Conditionals 1. Choose the correct answer.

If this theory about parallel universes (1)……..correct, it (2) ……..that we’re living in more than one universe at the same time. But if that (3) ……true – if I was doing different things in different universes – (4) ……about it. And if I (5) …….about it, how could it be me doing these things? If I (6) ……..the lottery last year in a parallel universe and decided to sail round the world, how is that ‘me’? It doesn’t make sense!
And another thing. If I do something, it (7) ……consequences. For example, if I (8) …… study, I might not pass my exams. I can’t start thinking about different universes where the consequences are different. If I just (9) ………about the universe I actually live in, then I’m sure (10) …….okay!

1. A) will be. B) is. C) would have been. D) has been
2. A) has meant. B) meant. C) had meant. D) means
3. A) will be. B) was being. C) were. D) has been
4. A) I’d know B) I’ll know C) I have known D) I know
5. A) wouldn’t know B) don’t know C) won’t know D) didn’t know
6. A)had won B) was winning C) have won D) win
7. A) would have B) would have had C) will have D) had had
8. A) won’t B) haven’t C) don’t D) hadn’t
9. A) think B) to think C) am thinking D) have thought
10. A) I’d be B) I’ve been C) I’d have been D) I’ll be

2. Complete using the correct form of the verb in brackets. Mixed conditionals.

1) If …….. (you/do) your homework last night, you’d know the answer to this question!
2) We ……….. (not/stand) by the side of the road at the moment trying to get a lift if ……. (we/bring) a spare tyre with us.
3) If I …….. (not/stay up) so late last night, I …………. (not/feel) so tired this morning!
4) ……… (I/be) in terrible trouble right now if you ……….(not/help) me.
5) If I had a video recorder, ………. (I /record) the match last night.
6) …………. (I /ask) for Andy’s phone number when I met him if I …….. (not/already/have) a boyfriend!
7) If Cody ……… (not/live) so far away, he ……….. (not/be) so late to the barbecue yesterday.
8) Tracy ………. (not/need) extra lesson last month if she ……… (be) as good at maths as you are.
9) ………….. (you/have got) a job when you left school if the university …….. (not/offer) you a place?
10) If you ……… (have) as much money as she does, ………… (you/retire) by now?

3. Complete the sentences so that the meaning remains the same.

1) If her condition should improve, we’ll inform you immediately.
Should her condition improve, we’ll inform you immediately.

2) Jade will ask lots of difficult questions if she gets to interview a famous politician. Should………………………..
3) If you were able to go abroad for the summer, where would you go? Were………………………………..
4) If I was to become a vet, I’d find putting animals down very difficult. Were………………………………..
5) The world would be much better off if all environmental pollution stopped today. Were…………………………………
6) If the hole in the ozone layer had been discovered sooner, fewer people would have got skin cancer. Had………………………………………………………………………
7) I wouldn’t have become a teacher if I hadn’t had such a good teacher at school. Had…………………………………………….

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