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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Level 4 Unit 9