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Conditionals and wishes
6 IELTS Grammar questions with answers and explanations.
Printable worksheet with answer key
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If governments ____ more money on public transport, fewer people would drive.
- 1 will spend
- 2 spend
- 3 had spent
- 4 spent
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Correct answer: spent
A second conditional uses the past simple in the if clause.
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If the temperature ____ any further, the ice will melt.
- 1 would rise
- 2 rose
- 3 had risen
- 4 rises
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Correct answer: rises
A first conditional uses the present simple in the if clause.
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If I ____ harder, I would have passed the test.
- 1 would study
- 2 study
- 3 studied
- 4 had studied
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I wish I ____ more time to prepare.
- 1 had
- 2 will have
- 3 have
- 4 would have
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Unless people reduce waste, the problem ____ worse.
- 1 got
- 2 will get
- 3 would have got
- 4 getting
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Correct answer: will get
Unless means if not, and it takes a first conditional.
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Which sentence is correct?
- 1 If she knew, she would have helped.
- 2 If she had known, she would have helped.
- 3 If she had known, she helped.
- 4 If she would know, she helps.
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Correct answer: If she had known, she would have helped.
The third conditional is had known and would have helped.