Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people _________ same language.
A. spoke B. speak C. had spoken D. will speak
2. If you can give me one good reason for your acting like this, ________ this incident again.
A. I will never mention B. I never mention
C. will I never mention D. I don't mention
3. Unless you ________ all of my questions, I can't do anything to help you.
A. answered B. answer C. would answer D. are answering
4. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I _________ it.
A. would have never believed B. don't believe
C. hadn't believed D. can't believe
5. If John _________ to go on the trip, would you have gone?
A. doesn't agree B. didn't agree C. hadn't agreed D. wouldn't agreed
6. I didn't know you were asleep. Otherwise, I __________ so much noise when I came in.
A. didn't make B. wouldn't have made C. won't make D. don't make
7. If I ________ the same problem you had as a child, I might not have succeeded in life as well as you have.
A. have B. would have C. had had D. should have
8. I _______ you sooner had someone told me you were in hospital.
A. would have visited B. visited C. had visited D. visit
9. ________ then what I know today, I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble over the years.
A. Had I known B. Did I know C. If I know D. If I would know
10. The lecturer last night didn't know what he was talking about, but if professor Madison _______, I would have listened carefully.
A. had been lecturing B. was lecturing C. would lecture D. lectured
1. If I had more free time, I would apply for a new job.
2. When I was younger, people advised me to learn how to swim.
3. If everybody on earth spoke the same language, people could communicate freely with others.
4. When students do well in their test, they might be rewarded.
5. If a person wants to be successful in life, it's important to have a passion.