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Conditionals and wishes
IELTS · Grammar · 6 questions
Name: ____________________ Date: ____________
If governments ____ more money on public transport, fewer people would drive.
- A will spend
- B spend
- C had spent
- D spent
If the temperature ____ any further, the ice will melt.
- A would rise
- B rose
- C had risen
- D rises
If I ____ harder, I would have passed the test.
- A would study
- B study
- C studied
- D had studied
I wish I ____ more time to prepare.
- A had
- B will have
- C have
- D would have
Unless people reduce waste, the problem ____ worse.
- A got
- B will get
- C would have got
- D getting
Which sentence is correct?
- A If she knew, she would have helped.
- B If she had known, she would have helped.
- C If she had known, she helped.
- D If she would know, she helps.
Answer key
1. D, 2. D, 3. D, 4. A, 5. B, 6. B
A second conditional uses the past simple in the if clause.
A first conditional uses the present simple in the if clause.
A third conditional uses the past perfect.
Wish plus past simple expresses a present regret.
Unless means if not, and it takes a first conditional.
The third conditional is had known and would have helped.