This second gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice questions on the topics of conditionals (if clauses) and wish clauses of English grammar. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of English conditionals (if clauses) and wish clauses.
Conditionals (If Clauses) and Wish Clauses Advanced Level Test 2
Question 1 |
_____ you live on the Florida coast during hurricane season, you probably have some bottled water and plywood window boards around - just ______.
A | Provided / so |
B | Supposing / like |
C | Unlike / as |
D | If / in case |
E | So long as / because |
Question 2 |
If the ban ___ it _____ the loss of $20.7 million that commercial and recreational trade brings into the area economy each year.
A | held / would have meant |
B | would hold / means |
C | had hold / would have meant |
D | holds / had meant |
E | holds / will mean |
Question 3 |
If you ______ to see your DVD movies as you saw them in the movie theatre, you _____ a widescreen TV.
A | wanted / had to purchase |
B | have wanted / could purchase |
C | want / need to purchase |
D | had wanted / should have purchased |
E | want / must be purchasing |
Question 4 |
If you _____ long-term goals, such as travelling, you _____ to set money aside just as you would for any other expenses.
A | are having / need |
B | have had / would need |
C | have / will need |
D | had / would have needed |
E | had had / have needed |
Question 5 |
If Poland’s presidential election ______ as expected—with victory for a dull, worthy economic reformer—then the rest of European _____ up.
A | went / couldn’t have looked |
B | will go / haven't looked |
C | had gone / wouldn’t have looked |
D | went / wouldn’t be looked |
E | had gone / shouldn’t have looked |
Question 6 |
If the full potential impact of the current proposals _____, conventional commercial agriculture as it is currently practised _____ achievable.
A | realised / wouldn’t be |
B | had been realised / couldn’t have been |
C | were realised / wouldn’t be |
D | were realised / hadn’t been |
E | had realised / might not be |
Question 7 |
If you _____ to reduce the number of tools in the armoury - not just for pests but for weeds and diseases as well - then that _____ the business of food production much more risky.
A | have started / has made |
B | start / will make |
C | are starting / makes |
D | started / would have made |
E | could start / will make |
Question 8 |
If destabilizing Iran ______ the top priority, then the United States _____ to abandon the pro-Iranian regime it has created in Iraq.
A | had been / would have needed |
B | were / could have needed |
C | will be / might need |
D | is / will need |
E | was to be / were |
Question 9 |
I wish mum ____ while she was doing the washing up.
A | didn’t whistle |
B | wouldn't be whistling |
C | couldn't have whistled |
D | hadn’t whistled |
E | hasn’t whistled |
Question 10 |
If Mary’s classmates ____ punctual for her party, she ____ so upset now.
A | had been / wouldn’t be |
B | have been / hasn’t be |
C | had been / wouldn’t have been |
D | should have been / isn’t |
E | must be / won’t be |
Question 11 |
We had better take the spare tyre in case we ____ it.
A | should need |
B | will need |
C | shall need |
D | have needed |
E | would need |
Question 12 |
They ought to have checked the train schedule beforehand. They ____ somewhere else now.
A | could be visiting |
B | had visited |
C | will have visited |
D | have visited |
E | would have visited |
Question 13 |
I sincerely wish we ____ the problem in the exam but unfortunately we could not.
A | have solved |
B | could solve |
C | were solving |
D | could have solved |
E | would have solved |
Question 14 |
As a child, my little sister always chatted with her teddy bear as if it ____ real.
A | had been |
B | were |
C | is |
D | has been |
E | would be |
Question 15 |
Punitive damages may not be imposed against the owner of a vessel for tortious acts of the master and crew _____ the owner directed or participated in the wrong.
A | on condition that |
B | provided |
C | supposed |
D | unless |
E | if |
Question 16 |
You can go to the party on Saturday night _____ you're back home by midnight.
A | therefore |
B | as long |
C | provided |
D | in case |
E | unless |
Question 17 |
_____ a telescope is convenient to use, it will quickly become relegated to a dark corner.
A | Unless |
B | Only if |
C | On condition that |
D | If |
E | Providing |
Question 18 |
_____ him tomorrow, I ______ to him about the conference.
A | Had I seen / would have talked |
B | Did I see / could take |
C | Were I to see / have talked |
D | Seeing / could talk |
E | Should I see / will talk |
Question 19 |
In the United States alone, conservationists have estimated that over a hundred kinds of animals, fish and birds will disappear _____ at the end of the century _____ action is taken to protect them.
A | after / until |
B | until/if |
C | by the time/till |
D | by / as if |
E | before / unless |
Question 20 |
Because many elderly are in poor health and have weakened immune systems, they are vulnerable to getting the disease when exposed to the virus _____ they have already been immunized.
A | if |
B | supposing |
C | in case |
D | as long as |
E | even if |
Question 21 |
_____ the increase continues at its current rate?
A | Suppose |
B | Even if |
C | Unless |
D | What if |
E | As long as |
Question 22 |
An executive said anchovy is so popular among consumers that they will continue to buy the fish at markets, _____ the price rises substantially.
A | if |
B | even if |
C | supposing |
D | as if |
E | only if |
Question 23 |
_____ they are not libellous, obscene, or likely to lead to lawbreaking or disorder, laws protect students’ right to publish articles.
A | As if |
B | As long as |
C | Only if |
D | Unless |
E | Suppose that |
Question 24 |
Dual containment worked ____ the regimes in Iran and Iraq hated each other even more than they hated the United States.
A | supposing |
B | so long as |
C | unless |
D | if only |
E | only if |
Question 25 |
Protein is generally good for everyone ____ they eat an extreme amount of it.
A | only if |
B | whether |
C | as though |
D | unless |
E | supposing |
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