Exercises
I. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the correct verb form. Choose from the list a)-e). State the type of the conditional.
1. If I … not busy, Iۥ ll join you.
a) are c) am e) shall be
b) were d) was
2. Rob will take you by car in case the bus … late.
a) will arrive c) arrived e) is arriving
b) arrive d) arrives
3. If you … more attentive you wouldn ۥ t lose your passport.
a) was c) were e) are
b) would be d) should be
4. Provided we knew French we … correspond with you regularly.
a) shall c) can e) were
b) should d) will
5. They … us e-mail if there had been any new information.
a) had sent c) would send e) would have sent
b) sent d) will send
II. Translate from Russian into English.
1. Эксперимент состоится, если прибор отремонтируют.
a) The experiment will take place if the instrument is repaired.
b) The experiment will take place if the instrument will be repaired.
c) The experiment would take place if the instrument were repaired.
d) The experiment will take place if the instrument has been repaired.
e) The experiment would have taken take place if the instrument had been repaired.
2. Мой друг не волновался бы так сильно, если бы ему не задавали так много вопросов.
a) My friend is not so much nervous if he is not asked so many questions.
b) My friend wonۥt be so much nervous if he is asked so many questions.
c) My friend wouldnۥt be so much nervous unless he were asked so many questions.
d) My friend wouldnۥt be so much nervous if he is not asked so many questions.
e) My friend were not so much nervous if he wouldnۥt be asked so many questions.
III. Translate from English into Russian.
1. Iۥll be very sorry unless you can arrive.
2. If I miss the bus this afternoon, Iۥll take a taxi instead.
3. Would you change your computer if you could?
4. When the spring comes, itۥll get warmer and drier.
5. If the plane hadnۥt been damaged in an accident, we could have continued our trip.
6. Unless the weather were nasty, we could go to the suburb.
7. Weۥll go skiing provided snow doesnۥt melt.
IV. Read the following text and comment on the types of the conditionals and the tenses that are used in it. Answer the questions. Choose the answer a)-e) which you think fits best according to the text.
The most important source of oxygen is air. Ordinary air may be changed into a liquid both in the laboratory and at the plant, if it is cooled sufficiently. If liquid air were boiled, nitrogen would escape from the solution readily and more rapidly than oxygen. By the use of many devices, most of the nitrogen may be boiled out.
1. In what case may ordinary air be converted into a liquid?
a) In case it is boiled.
b) In case it is heated.
c) In case it is cooled to a very low temperature.
d) No information is given in the story.
e) In case it is high in the mountains.
2. What would happen if liquid air were boiled?
a) Oxygen would leave it quicker than nitrogen.
b) Nitrogen would leave it quicker than oxygen.
c) Nothing would happen.
d) No information is given in the text.
e) Oxygen would explode if liquid air were boiled.
3. Where is ordinary air converted into liquid air?
a) At the plant.
b) In the laboratory.
c) In outer space.
d) At the plant and in the laboratory.
e) In the boilers and furnaces.
Test 4
Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the correct verb form. Choose from the list a)-d).
1. Call me, please as soon as you … your translation.
a) will finish b) finish c) finishes d) finishing
2. If I … you I would apply for this position.
a) would b) will c) were d) am
3. Iۥd go away for a few weeks … the weather were better.
a) if b) when c) but for d) until
4. When Dan … in St. Petersburg he must come to see us.
a) will b) will be c) are d) is
5. But for the weather, weۥd have … to the park.
a) go b) went c) gone d) going
6. If he … his exams on time heۥd have had more time to relax.
a) passed b) pass c) have passed d) had passed
7. Weۥd be very happy if our football-team … this match.
a) win b) wins c) won d) winning
8. If I had been born as a child of Bill Gates Iۥd … the best computers in my childhood.
a) have had b) had c) have d) having
9. If I … spare time Iۥll help you.
a) have had b) had c) have d) having
10. Nick … his exam successfully provided he works hard.
a) pass b) have passed c) passing d) will pass
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