Conditionals

Answers Ex.1

2. broke down/ran out of petrol
3. wash
4. you work
5. (should) see him
6. will we get to
7. I have
8. I’d slap
9. you use/look after it
10. lands
11. I spoke/could speak
12. you require (any)
13. it gets/turns
14. wouldn’t get/have
15. there are/you have
16. you were shipwrecked/stranded


Answers Ex.2

2. Jane would have applied for that job in the City if she had lived anywhere near/nearer London
3. If Louis hadn’t mentioned it to me in passing, I wouldn’t have found out.
4. If a detective hadn’t recognized him from an identikit picture, Ronald wouldn’t be in prison.
5. Harry wouldn’t have beaten me at tennis if he hadn’t cheated/been such a terrible cheat!
6. If you hadn’t left the map in the car, we wouldn’t be lost!
7. We might have been able to fix the car when it broke down if we had known anything about engines.
8. I would have prepared something special if I’d known they were coming.


Answers Ex.3

2. would still be living, hadn’t hound
3. hadn’t looked, wouldn’t have spotted
4. would ever have guessed, hadn’t been caught
5. would never have got, hadn’t been/gone
6. had taken, might/would be living
7. hadn’t noticed, would be
8. would have been, hadn’t lost
9. wouldn’t be, hadn’t known
10. ‘d listened, wouldn’t be sitting


Answers Ex.4

2. don’t tell ... will regret
3. had come round ... would have seen
4. happens ... will lose
5. would help … had
6. loses … will resign
7. hadn’t gone … would never have met
8. were … would use
9. gets … will be
10. would have been … had happened


Answers Ex.5

1. Sold, would buy
2. would come, started
3. clicked, would cancel
4. would be, trained
5. were, could play
6. could understand, marked
7. changed, would save
8. recycled, could reduce
9. would get, improved
10. snowed, might go