Conditionals and Wish Clauses Advanced Level MCQs Test With Answers 3
Question 1 |
If I were you, I ____ a new car instead of struggling with this old one.
A | have bought |
B | was buying |
C | had bought |
D | would buy |
E | bought |
Question 2 |
It’s not long now before I start my new job in Melissa. I wish we ____ a suitable house for sale there, but it seems that we may have to hire one temporarily.
A | have found |
B | could find |
C | can find |
D | will find |
E | find |
Question 3 |
I’m sorry that I sent our driver for you. I wish I ____ you at the airport myself, but I had a meeting with the production team.
A | can meet |
B | could have met |
C | have met |
D | would meet |
E | meet |
Question 4 |
Take a couple of extra traditional Turkish gifts with you in case you ____ any other members of the Scholz family during your Aunt’s funeral.
A | meet |
B | have met |
C | were meeting |
D | met |
E | will meet |
Question 5 |
If you give me your tape recorder and a cassette in plenty of time, then, of course, I ____ the lecture for you on the day of your Aunt’s funeral.
A | recorded |
B | had recorded |
C | would have recorded |
D | have recorded |
E | will record |
Question 6 |
If I ____ you would be on your own all weekend, I ____ you over to our house.
A | know / have invited |
B | have known / was going to invite |
C | had known / would have invited |
D | knew / will have invited |
E | will know / must have invited |
Question 7 |
I wish you ____ me from the station to inform me that you were on your way – I ____ the dinner ready for your arrival home.
A | phone / can prepare |
B | have phoned / will have prepared |
C | phoned / will be preparing |
D | would phone / have prepared |
E | had phoned / could have prepared |
Question 8 |
I wish a flight to Istanbul ____ less than two hundred pounds, then we would fly there a lot more often.
A | costs |
B | could have cost |
C | has cost |
D | cost |
E | will cost |
Question 9 |
I wish I ____ to my friends in Germany every day without getting a huge telephone bill.
A | have been talking |
B | would talk |
C | will talk |
D | could talk |
E | can talk |
Question 10 |
I’m sure my daughter ____ university life if she ____ but she is so shy.
A | had enjoyed / was socialising |
B | enjoys / will have socialised |
C | would enjoy / socialised |
D | enjoyed / had been socialising |
E | could have enjoyed / has socialised |
Question 11 |
If our caravan ____ with a shower, it ____ more practical for longer holidays.
A | is to equip / can be |
B | were equipped / would be |
C | had been equipped / will be |
D | equipped / could be |
E | would be equipped / has been |
Question 12 |
Had the Millennium Dome not been built, 750 million pounds ____ on health and education.
A | can be spent |
B | must have been spent |
C | could have been spent |
D | will have spent |
E | had been spending |
Question 13 |
Apparently, a customer wanted to buy something in the window, but she had left by the time I arrived to open the shop. How I wish I ____ the bus.
A | hadn’t missed |
B | aren’t missing |
C | wouldn’t have missed |
D | don’t miss |
E | haven’t missed |
Question 14 |
You ____ determined if you ____ to give up smoking permanently.
A | have been / wanted |
B | have to be / want |
C | could be / will have wanted |
D | had been / would have wanted |
E | were to be / would want |
Question 15 |
My uncle keeps his share certificates and property deeds in a fireproof box in case a fire ____ out at his office.
A | had broken |
B | breaks |
C | was breaking |
D | will have broken |
E | broke |
Question 16 |
New strict laws to combat illegal immigration into the UK mean that if a lorry driver ____ an illegal immigrant into the country, he personally ____ a £2000 fine.
A | brings / faces |
B | would bring / had faced |
C | had brought / is facing |
D | can bring / could have faced |
E | has brought / has faced |
Question 17 |
If ways of identifying criminals using DNA samples ____, the person who killed these two young teenagers five years ago would still be a free man.
A | aren’t developing |
B | wouldn’t develop |
C | hadn’t been developed |
D | couldn’t develop |
E | won’t have been developed |
Question 18 |
I don’t know why you waste your money on sports centre membership. If you ____ along the coastal path every morning, you ____ fit without spending a penny.
A | had run / will get |
B | run / would have got |
C | were running / got |
D | ran / would get |
E | had been running / had got |
Question 19 |
You had better complain to the manager if you think you ____ an unfair proportion of the work.
A | would be given |
B | will have been giving |
C | had given |
D | would have given |
E | have been given |
Question 20 |
Tiger Woods is one of the most successful golfers ever, but he ____ into many clubs in the southern US because of his colour had he been playing 50 years ago.
A | weren’t going to allow |
B | might not have allowed |
C | hadn’t been allowed |
D | wouldn’t have been allowed |
E | weren’t allowed |
Question 21 |
I wish I ____ for dinner as it looks delicious, but unfortunately, I have to collect my mother for her sister’s house now.
