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Conditional sentences

Choose the correct answer(a, b, c or d)

1. If you …so much noise, I….

a) make, won’t be able

b) had made, wouldn’t be able

c) made, won’t be able

d) made, wouldn’t have been able

2. What … if you saw an accident near your house?

a)will you do

b)you would do

c) would you do

d) you will do

3. If my cat … sick, I… it to the vet.

a) would be, would take

b) would be took

c) was, would take

d) was, would have taken

4. I don’t know what… if I don’t see you again.

a) I would do

b) will Ido

c) would I do

d) I will do

5. Nothing … if you… me everything you knew.

a) would have happened, had told

b) happened, had told

c) had happened, would have told

d) would happen, had told

6. If we …a wild tiger in the prairies, leave it to me.

a) had met

b) would meet

c) met

d) meet

7. I… in this place if I …you.

a) wouldn’t have stayed, was

b) wouldn’t stay, will be

c) won’t stay, was

d) wouldn’t stay, were

8. If the ice …, it…too late.

a) melted, will be

b) melts, will be

c) had melted, would be

d) melts, would be

9. Mrs Jones spoke to her cat as if it …her.

a) had understood

b) understands

c) could understand

d) would understand

10. Jane now realized her mother …if she had told her everything.

a) would have believed

b) has believed

c) would believe

d) had believed

2. Tenses(Active voice).

Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct past forms.

Last year Sam and Joanna decided to buy a house. They (1) (save up) for ages, and by the end of April they (2) (put by) enough for the deposit on a house. They (3) (live) in a tiny flat at that time and Joanna (4) (insist) that she wanted a house with a big garden. They (5) (search) for only a few days when they found exactly what they (6) (look for)-a two-bed –roomed house in a nearly an acre of garden.Unfortunately the owner (7) (ask) much more then they (8) (be) willing to pay, and when they (9) (look) more closely at the interior, they (10) (see) that whoever (11) (live) there before, he (12) (make) an absolute mess of the walls and floors. Still Joanna (13) (like) the garden and the location so much that she (14) (manage) to convince Sam that, despite the price, it (15) (be) the perfect house for them.

3. Modal verbs( may, can, must, could).

Fill in the gaps, using these modal verbs.

1..Hello, ….I speak to Tom, please?

2. ….I use your telephone?

3. You….smoke if you like.

4. You ….drive for a year in Britain with an international licence.

5. I borrow your camera?

6. ….I give you a lift?

7. You ….tell anyone what I said.

8. You ….have a passport to visit most foreign countries.

9. ….I smoke here?

10. If you are 17, you ….drive a car in Britain.

4. Prepositions. Fill in each gap with a preposition.

The Rio carnival in Brazil.

This festival is the largest (1)….the world. Hundreds (2) ….thousands (3) …visitors come every year (4)….for celebrations(5)….the start (6)…Lent. The carnival takes place (7)…the Sambadrome, a huge new stadium.. There samba schools compete (8)…each other (9)….the best costumes and dancing. They spend a lot (10) ….time and money (11) ….carnival preparations making fantastic costumes, masks, decorations, mobile floats and teaching the samba. (12) …the past, the carnival procession was held (13)….the streets (14) ….Rio, where beautifully clothed people threw streamers and confetti and danced(15)…for days. Nowadays, the world’s biggest street party has became a pleasure only (16)…those who can afford the entrance fee.

Grammar review.

1. 1)had been saving up; 2) had put by; 3) were living; 4) insisted; 5) had been searching; 6) were looking for/ had been looking for; 7) was asking; 8) were; 9) looked; 10) saw; 11) had been living; 12) had made; 13) liked; 14) managed; 15) was.

1. 1) can; 2) could; 3 )may; 4) can; 5) could; 6) can; 7) mustn’t 8) must 9) may; 10) can’t.

4) 1) in; 2) of; 3) of; 4) for; 5) before; 6) of; 7) in; 8) with; 9) for; 10) of; 11) on; 12) in; 13)in; 14) of; 15) for; 16) for.