Destination C1&C2 - Conditional Tenses

The past perfect is used in the ...

• Zero conditional

• First conditional

• Second conditional

• Third conditional

Which conditional is used in this sentence: You might have been able to afford a better holiday, if you hadn't wasted so much money last week?

• Zero conditional

• Mixed conditionals

• Second conditional

• Inverted conditional

Which conditional uses the following structure: If + past simple/past continuous, would + bare infinitive?

• Inverted conditionals

• Zero conditional

• Second conditional

• Third conditional

Can other modals be used instead of would in the result clause in third conditionals?

• Yes, might, could and should can also be used.

• No, would is the only verb that can be used.

Which of the following is not a conditional structure?

• As/so long as

• But for + noun

• In case

• In answer to

What is the correct rule related to commas with conditionals?

• Use a comma after the if-clause when the if-clause precedes the result clause.

• Use a comma when the result clause precedes the if-clause.

Which sentence is in the zero conditional?

• If you burn fossil fuels, carbon dioxide is produced.

• If we continue to pollute our planet, future generations will suffer.

• What would the local government do if there was an earthquake in the area?

• A lot more people would have been trapped but the flood if there hadn't been a warning.

The First conditional is used

• in hypothetical conditions in the past and their results in the past.

• in hypothetical conditions in the past and their results in the present.

• in real conditions in the present or future and their results in the present or future.

• in general of scientific facts and definitions.

In Inverted conditionals, when the verb to be inverted is negative, we put ______ after the subject.

• to not

• not to

• not

Is the phrase If I were you, ... used in British or American English?

• British

• Both

• American