This exercise tests your ability to write conditional sentences. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate conditional verb form. There are very many possibilities. Just make sure that your sentences are correct and make sense.

An example is given below.

If you had behaved politely ………………………..

Solution

If you had behaved politely, she wouldn’t have got upset.

Exercise

1. If I were the President, ……………………………

2. If you were really earnest, …………………………..

3. He would have got the first prize, ……………………………

4. If I had enough time, …………………………….

5. If he doesn’t mend his ways, ……………………………

6. He would have met with a fatal accident, ………………………………

7. If the boss were to come in now, ……………………………

8. If he secures good grades, …………………………….

9. He will marry that girl …………………………

10. If he were hungry, …………………………….

Answers

1. If I were the President, I would make university education free.

2. If you were really earnest, you wouldn’t waste that opportunity.

3. He would have got the first prize, if he had worked harder.

4. If I had enough time, I would make a cake.

5. If he doesn’t mend his ways, he will be expelled.

6. He would have met with a fatal accident, if he hadn’t cancelled that trip.

7. If the boss were to come in now, we would be in trouble.

8. If he secures good grades, his father will send him abroad.

9. He will marry that girl if his parents do not object.

10. If he were hungry, he would eat something.