Conditional Sentences Quiz

If it ____ tomorrow, we will cancel the picnic.

• rain

• rains

• rained

• raining

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'rains' because the sentence is in the future tense, and 'rains' is the correct verb form to use with 'if' for future possibilities.

If I ____ you, I would not do that.

• am

• was

• were

• be

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'were' because this sentence is in the subjunctive mood, indicating a hypothetical situation. 'Were' is the correct past subjunctive form of the verb 'to be' in this context.

If we ____ time, we will visit the museum.

• have

• had

• has

• having

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'have' because the sentence is in the present tense, and 'have' is the correct form of the verb to use with 'we'.

If you ____ harder, you will succeed.

• work

• worked

• works

• working

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'work' because it matches the conditional 'If you ____ harder, you will succeed.' This sentence is in the present tense, so 'work' is the appropriate form.

If she ____ more money, she would travel more often.

• have

• had

• has

• having

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'had' because it is the correct past tense form to use in the conditional sentence structure 'If she had more money, she would travel more often.'

If you ____ the instructions carefully, you wouldn't have made a mistake.

• read

• had read

• readed

• reads

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'had read' because it indicates a past action that should have been completed before the mistake occurred.

If they had known, they ____ come.

• would

• will

• would have

• will have

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'would have' because it indicates a hypothetical past action that did not happen, which fits the context of the sentence.

If they ____ earlier, they would have seen the entire show.

• arrived

• arrive

• had arrived

• arrives

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'had arrived' because it is the past perfect tense indicating an action completed before another past action, fitting the context of the sentence.

If I ____ you, I would apologize.

• am

• was

• were

• be

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'were' because the sentence is in the subjunctive mood, indicating a hypothetical situation. In this case, 'were' is the correct past subjunctive form of the verb 'to be'.

If you ____ me, I would have helped you.

• told

• tell

• had told

• tells

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'had told' because the sentence is in the past unreal conditional form. 'Had told' is the correct past perfect form to use in this context to indicate a hypothetical situation in the past.