This grammar exercise tests your ability to use conditional sentences correctly.

Grammar notes

In type 1 conditional, use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will/may/can + bare infinitive in the main clause.

In type 2 conditional, use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would/might/could + bare infinitive (infinitive without to) in the main clause.

In type 3 conditional, use a past perfect in the if-clause and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause.

Exercise

1. If you ……………………….. the medicine, you would feel better. (take / took / had taken)

2. If it wasn’t too late, I ……………………………. for a walk. (will go / would go / would have gone)

3. If I ……………………….. the job, I would be in trouble. (don’t get / didn’t get / hadn’t got)

4. If you ………………………….. on time, you could have gone with them. (arrive / arrived / had arrived)

5. If she had met the targets, she ……………………………. her job. (will not lose / would not lose / would not have lost)

6. If I find the key, I …………………………. it to you. (will give / would give / would have given)

7. If she ………………………………. to me, she would not have landed herself in trouble. (listen / listened / had listened)

8. If you reserve a table, you ………………………… to wait. (will not have / would not have)

9. If you exercised regularly, you ……………………………… so much weight. (will not gain/ would not gain / would not have gained)

10. If they had practiced well, they …………………………………. the match. (can win / could win / could have won)

Answers

1. took, 2. would go, 3. didn’t get, 4. had arrived, 5. would not have lost, 6. will give, 7. had listened, 8. will not have, 9. would not gain, 10. could have won.