Conditionals Review

If I find your email, I ______ immediately.

• replied

• replies

• will reply

• wouldn't reply

If I had more free time, I ______ around the world.

• travel

• will

• could travel

• traveled

If I were the president, I _____ taxes.

• lowers

• lower

• lowered

• would lower

Indicate the alternative that best completes the following sentence: If you had taken my advice, you __________.

• would learned the lesson

• would have learnt the lesson

• should learned the lesson

• would learn the lesson

• should understand the lesson

In the sentence “If the criteria of quality become exacting, a canon may emerge …” the part in italics is a/an:

(UECE - CE)

• a) noun clause

• b) relative clause

• c) conditional clause

• d) restrictive clause

• e) deductive clause

Which of the following sentences is correct?

• If I had a lot of money, I will drink champagne with you every meal.

• If I had a lot of money, I would drinked champagne with you every meal.

• If I had a lot of money, I  drank champagne with you every meal.

• If I had a lot of money, I would drink champagne with you every meal.

• If I had a lot of money, I would drank champagne with you every meal.

The conditional statement used in the stretches “It would sure be a big surprise if the school bus spontaneously exploded and I didn’t have to go to school” and “I’d sure be surprised if that happened” is:

• a)

  Zero conditional. It expresses the idea that the fact described is true. 

• b)

  Second conditional. The condition expressed is known to be false or it is presented as unlikely.

• c) First conditional. It refers to predictive conditional sentences.

• d)

  Third conditional. It is used to refer to hypothetical, counterfactual situations in the past.

• e)

  Mixed conditional. It refers to a mixture of the second and third conditionals.

If senior citizens __________ more pessimistic toward technology, Web developers and marketers __________ to emphasize two things: ease of use and value.

(UNESP - SP)

• a) became – have

• b) become – have

• c) became – would have

• d) became – will have

• e) became – had

^{(November 18, 1985 Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson)}

^(ESPM-SP)

Turning the third frame of the strip into the third conditional, we would have:

• a) “And if anything happened, by Golly, I’d be ready for it!”

• b) “And if anything had been, by Golly, I would have been ready for it!”

• c) “And if anything had happened, by Golly, I’d be ready for it!”

• d) “And if anything did, by Golly, I would be ready for it!”

• e) “And had anything happened, by Golly, I’d have been ready for it!”

Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form.

If I won a lottery I ________ around the world.

(PUC-PR)

• a) would travel

• b) travel

• c) will travel

• d) am traveling

• e) traveled