Conditional Sentences: If Clause Type 0 and Type 1 Test A1 A2 Level Exercises

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Question 1

Pam _____ with me again if I forget her birthday. So please remind me!

A	speaks
B	doesn't speak
C	will speak
D	won't speak

Question 1 Explanation:

For a future result, use will / won't + verb. Forgetting her birthday makes Pam angry, so the result is negative: won't speak.

Question 2

If you _____ your ice cream in the fridge, it _____.

A	will put / will melt
B	won't put / melts
C	put / will melt
D	don't put / melts

Question 2 Explanation:

This is a fact that is always true, so both parts use the present simple: If you don't put … it melts. Ice cream melts when it isn't cold.

Question 3

_____ if you see her this evening?

A	Do you ask Cathy to come to my party
B	Will you ask Cathy to come to my party
C	Does Cathy come to my party
D	Ask Cathy to come to my party

Question 3 Explanation:

This is a question about the future, so we use Will you + verb. After if we use the present: if you see her.

Question 4

If _____, we won't catch the bus.

A	we leave now
B	we don't leave now
C	we will leave now
D	we won't leave now

Question 4 Explanation:

After if we use the present simple, not will. We miss the bus when we don't leave now: If we don't leave now.

Question 5

What _____ Sam do if he _____ the job?

A	does / will get
B	does / gets
C	will / won't get
D	will / doesn't get

Question 5 Explanation:

The result is in the future, so use will. After if use the present simple: What will Sam do if he doesn't get the job?

Question 6

I will have a big dinner _____ home early.

A	when I go
B	unless I will go
C	if I not go
D	unless I don't go

Question 6 Explanation:

After when and if we use the present simple, not will: when I go home. If I not go is wrong. We need if I don't go.

Question 7

You _____ a passport if you _____ to travel abroad.

A	will need / wanted
B	will need / will want
C	need / want
D	need / will want

Question 7 Explanation:

This is a general fact, so both parts use the present simple: You need … if you want. Don't use will after if.

Question 8

If there is an intruder, the alarm _____.

A	go off
B	won't go off
C	doesn't go off
D	goes off

Question 8 Explanation:

This is what always happens, so we use the present simple. The alarm is like it, so the verb takes -s: goes off.

Question 9

If you _____ to go out, I _____ dinner at home.

A	want / cook
B	don't want / cooked
C	don't want / will cook
D	want / will cook

Question 9 Explanation:

Use the present simple after if and will + verb for the future result: If you don't want to go out, I will cook. Not want, because then cooking at home makes no sense.

Question 10

We can't cash the check _____.

A	if you will sign it
B	unless you won't sign it
C	if you sign it
D	unless you sign it

Question 10 Explanation:

Unless means if not. We can't cash it if you don't sign it, so: unless you sign it. Don't use will after unless.

Question 11

We _____ late if we _____.

A	are / will hurry
B	are / won't hurry
C	will be / hurry
D	will be / don't hurry

Question 11 Explanation:

Use will + verb for the future result and the present simple after if: We will be late if we don't hurry.

Question 12

John _____ very upset unless he _____ this exam.

A	gets / won't pass
B	gets / will pass
C	will get / doesn't pass
D	will get / passes

Question 12 Explanation:

Unless means if not, so the verb after it is positive: unless he passes = if he doesn't pass. The result uses will: will get upset.

Question 13

If I _____ to bed early, I _____ tired tomorrow. I usually go to sleep early.

A	don't go / won't be
B	don't go / will be
C	go / will be
D	go / am

Question 13 Explanation:

Use the present simple after if and will + verb for the future result: If I don't go to bed early, I will be tired tomorrow. Not won't be, because going to bed late makes you tired.

Question 14

I can't check my emails _____.

A	if the computer crashes
B	if the computer doesn't crash
C	unless the computer doesn't crash
D	unless the computer crashes

Question 14 Explanation:

When a computer crashes, it stops working, so you can't check emails: if the computer crashes. Not unless the computer crashes, because that means if it doesn't crash.

Question 15

If Henry _____ all this cake, he _____ sick.