, and __was__ in any society; (to be) 11. If you __have__ news before morning, ring me up at once. (to have) 12. I like the place. The air suits me. I _won't be___ surprised if I _settle down___ here, (to be – negative, to settle down) 13. There is nothing the Barkers _can't do___ for a few pounds. (to do –negative) 14. Well that wasn't true what she said and, if It __was__ that _is___ , no business of hers. (to be, to be) 15. "She told me the other day that her heart stopped for five minutes when that horrid nurse was rude to her." "Nonsense! She _won't be___ alive now if her heart ___stops_ for five seconds." (to be – negative, to stop) 16. I think it _does___ her so much good to have a short stroll with you in the Park, Dr. Chasuble. (to do) 17. The story I have to tell __would__ never _happened___ if one day I __didn't walk__ across the street. (to happen, to walk – negative) 18. "She is so wretched," I told him, "that she _would___ gladly __die__ tomorrow morning if it __wasn't__ for the baby." (to die, to be – negative) 19. If I _were___ you I __would go__ abroad again. (to be, to go) 20. "I think, Edward," said Mrs. Dashwood, "you _would be____ a happier man if you _had___ any profession to engage your time and give an interest to your plans and actions. Some inconvenience to your friends, indeed, might result from it: you _weren't___ able to give them so much of your time." (to be, to have, to be – negative) 21. Jago was longing for me to say that he ought to be the next Master. A few years before I _said___ yes on the spot. (to say) 22. And if I __knew__ I was going to meet you, I _would dress___ differently. (to know, to dress) 23. If he __returns__ here, send him to us at once. (to return) 24. I __am not__ what I am but for him. (to be – negative) 25. "Why are you talking this rubbish," he said, "and making me talk it too?" "If what you say _is___ true, women __are__ either poisonous or boring!" (to be, to be) 26. Just think, if I _had bought___ the pictures I _would have been___ a rich woman now. (to buy, to be) 27. Mr. Gresham, this marriage will, at any rate, put an end to your pecuniary embarrassment, unless, indeed, Frank __prooves__ a hard creditor. (to prove) 28. Anyhow, a fire started, and if a young fellow who's working here ___wasn't_ instantly _set about___ with an axe, their big storage tank of gasoline __would go up__ in the air and God knows what __would happen__ then. (to set about – negative, to go up, to happen) We all _go___ with it. (to go) Honestly, we're all lucky to be alive. If it __wasn't__ for this chap, we _wouldn't be.___ (to be – negative, to be – negative).</span>