English in Mind

Level 4

Grammar Practice

PHOTOCOPIABLE

GRAMMAR PRA

CTICE

1

Circle  the correct form of the verb.

1

  If the weather isn’t / wasn’t  so bad, I’d like to live in the UK.

2

  I’d like being a student if you don’t / didn’t have to do so many exams. 

3

 If people wasn’t / weren’t so greedy, the world would be a nicer place.    

4

 If I’ll fi nish / I fi nish early I’ll meet you outside your classroom. 

5

  The air would be less polluted if more people cycled / will cycle.

6

  If I worked a bit harder I’d / I will get better marks.

2

 Right (

✓) or wrong (✗)? Correct the wrong sentences.

1

  If he had worked harder he will have passed the exam. 

✗

If he had worked harder he would have passed the exam.

2

  If it rains tomorrow we’ll go to the cinema. 

3

  If somebody robbed me in the street I’ll shout loudly. 

4

  If I were you I’d ask him to pay me back the money immediately. 

5

  What would you buy if you will win the lottery? 

6

  He would have gone to the concert if he had knew it was on. 

3

  Match the two parts of the sentence.

1

  If I had been born in a different country 

a

  if I come into the town centre this afternoon.

2

  If he hadn’t missed the penalty 

b

  if he was better organised. 

3

  I’ll phone you 

c

  they would have won the match.

4

  She wouldn’t have run out of coffee 

d

  please stand up. 

5

  He would get a lot more work done 

e

  if she had been to the supermarket yesterday. 

6

  If I call your name  

f

  my life would be very different today.

4

  Rewrite these sentences putting the contracted form where appropriate.

1

  I would have invited you but I did not have your 

phone number.

I would’ve invited you but I didn’t have your

phone number.

2

  If I had known you were coming I would have 

tidied the house. 

3

  If she did not spend so much on new clothes she 

would have enough money for the holiday.

4

  You would have passed the exam if you had 

listened a bit more in class. 

5

  If he has forgotten to buy the present, he will be 

in trouble. 

6

  They would have missed the plane if it had not 

been delayed.

Unit 9

LEVEL 4 

UNIT 9

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Cambridge University Press 2008   

Level 4 Unit 9