CHUYÊN ĐỀ 13: CÂU ĐIỀU KIỆN (CONDITIONALS)
21 câu hỏi
Match the if-clause on the left with the result-clause on the right to make meaningful sentences.
If-clause | Result-clause |
1. If you stay with us for three days, | A. we might get served a bit more quickly. |
2. If you decide not to vote in the election, | B. give us a call and we’ll come to pick you up. |
3. If you didn't eat your lunch so fast, | C. very few people would obey the law. |
4. If there were a few more people working | D. you wouldn’t get hiccups, would you? |
5. If you forget to take your passport, | E. they have to go through a complicated procedure. |
6. If the hire car isn't there when you arrive, | F. we’d be happy to give you a good reference. |
7. If the city continues to expand, | G. I’m pretty sure they won't let you check in. |
8. If the police didn't find people, | H. more natural areas of beauty will be destroyed. |
9. If you did decide to leave the company, | I. we'll have enough time to see a few sights. |
10. If MPs wish to resign, | J. you can’t really complain about the government |
1.I | 2. J | 3. D | 4. A | 5. G |
6. B | 7. H | 8.C | 9. F | 10. E |
Complete the text below using the most suitable form of the verbs given. One verb will be used twice.
guess | have | work | recognise | erupt | stop | seem | miss | go |
Dear Nicola,
How are you? Thanks a lot for the photos - your sister has grown up so much that I (1)………..her if you hadn’t told me which one she was.
I’ve been really busy at college all day and working at the café most nights. I know I'd have more time to study if I (2)……….., but then I (3)_________________________ ………..enough money to go on the field trip next month. We're going to Sicily and we'll be able to go up Mt. Etna if it (4)………..in the meantime. If we’re lucky, we (5)………..time for some shopping and sunbathing in between completing our projects on the local geology. Our department is really good about organising trips like this. If I'd done geography (my first choice), I (6)………..anywhere this year. And if I didn’t have the trip to look forward to, it (7)………..a very long term, I can tell you.
What else? Well, Phil’s so-called surprise party was great fun. He (8)………..never
………..what we were up to, but we had to tell him because he was planning to go home for the weekend, so he (9)………..the whole thing!
Anyway, I'd better not waffle on anymore - I'll miss my next lecture if I (10)………..
writing now!
Love,
Gail
Thanks a lot for the photos - your sister has grown up so much that I (1)………..her if you hadn’t told me which one she was.
wouldn’t have recognized
I know I'd have more time to study if I (2)……….., but then
didn’t work
I (3) ………..enough money to go on the field trip next month.
wouldn’t have
We're going to Sicily and we'll be able to go up Mt. Etna if it (4)………..in the meantime
wouldn’t have
If we’re lucky, we (5)………..time for some shopping and sunbathing in between completing our projects on the local geology
will have
I (6)………..anywhere this year. And if I didn’t have the trip to look forward to
wouldn’t be going
it (7)………..a very long term, I can tell you.
would seem
What else? Well, Phil’s so-called surprise party was great fun. He (8)………..never………..what we were up to
would ... have guessed
but we had to tell him because he was planning to go home for the weekend, so he (9)………..the whole thing!
would have missed
Anyway, I'd better not waffle on anymore - I'll miss my next lecture if I (10)……….. writing now!
don’t stop
Rewrite the following sentences as mixed conditionals.
They walked 20 kilometers, so they are exhausted now.
→ If they………
If they hadn’t walked 20 kilometers, they wouldn’t be exhausted now.
Mr. Owen is making a fortune now because he invested his money at the right time.→ If Mr. Owen……………………
If Mr. Owen hadn’t invested his money at the right time, he wouldn't be making a fortune now.
Sue is still ill, otherwise she would already have sent the invitations.→ If Sue………
If Sue weren’t (still) ill, she would already have sent the invitations.
She was standing at that bus stop when she first met Peter. Now they are married.→ If she…………………
If she hadn’t been standing at that bus stop, she wouldn't be married to Peter/ they wouldn’t be married now
He is gullible that he believed everything you said.
→ If he…………………
If he weren’t (so) gullible, he wouldn't have believed everything you said.
Rewrite the following sentences without the word ‘if, beginning as shown.
If the wound becomes infected, you'll need to take antibiotics.→ Should……………………
Should the wound become infected, you’ll need to take antibiotics.
If I were to be chosen as the team leader, I'd do my best to get everyone training together.→ Were……………………
Were I to be chosen as the team leader, I'd do my best to get everyone training together.
I might have got the scholarship if I had applied for it.→ Had ……………………
Had I applied for the scholarship, I might have got it.
The driver’s quick reaction prevented a tragedy→ But for………
But for the driver's quick reaction, there would have been a tragedy/ the tragedy wouldn’t have been prevented/ a tragedy would have happened.
Would you take freelance work if it was offered to you?→ Supposing……………
Supposing you were offered freelance work, would you take it?
