Advanced grammar tests - English exam centre 2015
Conditionals & Wish Clauses / Test-3
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
2. It’s not long now before I start my new job in Menissa. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 bust.
A) hadn’t missed
B) aren’t missing
C) wouldn’t have missed
D) don’t miss
E) haven’t missed
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
24. If our heath 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
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
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
27. If Ataturk ... 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
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
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
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
31. I wish you ... a camera already as my cousin works in a camera shop and can get up to twenty-five percent staff discount.
A) aren’t buying
B) wouldn’t buy
C) hadn’t bought
D) haven’t bought
E) won’t buy
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
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
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
35. I ... to go the Antique Auctions in town one Friday if I can get the day off.
A) have liked
B) would like
c) had liked
D) liked
E) were to like
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
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
38. You shouldn’t wash your car with washing up liquid; ..., you’ll damage the paint work.
A) otherwise
B) in case
C) only if
D) unless
E) as long as
39. Your advertisement might look more attractive ... it were printed in colour.
A) if
B) even if
C) until
D) whether
E) in case
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
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
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
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
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
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