A | will stay |
B | would stay |
C | can stay |
D | had stayed |
E | could stay |
Question 22 |
I really wish my older sister ____ so good at everything. Now the teacher expects a lot from me too.
A | weren’t |
B | won’t be |
C | can’t be |
D | hasn’t been |
E | isn’t |
Question 23 |
You’re so wasteful! I wish you ____ so much potato off with the skin. Haven’t you heard the saying “waste not, want not”?
A | haven’t cut |
B | wouldn’t cut |
C | won’t cut |
D | aren’t cutting |
E | don’t cut |
Question 24 |
If our health service were indeed excellent, Mrs Beard ____ two years for a hip replacement operation, during which time she has been hardly able to move.
A | won’t have waited |
B | hasn’t been waiting |
C | wouldn’t have been waiting |
D | isn’t going to wait |
E | weren’t waiting |
Question 25 |
I wish Turkish courses ____ at a college or university near my home, as I would like to continue my study of the language here in Shrewsbury.
A | had offered |
B | would be offering |
C | could have offered |
D | have been offered |
E | were offered |
Question 26 |
If we were to buy a boat, we ____ down the river at the weekends.
A | are going to sail |
B | had been sailing |
C | have sailed |
D | could sail |
E | may have sailed |
Question 27 |
If Atatürk ____ alive today, do you think he ____ flattered by the number of plaques, quotations and photographs displayed in his honour?
A | were / would be |
B | has been / was |
C | had been / has been |
D | will be / were |
E | would be / had been |
Question 28 |
The ordinary people who live in the area ____ if a solution isn’t found.
A | must have suffered |
B | have been suffering |
C | will suffer |
D | would suffer |
E | had suffered |
Question 29 |
I wish I ____ to the shop for mint. If I had, my lentil soup ____ nice.
A | would run / tastes |
B | ran / tasted |
C | had run / would have tasted |
D | were running / would taste |
E | have run / could be tasting |
Question 30 |
If only you ____ this Japanese lacquered table with a harmful liquid, we ____ it for more than 1000 pounds, but now it won’t be worth anything.
A | wouldn’t clean / are selling |
B | hadn’t cleaned / could sell |
C | aren’t cleaning / must have sold |
D | wouldn’t be cleaning / had sold |
E | don’t clean / were selling |
Question 31 |
I wish you ____ a camera already as my cousin works in a camera shop and can get up to twenty-five per cent staff discount.
A | aren’t buying |
B | wouldn’t buy |
C | hadn’t bought |
D | haven’t bought |
E | won’t bu |
Question 32 |
Nobody would have been killed in the fight if one of the teenagers ____ a knife at the time.
A | wouldn’t be carrying |
B | hasn’t been carrying |
C | isn’t carrying |
D | must not have carried |
E | hadn’t been carrying |
Question 33 |
I’m sitting here in my car wishing the breakdown truck ____ .
A | arrives |
B | will arrive |
C | has arrived |
D | would arrive |
E | is arriving |
Question 34 |
I think Jake wishes he ____ to keep the family home, but such a big house with land costs a lot to maintain.
A | would afford |
B | will be affording |
C | would have afforded |
D | could afford |
E | has afforded |
Question 35 |
I ____ to go the Antique Auctions in town on Friday if I can get the day off.
A | have liked |
B | would like |
C | had liked |
D | liked |
E | were to like |
Question 36 |
I’ll allow you to go to the park ____ you come home before it gets dark.
A | even if |
B | in case |
C | as long as |
D | so that |
E | unless |
Question 37 |
____ they improve the quality of their products will we order any more handbags from them.
A | Even if |
B | Only if |
C | Unless |
D | Whether |
E | In case |
Question 38 |
You shouldn’t wash your car with washing up liquid; ____, you’ll damage the paintwork.
A | otherwise |
B | in case |
C | only if |
D | unless |
E | as long as |
Question 39 |
Your advertisement might look more attractive ____ it were printed in colour.
A | if |
B | even if |
C | until |
D | whether |
E | in case |
Question 40 |
I wouldn’t be able to afford an Armani suit ____ I ate bread and water for a month.
A | as long as |
B | because |
C | only if |
D | in order that |
E | even if |
Question 41 |
____ you are as bored at work as you say, why don’t you look for a more interesting job?
A | As though |
B | If |
C | Even if |
D | In case |
E | Whether |
Question 42 |
A lot of people bought shares in the company ____ the newspaper predicted it would be successful.
A | if |
B | in case |
C | because |
D | only if |
E | unless |
Question 43 |
I’m afraid we won’t be able to come to Devon ____ the repairs to our car can be completed in time. The garage is waiting for parts at the moment.
A | unless |
B | if |
C | in case |
D | because |
E | so that |
Question 44 |
She described her holiday job at the factory ____ it were torture.
A | even if |
B | only if |
C | because |
D | as though |
E | unless |
Question 45 |
He has been busy most weekends ____ he started voluntary work for the hospital radio station.
A | if |
B | until |
C | since |
D | as if |
E | unless |
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