Question

WRITING I Choose the correct answer 1 If you drop the vase my mother … you. a) punishes b) will punish c) would punish 2 If she … not so slowly she would enjoy the party. a) were b) is c) will be 3 If we had a chicken we … it. a) cooked b) would cook c) were cooking 4 If you … my library book I will have to buy a new one. a) will lose b) lost c) lose 5 If she … you were in hospital she would have visited you. a) had known b) knew c) would have known 6 If I have a computer I … Computer Studies. a) would learn b) will learn c) learn 7 If the weather had been nice we … go on excursion. a) went b) would have gone c) will go 8 If I … you I would visit Jane yesterday. a) was b) had been c) were II Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tenses 1 If he (eat) all that he will be ill. 2 If he had known the whole story he (not be) so angry. 3 If we had more rain our crops (grow) faster. 4 If you (paint) the walls white the room would be much brighter. 5 Ice (turn) the water if you heat it. 6 If she knew that it was dangerous she (not come). 7 I (take) a taxi if I had realised that it was such a long way. 8 The police (arrest) him if they catch him.

Answer 1

1. b
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. a
6. b
7. b
8. c

1. eats
2. would not have been
3. grew
4. painted
5. will turn
6. would not come
7. would have taken
8. will arrest