MODULE 16: CONDITIONAL SENTENCES AND WISHS part 2

Without transportation, our modern society would not exist.

• A. Our modern society will not exist without having traffic.

• B. Our modern society does not exist if there is no transportation

• C. If transportation no longer exists, our modern society will not either.

• D. If there were no transportation, our modern society would not exist.

Work hard or you will fail the exam.

• A. You will fail the exam if you work hard.   

• B. If you work hard, you won’t pass the exam.

• C. You won't fail the exam if you don't work hard.

• D. If you don’t work hard, you will fail the exam.

 I can’t understand him because he speaks so quickly.

• A. If he spoke so quickly, I’d understand him.  

• B. If he speaks so quickly, I can understand him.

• C. If he didn’t speak so quickly, I’d understand him.  

• D. If he didn’t speak so quickly, I understood him.

He didn’t hurry so he missed the plane.

• A.  If he had hurried, he could have caught the plane.

• B.  He didn’t miss the plane because his hurried.

• C.  If he had hurried, he might catch the plane.

• D.  If he hurried, he wouldn’t miss the plane.

I regret going to bed so late last night.

• A. I wish I hadn’t gone to bed so late last night.

• B. I wish I had gone to bed so late last night.

• C. I wish I went to bed so late last night.

• D. I wish I didn’t go to bed so late last night.

We did not visit the museum because we had no time.

• A. If we have time, we will visit the museum.

• B. If we had time, we would visit the museum.

• C. If we had had time, we would have visited the museum.

• D. If we had had time, we will visit the museum.

It’s a pity that you didn’t tell us about this.

•   A. I wish you told us about this.

• B. I wish you would tell us about this.

• C. I wish you had told us about this.

• D. I wish you have told us about this.

Julia couldn’t pass the driving test because she was so nervous.

• A. Julia could pass the driving test if she hadn’t been so nervous.

• B. Julia could pass the driving test if she wasn’t very nervous.

• C. Julia could have passed the driving test if she hadn’t been so nervous.       

• D. Julia will pass the driving test if she wasn’t so nervous.

She is too busy to come to the party.

• A. If she was not so busy she must come to the party.

• B. If she was not so busy she could come to the party

• C. If she was not so busy she needs to come to the party.

• D. If she was not so busy she should come to the party.

She was careless. A fire broke out in the kitchen.

• A. If she were careless, a fire broke out in the kitchen.

• B. If she had been careful, a fire broke out in the kitchen.

• C. If she had been careless, a fire would have broken out in the kitchen.

• D. If she had been careful, a fire would not have broken out in the kitchen.